Difficult Men: The Heroes of the Brontë Novels and What We Have Made of Them

Rochester broods. Heathcliff rages. Huntingdon drinks. The men of the Brontë novels have been romanticised for nearly two centuries. It may be time to look at them more carefully. By Bergotte There is a moment in Jane Eyre that readers have been arguing about since 1847. Edward Rochester, master of Thornfield Hall, has just revealedContinue reading “Difficult Men: The Heroes of the Brontë Novels and What We Have Made of Them”