That was a very interesting write-up, thanks for the link. I had run across Barker's work, but couldn't tell from the reviews if it was worth the buy. I'll put it on my someday list, then.
One nice thing about Dark Quartet (and its sequel), published in the 1970s, is it includes most of the things in the italicized paragraph that Gaskell is taken to task for not including. Some of the anecdotes it includes are called out by Miller as unsupported or even contradicted by the evidence, but for a work of fiction, I have no problem with that.
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Re: Bronte excursion
Date: 2020-09-08 10:53 pm (UTC)One nice thing about Dark Quartet (and its sequel), published in the 1970s, is it includes most of the things in the italicized paragraph that Gaskell is taken to task for not including. Some of the anecdotes it includes are called out by Miller as unsupported or even contradicted by the evidence, but for a work of fiction, I have no problem with that.