{"product_id":"mr-charlotte-brontz-alan-adamson-9780773533653","title":"MR Charlotte Brontë: The Life of Arthur Bell Nicholls","description":"\u003cp\u003eFew people seeking to avoid the glare of publicity have had more of it turned on them than Charlotte Brontë's husband, Arthur Bell Nicholls. Some critics have implied that he not only put a stop to her writing but might even have inadvertently caused her death. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlan Adamson's biography takes recent scholarship into account and adds new material about Nicholl's family, education, and early life in Ireland to give a more balanced view. The book explores why Brontë, cool and often hostile towards Nicholls in the early days of his curacy at Haworth, came to respect and love him, and how Patrick Brontë, her difficult father, grew to rely on him after her death. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on Nicholl's correspondence with, among others, Elizabeth Gaskell, Ellen Nussey and Harriet Martineau, \u003ci\u003eMr Charlotte Brontë The Life of Arthur Bell Nicholls\u003c\/i\u003e presents a compelling picture of Nicholls' efforts to emphasize Brontë's literary reputation and curtail speculation about her private life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alan Adamson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0773533656\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780773533653\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McGill-Queen's University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Alan Adamson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49096713470207,"sku":"9780773533653","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mr-charlotte-brontz-alan-adamson-9780773533653","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}