The Infernal World of Branwell Brontë

Download or read book The Infernal World of Branwell Brontë written by Daphne Du Maurier and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Daphne du Maurier has written a full-length portrait of the mysterious, elusive Branwell Brontë and of the infernal world of his inner torment which killed him at the age of thirty-one from excessive laudanum and alcohol. As a child, Branwell fed the willing imaginations of his sisters with the wild, fantastic stories of his mythical, self-invented kingdom of Angria. There is no question that he was a great influence on the writings of his sisters and that Emily drew heavily on her brother for her portrait of Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights..." -- Book jacket.