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EDITED BY
DIANE LONG HOEVELER AND DEBORAH DENENHOLZ MORSE
This edition first published 2016
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Hoeveler, Diane Long, editor. | Morse, Deborah Denenholz, 1949– editor.
Title: A companion to the Brontës / edited by Diane Long Hoeveler and Deborah Denenholz Morse.
Description: 1 | Hoboken : Wiley-Blackwell, 2016. | Series: Blackwell companions to literature and culture | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015046805 (print) | LCCN 2016006356 (ebook) | ISBN 9781118404942 (hardback) | ISBN 9781118405475 (ePub) | ISBN 9781118405499 (Adobe PDF)
Subjects: LCSH: Brontë family. | Brontë, Charlotte, 1816–1855–Criticism and interpretation. | Brontë, Emily, 1818–1848–Criticism and interpretation. | Brontë, Anne, 1820–1849–Criticism and interpretation. | Women novelists, English–19th century–Biography. | BISAC: LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Classification: LCC PR4169 .C66 2016 (print) | LCC PR4169 (ebook) | DDC 823/.809–dc23
LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015046805
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