cover image Brontes: Charlotte Bronte and Her Family

Brontes: Charlotte Bronte and Her Family

Rebecca Fraser. Ballantine Books, $14 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-449-90465-7

``This compelling biography sets Charlotte Bronte in her rightful place as the central figure in a remarkable and gifted family,'' stated PW . Fraser's scholarly and sympathetic telling includes a valuable analysis of what was in Bronte's time called ``woman's place'' and how that stereotype has evolved. Photos. (Feb.)