Eagland, Jane The World Within, 336 p. Arthur A. Levine
(Scholastic), MARCH 2015. $18. Content: G.
Eagland imagines the life of Emily Bronte on the moors of
England with her brother Bram and her sisters Charlotte and Anne. She
navigates Emily through the changes the inevitably come as people grow
and change and tries to show us the forces that may have molded and inspired
Emily as she heads towards writing Wuthering Heights.
Because I am not a rabid fan of Emily Bronte, I am
unconcerned with the liberties that Eagland took with the few pieces of Bronte’s
documented life that exist. What does concern me is that by the end of
the book I felt that Emily Bronte was an overly whiny child who I would have
never wanted to meet or befriend. Instead of drawing Emily’s shyness as
something she might be capable of overcoming, Eagland’s portrayal of the
shyness as an obstacle is irritating and continually grating. The rest of
her life was not compelling enough to make up for the narrative’s faults.
NO. Cindy, Library Teacher, MLS
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