Graham Watson
@GrahamWatson73
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Likes old books & new ideas. Author of The Invention of Charlotte Brontë - her life, death and afterlife. UK paperback in July & US hardcover Aug 2025.
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Joined September 2016
As one of the most contested biographies in history, Elizabeth Gaskell's 1857 biography of Charlotte Brontë remains divisive and is considered biased and unreliable. A new look at the evidence suggests otherwise.
thehistorypress.co.uk
Author Graham Watson details the challenges Elizabeth Gaskell faced when telling Charlotte Brontë's life story.
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RT @BPegged: A new video is up at The History Shelf! Here I go over a stack of my recent reads and new titles from @GalleryBooks @simonschu….
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I have the great honour of giving a talk for the Smithsonian on Sept 5th to discuss my biography of Charlotte Brontë and the research behind it. Ticket info here.
smithsonianassociates.org
Ever since the death of Charlotte Brontë in 1855, her tragic life story–entwined with those of her novelist sisters Emily and Anne–has been a cultural legend. Much of this legend originates in...
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RT @JaneDunnAuthor: This book is fascinating on the relationship in life and after death of Charlotte Brontë and Mrs Gaskell. @GrahamWatson….
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RT @LancsMuseums: Join us at #GawthorpeHall to celebrate everything Tudor on Friday 29 August 12-4pm. Have a go at writing with real ink, l….
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RT @JaneDunnAuthor: It's a truly wonderful idea. This year I'm offering two signed copies of my new Virago edition of Virginia Woolf & Vane….
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RT @j_amesmarriott: I often write disparagingly about the internet’s slide towards video but YouTube has also educated me in poetry, philos….
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In less than a month's time I'll be giving a talk for the Smithsonian about my new biography The Invention of Charlotte Brontë. Quite an honour. I can't wait!.
smithsonianassociates.org
Ever since the death of Charlotte Brontë in 1855, her tragic life story–entwined with those of her novelist sisters Emily and Anne–has been a cultural legend. Much of this legend originates in...
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RT @AmandaWhiteArt: Parcelling up this morning for my Etsy customers. Bronte sisters prints ready to wrap . #Earl….
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'An excellent, carefully detailed account of literary ambition and friendship, of discomforting truths and finally of mythmaking. '.Thrilled with this wonderful review!.
A review of Graham Watson's The Invention of Charlotte Brontë for @RealClearBooks:.
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Read an exclusive extract from my new book, courtesy of the @FolgerLibrary .
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Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore....
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RT @devoneylooser: Hey Tulsa & #JaneAusten in OK friends, won't you join me on September 10th at 7 p.m. at the fab @MagicCityBooks? I'll be….
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RT @MsAshtonDennis: It's exactly six weeks until The Worlds of Jane Austen is published in North America. I've always been very fortunate w….
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RT @GMacraeBurnet: Couldn't be happier to wake up to find A Case of Matricide on the shortlist for the @auscrimewriters International Crime….
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Thank you Jane! I'm quite in awe of your wonderful biographies, so your approval means a lot to me!.
@vicki_pope @GrahamWatson73 @AshlandPublic It is such a remarkable, beautifully written book and I'm still thinking about it - it has changed my perspective.
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RT @vicki_pope: This was such a treat to once again hear Graham's enthusiasm and passion about Charlotte Brontë and his incredible book. S….
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Very excited to make my US debut tonight!.
I'm looking forward to my first US & Canada event in two weeks' time! Hosted by Ashland Library, Massachusetts, the zoom will be available to everyone, wherever in the world you are. Do join me. 11 Aug at 2.00pm EST and 7.00pm GMT
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Read an extract from my biography, The Invention of Charlotte Brontë.
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“What is this new book of Miss Brontë’s, do you know?” Elizabeth asked Janet. “It will be very interesting to hear more of her sisters but rather difficult for her to do it well a…
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RT @JaneDunnAuthor: In my latest The Accidental Debutante we're off to the circus! My heroine, lost as a child in Bath, is found by the cir….
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RT @ElliottBlackwe3: It was simply that she was only fully alive when she devoted herself to her singular ability to draw, and when she dre….
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RT @ATRightMovies: SUNSET BOULEVARD was released 75 years ago today. One of the most acclaimed films of legendary writer-director Billy Wil….
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