Claire Harman's 'Charlotte Brontë: A Life' reveals real world as bleak and lonely as the novels

There have been many biographies of Charlotte Brontë but Claire Harman brings a new perspective, as Sue Leonard learns.

WHEN Claire Harman was a teenager she saw a film of Wuthering Heights, and was blown away by the romance of it all.

Later, reading Emily Brontë’s book, she was disappointed.