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WV author visits Emily's Ghost

Emily's Ghost
Denise Giardina penned this book about novelist Emily Bronte.

By Beth Vorhees

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August 5, 2009 · West Virginia author Denise Giardina has a new book out, "Emily's Ghost."

“Emily’s Ghost” is the story of the famed novelist of Wuthering Heights and her sisters: Charlotte who wrote "Jane Eyre" and Anne, who penned "Agnes Grey."

 

In 2006, Giardina traveled to the village of Haworth in West Yorkshire, England to walks the moors and explore where Emily and the Bronte family made their home.

 

We spoke with Denise Giardina about her latest work.

 

You can visit the Bronte family’s home in Haworth, England and the Bronte Parsonage Museum.

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