朱丽叶·巴克的《勃朗特一家》(The Brontes)第一版是一九九四年,当年就有广泛的好评,“标志”(monumental)和“里程碑”(landmark)这样的赞辞,多次出现在《泰晤士时报文学增刊》《独立报》《每日电讯》《纽约时报书评》上。二○一○年又出修订版,新添不少材料。全书一千一百五十八页,单注释就有一百三十六页。也有说不好的。我在《十九世纪文学》见到负面的批评,虽 The first edition of Juliet Barker’s The Brontes was widely acclaimed in 1994, with “monumental” and “landmark” landmarks Praise, appeared many times in “The Times Times Literature Supplement” “Independent” “Daily Telegraph” “New York Times Book Review”. A revised version was made in 2010, adding a lot of materials. One thousand one hundred and fifty-eight pages of the book, a single note there is one hundred and thirty-six pages. There are also bad. I met negative criticism in “Nineteenth Century Literature” though