Glass Town, Isabel Greenberg, (electronic resource)

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Greenberg, Isabel

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Overdrive Inc

Summary: A graphic novel about the Bront? siblings and their inventive childhood from the New York Times ?bestselling author of The Encyclopedia of Early Earth . NPR Best Book of 2020 Glass Town ?is an original graphic novel by Isabel Greenberg that encompasses the eccentric childhoods of the four Bront? children?Charlotte, Branwell, Emily, and Anne. The story begins in 1825, with the deaths of Maria and Elizabeth, the eldest siblings. It is in response to this loss that the four remaining Bront? children set pen to paper and created the fictional world that became known as Glass Town. This world and its cast of characters would come to be the Bront?s' escape from the realities of their lives. Within Glass Town the siblings experienced love, friendship, war, triumph, and heartbreak. Through a combination of quotes from the stories originally penned by the Bront?s, biographical information about them, and Greenberg's vivid comic book illustrations, readers will find themselves enraptured by this fascinating imaginary world. "This lyrical, endlessly inventive book will appeal equally to lovers of history, literature, and metatextual fantasy." ? Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Drawn with a cheery and expansive sweep that belies its sometimes somber subject, Glass Town is a testament to the (usually) redemptive powers of imagination." ?Minneapolis Star-Tribune "Greenberg pulls? Glass Town ?and its characters directly from the Bront?s' juvenilia, giving readers a look into the early creativity of an iconic literary family with a playful visual style that captures the Bront?s' enthusiasm as they discover what fiction can do." ?AV Club

Language: eng

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S.I., ABRAMS, Inc. Ignition, 2020

Isbn: 9781683358596

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Title: Glass Town

Statement of responsibility: Isabel Greenberg

Creator

Greenberg, Isabel

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Overdrive Inc

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Language: eng

Summary: A graphic novel about the Bront? siblings and their inventive childhood from the New York Times ?bestselling author of The Encyclopedia of Early Earth . NPR Best Book of 2020 Glass Town ?is an original graphic novel by Isabel Greenberg that encompasses the eccentric childhoods of the four Bront? children?Charlotte, Branwell, Emily, and Anne. The story begins in 1825, with the deaths of Maria and Elizabeth, the eldest siblings. It is in response to this loss that the four remaining Bront? children set pen to paper and created the fictional world that became known as Glass Town. This world and its cast of characters would come to be the Bront?s' escape from the realities of their lives. Within Glass Town the siblings experienced love, friendship, war, triumph, and heartbreak. Through a combination of quotes from the stories originally penned by the Bront?s, biographical information about them, and Greenberg's vivid comic book illustrations, readers will find themselves enraptured by this fascinating imaginary world. "This lyrical, endlessly inventive book will appeal equally to lovers of history, literature, and metatextual fantasy." ? Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Drawn with a cheery and expansive sweep that belies its sometimes somber subject, Glass Town is a testament to the (usually) redemptive powers of imagination." ?Minneapolis Star-Tribune "Greenberg pulls? Glass Town ?and its characters directly from the Bront?s' juvenilia, giving readers a look into the early creativity of an iconic literary family with a playful visual style that captures the Bront?s' enthusiasm as they discover what fiction can do." ?AV Club