The story both of the real world of the Brontës at Haworth Parsonage, their home on the edge of the lonely Yorkshire moors, and of the imaginary worlds they spun for themselves in their novels and poetry.

Wherever possible, their story is told using their own words – the letters they wrote to each other, Emily and Anne's secret diaries, and Charlotte's exchanges with luminaries of literary England – or those closest to them,

such as their brother Branwell, their father Patrick Brontë, and their novelist friend Mrs Gaskell.

The Brontës sketched and painted their worlds too, in delicate ink washes and watercolours of family and friends, animals and the English moors. These pictures illuminate the text as do the tiny drawings the Brontë children made to illustrate their imaginary worlds. In addition, there are facsimiles of their letters and diaries, paintings by artists of the day, and pictures of household life.

This beautifully illustrated book offers a unique and privileged view of the real lives of three women, writers and sisters.

这个故事既讲述了勃朗特姐妹在霍沃斯教区的真实世界，即她们在孤独的约克郡荒野边缘的家，也讲述了她们在小说和诗歌中为自己编织的想象世界。

只要有可能，她们的故事都是用她们自己的话来讲述的。通过她们互相写的信，艾米莉（Emily Bronte）和安妮（Anne Bronte）的秘密日记，以及夏洛特（Charlotte Bronte）与英国文学界名人的交流，或与她们最亲近的人的交流，如她们的兄弟布兰威尔、她们的父亲帕特里克·勃朗特，以及她们的小说家朋友加斯凯尔夫人。

勃朗特姐妹还用精致的水墨和水彩画出了她们的世界，画了家人、朋友、动物和英国荒原。这些画作点亮了文本，就如同勃朗特姐妹为说明她们的想象世界而绘制的小画一样。此外，还有她们的信件和日记的传真，当时的艺术家绘画，以及家庭生活的图片。

这本图文并茂的书为三位女性、作家和姐妹的真实生活提供了一个独特而优越的视角。