Octagon, BoltonA magnificent Phoebe Pryce in the lead role ensures the 19th-century classic still packs an emotional punch for a modern audienceWhen Acton Bell's second novel was published it was proclaimed "revolting, coarse, disgusting" and "unfit to be noticed". It was a bestseller. Back in 1848, the author dared not publish under her own name: Anne Brontë. A woman to write such a book? Inequalities between the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:48AM on April 16, 2017