The Brontë Society Website

In assessing the relative merits and flaws of the Brontë Society Web site one is faced with a universal problem. There has yet to emerge an accepted or recognised construct for the critical appraisal of a Web site; indeed, one might say that there is little common definition as to any Web site’s bounds. We are, therefore, reliant on techniques borrowed from the familiar, such as the book review exercise or, more technically, an assessment of computer functionality. The Brontë Society Web site may be considered and evaluated as though it were a book. It is similar to a book...