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قراءة كتاب The Brontë Family, with special reference to Patrick Branwell Brontë. Vol. 2 of 2
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The Brontë Family, with special reference to Patrick Branwell Brontë. Vol. 2 of 2
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THE BRONTË FAMILY
WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO
PATRICK BRANWELL BRONTË
VOL. II.
BY
FRANCIS A. LEYLAND.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
LONDON:
HURST AND BLACKETT, PUBLISHERS,
13, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET.
1886.
All rights reserved.
CONTENTS
OF
THE SECOND VOLUME.
| CHAPTER I. | |
| The Sojourn in Brussels Resolved upon—Why Charlotte fixed on Brussels for Higher Education—Charlotte and Emily take up their Residence with Madame Héger—A Picture of the Prospect in 'Villette'—At the Pensionnat—Madame Héger—Monsieur Héger—Charlotte likes Brussels—Her Contrast between the Belgians and the English—Death of Miss Branwell—Return to Haworth | 1 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| Branwell at the Parsonage: his Loneliness—'The Epicurean's Song'—'Song'—Northangerland—'Noah's Warning over Methusaleh's Grave'—Letter to Mr. Grundy—Miss Branwell's Death—Her Will—Her Nephew Remembered—Injustice done to Him in this Matter by the Biographers of his Sisters | 20 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| Christmas, 1842—Branwell is Cheerful—Charlotte goes to Brussels for another Year—Branwell receives Appointment as Tutor—Branwell visits Halifax, and meets Mr. Grundy there—Charlotte's Mental Depression in Brussels—Mrs. Gaskell attributes it to Branwell's Conduct—Proofs that it was Not so—Charlotte's 'Disappointment' at Brussels—She returns to Haworth—Branwell's Misplaced Attachment—He is sent away to New Scenes | 33 |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| Branwell after his Disappointment—Parallel for his State of Mind in that of Lady Byron—Mrs. Gaskell's Misconceptions—True State of the Case—Charlotte Illustrates it in her Poem of 'Preference'— She alludes to Branwell's Condition in 'The Professor'—Mrs. Gaskell Compelled to Omit her Account in the Later Editions of her Work—Branwell's Prostration and Ill-health at the Time | 53 |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| Review of Branwell's past Experiences of Life—He seeks Relief in Literary Occupation—He Proposes to Write a Three-volume Novel—His Letter on the Subject—One Volume Completed—His Capability of Writing a Novel—His Letter to Mr. Grundy on his Disappointment | 78 |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| 'Real Rest'—Comments—Spirit of Branwell and Emily Identical— Letter to Leyland—Branwell Broods on his Sorrows—'Penmaenmawr' —Comments—He still Searches and Hopes for Employment—Charlotte's somewhat Overdrawn Expressions—The Alleged Elopement Proposal— Probable Origin of the Story | 94 |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| The Sisters as Writers of Poetry—They Decide to Publish—Each begins a Novel—The Spirit under which the Work was Undertaken— 'The Professor'—'Agnes Grey'—'Wuthering Heights'—Branwell's Condition—A Touching Incident—'Epistle from a Father to a Child in her Grave'—Letter with Sonnet—Publication of the Sisters' Poems | 113 |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| Death of Branwell's late Employer—Branwell's Disappointment—His Letters—His Delusion—Leyland's Medallion of Him—Mr. Brontë's Blindness—Branwell's Statement to Mr. Grundy in Reference to 'Wuthering Heights'—The Sisters Relinquish the Intention of Opening a School | 138 |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| Branwell's Sardonic Humour—Mr. Grundy's Visit to him at Haworth—Errors regarding the Period of it—Tragic Description —Probable Ruse of Branwell—Correspondence between him and Mr. Grundy ceases—Writes to Leyland—A Plaintive Verse— Another Letter | 160 |
| CHAPTER X. | |
| 'Wuthering Heights'—Reception of the Book by the Public—It is Misunderstood—Its Authorship—Mr. Dearden's Account— Statements of Mr. Edward Sloane and Mr. Grundy—Remarks by Mr. T. Wemyss Reid—Correspondences between 'Wuthering Heights' and Branwell's Letters—The 'Carving-knife Episode'—Further Correspondences—Resemblances of Thought in Branwell and Emily | 178 |
| CHAPTER XI. | |
| Statement of Charlotte that her Sister Anne wrote the Book in consequence of her Brother's Conduct—Supposition of Some that Branwell was the Prototype of Huntingdon—The Characters are Entirely Distinct—Real Sources of the Story—Anne Brontë at Pains to Avoid a Suspicion that Huntingdon was a Portrait of Branwell | 216 |
| CHAPTER XII. | |
| Novel-writing—The Sisters' Method of Work—Branwell's Failing Health and Irregularities—'Jane Eyre'—Its Reception and Character—It was not Influenced by Branwell—Letter and Sketches of Branwell, 1848 | 229 |