The Bronte Family, Vol. 2 of 2: With Special Reference to Patrick Branwell Brontė (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

A. Leyland, Francis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1331614503 ISBN 13: 9781331614500

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from The Bronte Family, Vol. 2 of 2: With Special Reference to Patrick Branwell Bronte 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; 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; Death of Branwell's late Employer - Branwell's Disappointment - His Letters - His Delusion - Leyland's Medallion of Him - Mr. Bronte's Blindness - Branwell's Statement to Mr. Grundy in Reference to 'Wuthering Heights' - The Sisters Relinquish the Intention of Opening a School; 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 About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

About this edition

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1331614503
• ISBN 13: 9781331614500
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320