Emily Brontë By: A. Mary F. (Agnes Mary Frances) Robinson (1857-1944)
First Page: Eminent Women Series Edited by John H. Ingram EMILY BRONTË All Rights Reserved. EMILY BRONTË by A. MARY F. ROBINSON Second Edition. London: W. H. Allen and Co. 13, Waterloo Place 1883. [All Rights Reserved] London: Printed by W. H. Allen and Co., 13 Waterloo Place. S.W. CONTENTS. PAGE Introduction 1 CHAPTER I. Parentage 8 CHAPTER II. Babyhood 18 CHAPTER III. Cowan's Bridge 28 CHAPTER IV. Childhood 40 CHAPTER V. Going to School 53 CHAPTER VI. Girlhood at Haworth 61 CHAPTER VII. In the Rue d'Isabelle 77 CHAPTER VIII. A Retrospect 92 CHAPTER IX. The Recall 103 CHAPTER X. The Prospectuses 111 CHAPTER XI. Branwell's Fall 116 CHAPTER XII. Writing Poetry 128 CHAPTER XIII. Troubles 144 CHAPTER XIV. Wuthering Heights: its Origin 154 CHAPTER XV. Wuthering Heights: the Story 168 CHAPTER XVI. 'Shirley' 209 CHAPTER XVII. Branwell's End 217 CHAPTER XVIII. Emily's Death 223 FINIS! 233 LIST OF AUTHORITIES. 1846 56. The Works of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. 1857. Life of Charlotte Brontë. Mrs. Gaskell. 1st and 2nd Editions. 1877. Charlotte Brontë. T. Wemyss Reid. 1877. Note on Charlotte Brontë. A. C. Swinburne. 1881. Three Great Englishwomen. P. Bayne. MS. Lecture on Emily Brontë. T. Wemyss Reid. MS. Notes on Emily and Charlotte Brontë. Miss Ellen Nussey. MS. Letters of Charlotte and Branwell Brontë. 1879. Reminiscences of the Brontës. Miss E. Nussey. 1870. Unpublished Letters of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë. Hours at Home. 1846. Emily Brontë's Annotated Copy of her Poems. 1872. Branwell Brontë: in the "Mirror." G. S. Phillips. 1879. Pictures of the Past. F. H. Grundy. 1830. Prospectus of the Clergymen's Daughters' School at Cowan's Bridge. 1850. Preface to Wuthering Heights. Charlotte Brontë. 1850. Biographical Notice of Ellis and Acton Bell. Charlotte Brontë. 1850. Wuthering Heights: in the "Palladium." Sydney Dobell. Personal Reminiscences of Mrs. Wood, Mrs. Ratcliffe, Mrs. Brown, and Mr. William Wood, of Haworth. 1811 18. Poems of Patrick Brontë, B.A., Incumbent of Haworth. 1879. Haworth: Past and Present. J. Horsfall Turner. EMILY BRONTË. INTRODUCTION. There are, perhaps, few tests of excellence so sure as the popular verdict on a work of art a hundred years after its accomplishment. So much time must be allowed for the swing and rebound of taste, for the despoiling of tawdry splendours and to permit the work of art itself to form a public capable of appreciating it. Such marvellous fragments reach us of Elizabethan praises; and we cannot help recalling the number of copies of 'Prometheus Unbound' sold in the lifetime of the poet... Continue reading book >>

Emily Brontë By: A. Mary F. (Agnes Mary Frances) Robinson (1857-1944)

First Page:

Eminent Women Series

Edited by John H. Ingram

EMILY BRONTË

A. MARY F. ROBINSON

Second Edition.

London: W. H. Allen and Co. 13, Waterloo Place 1883.

London: Printed by W. H. Allen and Co., 13 Waterloo Place. S.W.

CONTENTS.

PAGE

Introduction 1

CHAPTER I. Parentage 8

CHAPTER II. Babyhood 18

CHAPTER III. Cowan's Bridge 28

CHAPTER IV. Childhood 40

CHAPTER V. Going to School 53

CHAPTER VI. Girlhood at Haworth 61

CHAPTER VII. In the Rue d'Isabelle 77

CHAPTER VIII. A Retrospect 92

CHAPTER IX. The Recall 103

CHAPTER X. The Prospectuses 111

CHAPTER XI. Branwell's Fall 116

CHAPTER XII. Writing Poetry 128

CHAPTER XIII. Troubles 144

CHAPTER XIV. Wuthering Heights: its Origin 154

CHAPTER XV. Wuthering Heights: the Story 168

CHAPTER XVI. 'Shirley' 209

CHAPTER XVII. Branwell's End 217

CHAPTER XVIII. Emily's Death 223

FINIS! 233

LIST OF AUTHORITIES.

1846 56. The Works of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell.

1857. Life of Charlotte Brontë. Mrs. Gaskell. 1st and 2nd Editions.

1877. Charlotte Brontë. T. Wemyss Reid.

1877. Note on Charlotte Brontë. A. C. Swinburne.

1881. Three Great Englishwomen. P. Bayne. MS. Lecture on Emily Brontë. T. Wemyss Reid. MS. Notes on Emily and Charlotte Brontë. Miss Ellen Nussey. MS. Letters of Charlotte and Branwell Brontë.

1879. Reminiscences of the Brontës. Miss E. Nussey.

1870. Unpublished Letters of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë. Hours at Home.

1846. Emily Brontë's Annotated Copy of her Poems.

1872. Branwell Brontë: in the "Mirror." G. S. Phillips.

1879. Pictures of the Past. F. H. Grundy.

1830. Prospectus of the Clergymen's Daughters' School at Cowan's Bridge.

1850. Preface to Wuthering Heights. Charlotte Brontë.

1850. Biographical Notice of Ellis and Acton Bell. Charlotte Brontë.

1850. Wuthering Heights: in the "Palladium." Sydney Dobell. Personal Reminiscences of Mrs. Wood, Mrs. Ratcliffe, Mrs. Brown, and Mr. William Wood, of Haworth.

1811 18. Poems of Patrick Brontë, B.A., Incumbent of Haworth.

1879. Haworth: Past and Present. J. Horsfall Turner.

EMILY BRONTË.

INTRODUCTION.

There are, perhaps, few tests of excellence so sure as the popular verdict on a work of art a hundred years after its accomplishment. So much time must be allowed for the swing and rebound of taste, for the despoiling of tawdry splendours and to permit the work of art itself to form a public capable of appreciating it. Such marvellous fragments reach us of Elizabethan praises; and we cannot help recalling the number of copies of 'Prometheus Unbound' sold in the lifetime of the poet... Continue reading book >>

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