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IsabellaLinton
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13 Oct 2018, 10:30 am

Of course they argued! They were rambunctious and precocious children.

Patrick (Irish, but Cambridge educated) and Maria (Cornish) had six children:
Maria, Elizabeth, Charlotte, Branwell, Emily and Anne. Patrick became the perpetual curate of the Haworth parsonage so the family relocated to Haworth from Thornton when Anne was just three months old.

Their mother Maria died when Anne, the youngest, was only 18 months old and sadly, the eldest two daughters died ages 10 and 11, having suffered harsh conditions at Cowan Bridge (The Clergy Daughters' School).

The remaining four children loved to play and roam outdoors. They were particularly inspired by a set of toy soldiers which Patrick bought for Branwell, his only son. Emily named her soldier "Gravey" because he looked quite grave. The children based much of their play on the works of Sir Walter Scott and Lord Byron, and they were obsessed with Tory politics including The Duke of Wellington.



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13 Oct 2018, 10:37 am

How were they politically as adults?

I do understand the school of thought which seems to keep the writers’ personal life out of criticism.



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13 Oct 2018, 10:40 am

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A sampler by Emily, aged 9

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Charlotte, aged 6



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13 Oct 2018, 10:47 am

That is something 8)



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13 Oct 2018, 10:48 am

kraftiekortie wrote:
How were they politically as adults?

I do understand the school of thought which seems to keep the writers’ personal life out of criticism.


Did you read this yet?

EMILY

Emily was considered a religious heretic, and politically scandalous.
Charlotte and Anne were raised as strict Evangelicals by their father and their Methodist aunt. Branwell became an alcoholic and opium addict who rejected the church but was himself a talented writer and artist.

The children followed politics their entire lives, reading Blackwood's and debating chartism / the luddite movement and political reform their entire lives.



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13 Oct 2018, 10:57 am

@Kortie
I'm going to start reading more academic papers now, and I'll let you go for your luncheon.
Hang in there. We're all thinking of you!

(There'll be more WH posts to keep your mind busy when you return, I'm sure).



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13 Oct 2018, 11:02 am

Emily Bronte might have had some commonalities with Emily Dickinson.

Both were self-assured in their personal philosophies; yet both were rather shy in public gatherings. The “irony” which this author is referring to.

Both decried the cowardice of those who were unsteady in their convictions.



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13 Oct 2018, 11:10 am

I agree. Emily Jane is often considered to have had Aspergers or Autism because of her reclusive nature, her obsession with animals (she had hawks, geese, bull mastiffs, etc), her love for the moors, and her tendency to suffer meltdowns when provoked by social demands. She was extremely private, and all we really know of her is what was transcribed by Charlotte's first biographer, Elizabeth Gaskell. Many people criticised Emily because her novel is so dark, but without knowing the German tradition from whence it was written. Her poetry is sublime -- Romanticism at its finest.



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14 Oct 2018, 1:27 pm

*cautiously enters the thread* I've been wanting to read this for the longest time so i'm in too!



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14 Oct 2018, 1:30 pm

AprilR wrote:
*cautiously enters the thread* I've been wanting to read this for the longest time so i'm in too!


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WELCOME APRIL!! !! ! :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart:



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14 Oct 2018, 1:35 pm

Hahah i'm glad i've joined :D :heart:



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14 Oct 2018, 3:59 pm

Hi April :D Thanks Isabella for the links to background reading. Fascinating!


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14 Oct 2018, 4:29 pm

feeli0 wrote:
Hi April :D Thanks Isabella for the links to background reading. Fascinating!


feels! I was about to send out the dogs to look for you!
I'm glad you checked in! :heart:

Correction to April - I checked and it's closer to 300 pages depending on the edition but I hope that's still OK.

I've written 16 pages of notes on the intro essays from my annotated copy.
Don't worry though, I'll tame myself! I always keep notes when I read!



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14 Oct 2018, 7:33 pm

The best way to set this group up is either a goodreads group or on voxer.


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14 Oct 2018, 10:34 pm

IsabellaLinton wrote:
Redxk ... I know you were interested. Hope you're still out there!

I'm here! Ready when you are!



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14 Oct 2018, 10:38 pm

Redxk wrote:
IsabellaLinton wrote:
Redxk ... I know you were interested. Hope you're still out there!

I'm here! Ready when you are!



YESSSSS!! :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart:


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I was just about to PM you! WOOT! YAHOO!