173 The desperation. JE 252.
173 Brussels for good. JB 78.
174 Bleak, vacant, desolate. CB to EN, Letters I, 503.
174 Thus, Jane Eyre finds herself. JE 275, 276.
176 Society of family and friends. Letters I, Appendix, 601.
177 No need for another heaven. EG 109. Letters I, Appendix, 598. Brontë, Wuthering Heights, 63, 258.
177 But Jane wakes the next morning hungry. JE 277.
177 Her solitary daughter. Patrick Brontë, Brontëana: The Rev. Patrick Brontë, His Collected Works and Life, ed., J. Horsefall Turner (Bingley: T. Harrison & Sons, 1898), 42.
177 “Hopeless of the future.” JE 277.
178 “Heart worn down by care.” N PPBB 276–77.
178 There is a kind of literary model. JE 277.
178 “Requirements, and pains, and responsibilities”. James Hogg, Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1983), 228.
178 Driven by hunger. JE 279, 278, 280, 285.
180 For what has happened. CB to EN, Letters I, 231.
180 There are elements. JE 280.
181 “Comfort a very desolate heart.” CB to EN, Letters I, 324–25, 327, 325.
182 During this crisis. CB to EJB, Letters I, 329, 330.
182 “To an excess.” CB to EN, Letters I, 334.
183 “Never more endure to see him.” CB to EN, Letters I, 521.
CHAPTER TEN
185 “Our grey half-inhabited house.” CB to EJB, Letters I, 331.
186 Their characters long for. “It is thought that the Diary Papers, written by Emily and Anne, were modeled on Byron’s early journal scribble in a schoolbook at Harrow and described in Moore’s Life.” Ox Comp 115. Letters I, 263, note 1 quotes Shorter describing his acquisition of the Diary Papers for 1841 and 1845 and his understanding of the practice. JB 257–58.
187 Constant in her thinking. N CBP 309.
187 “Vanish into vacancy.” CB to EN, Letters I, 497. N CBP 309.
188 The home Jane reaches. JE 282, 283, 285.
188 Tabby’s daily chores. Letters I, Appendix, 598.
188 Patrick Brontë’s chronic fear. JE 293.
189 A desk much like Charlotte’s. Letters I, Appendix, 599.
189 But what most importantly strikes. JE 283.
189 Immediately Jane recognizes. JE 283, 300.
189 Brontë is clear. JE 187.
190 Jane Eyre throughout their lives. Ox Comp 324.
190 In the days that follow. JE 290.
191 “Fine lady anywhere else.” WG 21. EG 110. CB to EN, Letters I, 206.
191 During her first glimpse. JE 283.
191 Sensed a kinship with them too. EB Diary Paper 30 July 1841, Letters I, 262–63.
192 The parsonage garden at Haworth. JE 298.
192 Seem to agree. EN in Letters I, Appendix, 601.
192 On that first night, the Rivers family. JE 287.
193 Jane, at this moment, is quite like them. CB to HC, Letters I, 241.
193 Jane Eyre soon becomes the new member. JE 298, 293, 298.
193 Jane likes to sit. JE 299.
193 The uncanny sympathies. JE 299.
194 Way for herself as well. CB to HN, Letters I, 255.
194 And then she crowns that level. JE 326, 328, 329, 330.
195 Precedence over financial matters. CB to MW, Letters I, 448.
196 “Her own way through life.” CB to MW, Letters I, 448.
196 Jane’s reply is the climactic conclusion. JE 333.
197 When they first meet. JE 297, 304.
198 When he sees it in Jane Eyre. CB to HN, Letters I, 185. CB to EN, Letters I, 187.
198 Charlotte’s St. John Rivers. Footnote 7 in Letters I, 326. CB to EN, Letters I, 325.
199 In considering the life of Miss Wooler. CB to EN, Letters I, 187, 152.
199 That tragic year of 1842. CB to EN, Letters I, 222, 223.
200 “Specimens of the ‘coarser sex.’” CB to EN, Letters I, 483.
201 “Fury cannot change my mind.” N CBP 290.
201 A second poem. JE 310, 345, 299, 300.
202 Soon followed by death. N CBP 292, 294.
202 A third poem. JE 339.
202 Falls back dead. N CBP 311, 312.
202 Jane Eyre exactly. JE 357, 358.
CHAPTER ELEVEN
205 She had never enjoyed. CB to WSW, Letters II, 23.
205 Breaking free from St. John Rivers’ demands. JE 359.
206 The deeply—and secretly. JE 360, 361.
207 At this point the close parallels. JE 361.
207 The fiery destruction. JE 365.
208 Interconnection between emotion and destruction. Letters I, Appendix, 599. JB 1007.
209 Published both at his own expense. Charlotte and her two older sisters had just been enrolled in the Cowan Bridge School a month earlier. Brontë, Brontëana, 212. JB 151–52.
210 “Will sink in liquid fire.” Brontë, Brontëana, 204–8.
210 From her childhood Charlotte. JE 365.
210 Thornfield is now nothing. JE 361, 366.
212 Invalid stuck in the Haworth parsonage. JB 609. HG 233
212 Charlotte has Jane. JE 370–71.
212 While Charlotte had. JE 378.
212 As Rochester recovers partial eyesight. JE 380.
213 “Reconcilement to my Maker.” Brontë, Brontëana, 218.
213 Thus, in a peculiarly ironic return. JE 383, 384.
EPILOGUE
216 Secret history was thus continuing. CB to EG, Letters II, 288. CB to WSW, Letters II, 376.
217 “Name of ‘Currer Bell.’” JB 743.
217 “And likely to be lonely .” CB to EN, Letters III, 63.
217 “Shirley,” ETC.” CB to WSW, Letters III, 72. CB to GS, Letters III, 74.
218 Refused to see her. WG 571.
219 “Suddenly blood-shot.” CB to EN, Letters I, 551. CB to EN, Letters III, 93.
219 They were married. CB to EN, Letters III, 95. CB to EN, Letters III, 149. CB to EN, Letters III, 168.
220 Assiduously cared for her wellbeing. CB to MW, Letters III, 276. CB to C. Winkworth, Letters III, 279–80. CB to EN, Letters III, 282.
220 “My dear boy.” CBN to EN, Letters III, 283. CB to EN, Letters III, 306.
221 “Not strong enough for marriage.” CB to EN, Letters III, 319. WG 562. A. B. Nicholls to EN, Letters III, 324. CB to Ameila Taylor, Letters III, 327. CBN to Laetitia Wheelwright, Letters III, 325. WG 564, 566.
221 Lived to December 3, 1906. WG 567.
222 Violent, painful, and in itself real. CB to GS, Letters III, 77. HG 234. HG 258.
223 Eloquent and urgent imagination. CB TP 3. N CBP 328.
223 Had concealed. Orel 84.
Index
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Abbot (fict.) [servant], 163
Aeneas (myth), 50, 187
Aeschylus, Oresteia trilogy, 164
Agnes Grey (Anne Brontë), 13, 28, 43, 93–94, 99, 100, 139
Andrews, Miss, 66, 67
Angria (fantasy world):
Alexander Percy character in, 114–15
“Angria and the Angrians” (Branwell), 115–16, 117
Charlotte’s autobiographical writings about, 89, 146, 149
Charlotte’s fantasy world of, 36–37, 68, 88, 92, 123–29, 149, 160–61
collaboration of Charlotte and Branwell on, 82, 99, 140, 173
and Glasstown fantasies, 159, 160
Mary Percy character in, 28, 47, 115–16, 119, 123, 153
Quashia character in, 42, 160–61
Zamora character in, 28, 36, 42, 91–92, 123–29, 153–54, 211
Ashurst, Agnes, 163
Atkinson
family, 83
Atlas, 11, 12
Barker, Juliet, 76, 93, 118, 208
Bell, Currer (pseud.):
Jane Eyre written by, 12–13, 215, 217
letters from, 23–25
public awareness of Charlotte’s pseudonym, 216–17
Shirley written by, 216, 217
Villette written by, 217–18
Bessie (fict.) [servant], 50, 65, 74, 82, 104, 163
Bewick, Thomas, History of British Birds, 37–42, 43
Charlotte’s drawings based on, 37–38
Charlotte’s poem about, 38, 39
fantasy images in, 41–42
influence on Charlotte/Jane, 37–39, 41–42, 44, 48, 145, 147, 148, 237
landscapes in, 38–39, 40, 148
Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, 20, 76, 77, 113, 178
Bloomfield, Mary Ann and Fanny (fict.), 43, 94
Bloomfield, Tom (fict.), 43, 94
Böcklin, Arnold, 147
Bradford Observer, 108, 217
British imperialism, 201
British Library, London, 32
Brocklehurst (fict.) [clergyman]:
cruelty of, 58, 68, 69, 70
and Jane, 53–54, 64, 68
and Lowood school, 53–54, 58, 62, 63, 70
and Mrs. Reed, 53, 58, 166
pseudo-biblical rhetoric of, 54, 58, 62, 64
Wilson as model for, 54, 55, 56, 63, 64, 169
Brontë, Anne (sister):
Agnes Grey by, 13, 28, 43, 93–94, 99, 100, 139
childhood of, 19–21, 77, 191, 194
death of, 13, 215–16
“Diary Papers” of, 185
as governess, 21, 43, 93, 94, 95, 187
at home in Haworth, 76, 77
and the moors, 176
and sisterhood, 50, 65, 86
visit to publisher, 12, 13
writing stories and poems, 20, 30, 76, 186, 193
Brontë, Branwell (aunt), 28, 103, 134, 174, 186, 190, 191, 206, 231
Brontë, Branwell (brother):
“Angria and the Angrians” by, 115–16, 117
childhood of, 19–21, 77, 110, 194
death of, 215
deterioration of, 30–31, 113, 115, 116–23, 177–78, 187, 195, 211
inability to hold a job, 21, 22, 120–21
as model for Rochester, 110–23, 211
as only son, 113, 195
“Penmaenmawr” by, 177–78
self-confidence of, 113, 114
toy soldiers of, 20, 77
tutoring position of, 21, 187
writing collaboration with Charlotte, 20, 23, 28, 36, 46, 82, 99, 110–13, 123, 140, 160, 173, 192, 209
writings of, 20, 21, 46–47, 76, 113, 114–16, 117–18
Brontë, Charlotte:
adolescent years of, 80–81, 86, 149
“An Adventure in Ireland” by, 77–79
“Apostasy” by, 202
becoming Jane Eyre, 29, 34, 37, 49, 74, 75, 86, 92, 173
and Bewick’s book, 37–42, 44, 48, 147, 148, 237
books treasured by, 44
in Brussels, see Brussels
Caroline Vernon by, 127–28, 135
childhood of, 19–21, 37, 54–57, 69, 72, 77, 79, 172, 175, 191, 194
daily life of, 29, 75–77
and depression, 45–46, 47, 56, 114, 116, 182
and domineering women, 35, 45, 74, 95–97, 98, 142, 151–52, 159, 169
drawings by, 37–38, 81–82, 144, 148, 194, 231
and dreams, 46, 67–68, 78–79, 90–91, 104, 106, 142, 148, 161, 221
escape through writing, 34, 35, 37, 88–89, 92, 118, 120, 129, 135, 140–41, 172–74, 177, 187, 216, 217, 221, 223
“An Extraordinary Dream” by, 46
“The Fairy Gift,” 156–58
fantasy life of, 24–25, 34, 36, 42, 68, 88, 91–92, 102, 104, 106, 111, 129, 130, 135, 139, 142, 149, 154, 159, 161, 174, 221–23
and finances, 22
and genius, 90–91, 92, 95, 141, 221, 234
“Gilbert” by, 48–49, 167
and gothic fiction, 46, 105, 155, 201–3, 208, 210
as governess, 21, 34, 43–44, 81, 86, 93–98, 101, 128, 135, 150–51, 162, 169, 172, 194
guilt feelings of, 68, 182
and Heger, see Heger, Constantin
Henry Hastings by, 26, 114, 117–20, 121–22, 152
and hereditary racial degeneration, 160–63, 164
and her father, 208–10, 213, 214, 219, 223
and her mother, 48, 56, 69–70, 175, 177, 233
and her sisters, 50, 57, 65–68, 70–71, 86, 194, 215–16, 218
High Life in Verdopolis by, 28, 151, 153
“The History of the Year 1829” by, 75–76, 77
home in Haworth, 75–77, 82, 85, 114, 139, 184–87, 194, 196, 213, 223
illness and death of, 220–21
inner struggles of, 14, 67, 88–92, 93, 94, 116, 129, 135–36, 138–39, 140–41, 149, 173–74, 182, 207
isolation of, 46, 49–50, 57, 96, 135–36, 150, 180–82, 184, 194, 217
Jane Eyre by, see Jane Eyre
letters written by, 21–22, 23–24, 145, 161, 168, 195–96; see also Nussey, Ellen
limited experiences of, 24–25, 103, 127, 142
marriage to Nicholls, 219–20
“The Missionary” by, 201–2, 203
need to love, 110, 149, 212
“The Nest” by, 145, 149
“A Peep into a Picture Book” by, 123–24
and phrenology, 97
physical and emotional damage to, 52–53, 56, 62
physical size of, 56, 63, 97, 159, 221
on pictorial images, 230
“Preference” by, 200–201
The Professor by, 34, 43, 99, 139–43, 159, 161–62, 218
pseudonyms used by, 12–13, 140, 192, 193, 216–18
publisher’s rejection note to, 34
rages of, 167–70, 207
reasons for writing, 14–15, 140
rebellious spirit of, 35, 37, 90, 135, 169, 198, 206, 221
relationships with men, 103, 104, 106, 109, 113, 123, 124–27, 130–31, 133, 136–39, 146, 169–70, 197, 199–201, 211, 212, 218–19
and religion, 62, 63, 89, 100, 116, 178, 213
responsibilities assumed by, 21, 22, 30, 33–34, 91, 109, 173–74, 178, 191, 194, 213
“road of trials” for, 56–57
“Roe Head Journal” by, 36, 37, 90–91, 161
schooling of, 26, 52, 73, 79–81; see also Cowan Bridge School
secrecy maintained by, 11–14, 22–23, 24, 26, 29–31, 32, 71–72, 81, 106, 130, 139, 154, 165, 170, 187, 193, 206, 216–17, 223
sexual attraction felt by, 102, 127–29, 135–36, 140–41
Shirley by, 190, 216, 217
short-sightedness of, 31, 40, 80
and social class, 34, 83–84, 95, 150–51
and Southey, 88–89, 91, 135, 142, 173
and success, 14, 217, 218
and Symbolist painters, 147–48
and “Sympathies,” 189–90, 202
as teacher, 27, 34, 35, 40, 45, 46, 88, 89–93, 95, 99, 114, 123, 128, 141, 145, 168, 169, 172, 180, 182, 186, 199, 207
“The Teacher’s Monologue” by, 186, 187
and truth, 53, 54–56, 57–58, 71, 141, 204, 216, 218, 221, 223
Villette by, 85, 217–18
visit to publisher, 12, 13
“We Wove a Web in Childhood” by, 126
and the wild moors, 175–77, 185, 193
as witness to poverty, 179–80, 182–83
and women’s unmarried state, 195–96, 197–200, 203, 213–14
writing collaboration with Branwell, 20, 23, 28, 36, 46, 82, 99, 110–13, 123, 140, 160, 173, 192, 209
Brontë, Elizabeth (sister), 26, 48, 52, 56, 66, 67, 70–71
Brontë, Emily (sister):
in Brussels, 21, 98, 131–34, 189, 205
Charlotte’s letters to, 95, 101, 184–85
childhood of,
19–21, 77, 191, 194
death of, 13, 215
“Diary Papers” of, 185–86, 187
at home in Haworth, 76
and the moors, 176, 193
schooling of, 52, 73
and sisterhood, 50, 65, 71, 86
as teacher, 21
writing stories and poems, 20, 30, 76, 89, 186, 193
Wuthering Heights by, 13, 28, 139, 175, 176, 186
Brontë, Maria (mother), 48, 52, 56, 69–70, 71, 175, 177, 233
Brontë, Maria (sister), 26, 48, 52, 56, 65–68, 69, 70, 71, 110
Brontë, Patrick (father):
books treasured by, 44
and children’s schooling, 52, 57, 73, 79
death of, 110, 221
domineering nature of, 30, 107–8, 109, 110, 134–35
eye operation needed by, 19, 21, 22, 33, 137, 187
fear of fire, 188, 208, 209
influence on Charlotte’s writing, 208–10, 213, 214
as model for Rochester, 106–10, 133, 212, 213
as parish priest, 19, 57, 76, 109, 115, 119, 133, 179, 182, 197, 199, 218, 231
political interests of, 76–77, 106–7
rages of, 107, 208, 219
recuperating from operation, 30, 33, 47, 212
sexual energy of, 109, 133
told about Jane Eyre, 30, 109, 215
travel to Brussels, 205
as widower, 103, 223
writings of, 28, 76, 89, 173, 177, 208–10, 213
Brown, Martha, 108
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 63
Brussels:
Charlotte and Emily in, 21, 98–99, 131–34, 189, 205
Charlotte in, 27, 34, 43, 100, 102, 130–31, 135–36, 144, 168, 174, 180–82, 184, 186–87, 193, 206–7
morally degenerated alien others in, 161–62
as scene of The Professor, 43, 99, 159, 161, 218
Bunyan, John, Pilgrim’s Progress, 187, 232
Burns, Helen (fict.), 106
death of, 71, 73, 79
as Jane’s friend, 53, 61, 65, 68
Maria (sister) as model for, 66, 68, 71
and Miss Temple, 69–70
punishment inflicted on, 61, 66
Byron, George Gordon, Lord, 35, 127
Cain, 115
Don Juan, 115
“The Giaour,” 125–26, 153
“The Vision of Judgment,” 234
Campbell, Joseph, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, 232
Caroline Vernon (Charlotte Brontë), 127–28, 135
Chiswick, Mrs., 35
Coleridge, Hartley, 155, 192
Collins, Mrs., 179–80, 182–83
Cowan Bridge School:
and Brontë sisters’ deaths, 26, 56, 66–67, 71