The Brontë Family (Vol. 1&2)
A Documentary History of Patrick Brontë and His Children in Victorian HaworthBy Francis A. Leyland
Length13h 26m
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Published in two volumes, Francis A. Leyland's The Brontë Family is an early, ambitious account of the household and social world that produced one of the most influential literary dynasties of the nineteenth century. Rather than treating Charlotte, Emily, and Anne in isolation, Leyland reconstructs the family's genealogy, domestic life, religious environment, education, friendships, and literary development, giving particular attention to Branwell Brontë and the Reverend Patrick Brontë. Its prose combines documentary narration, anecdotal portraiture, biographical sentiment, and the moralizing tendencies characteristic of Victorian life-writing. Written in the cultural aftermath of Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, and Agnes Grey, the work belongs to the formative period of Brontë biography, when fact, local tradition, and literary legend were still closely intertwined. Leyland was a Yorkshire journalist, antiquarian, and regional man of letters whose interests were rooted in the history and personalities of the north of England. His access to local memories and traditions, together with the growing public fascination with the Brontës, helped inspire this effort to preserve the family's story and interpret its exceptional creative achievements. His perspective is consequently both historically valuable and revealing of Victorian attitudes toward genius, family, religion, and reputation. This edition is recommended to readers seeking the origins of Brontë scholarship, as well as to students of Victorian biography and literary culture. Its occasional partialities and embellishments are not defects to be overlooked but evidence of how the Brontës entered cultural memory. Read critically, Leyland's work offers an indispensable window into the making of their enduring legend.
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GenreBiography and Memoir
Length13 hrs 26 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 10, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Louisa May Alcott: The Complete Novels (The Greatest Novelists of All Time – Book 15) (Annotated)
2Volume 1
3PREFACE.
4CHAPTER I. EARLY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE BRONTËS.
5CHAPTER II. MRS. BRONTË.
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6CHAPTER III. THE REV. PATRICK BRONTË.
7CHAPTER IV. THE GIRLHOOD OF THE BRONTË SISTERS.
8CHAPTER V. BRANWELL'S BOYHOOD.
9CHAPTER VI. THE LITERARY TASTES OF THE CHILDREN.
10CHAPTER VII. YOUTH.
11CHAPTER VIII. ART-AIMS OF THE BRONTËS.
12CHAPTER IX. CHARLOTTE AT ROE HEAD.
13CHAPTER X. BRANWELL BRONTË AND HIS SISTERS' BIOGRAPHERS.
14CHAPTER XI. BRANWELL AT BRADFORD.
15CHAPTER XII. LITERARY INFLUENCES AND ASPIRATIONS.
16CHAPTER XIII. EARLY POEMS.
17CHAPTER XIV. POEMS ON 'CAROLINE.'
18CHAPTER XV. EVENTS AT THE PARSONAGE.
19CHAPTER XVI. BRANWELL AT BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS.
20CHAPTER XVII. BRANWELL AT SOWERBY BRIDGE.—CHARLOTTE'S EXERTIONS.
21CHAPTER XVIII. BRANWELL'S POETRY, 1842.
22Volume 2
23PREFACE.
24CHAPTER I. EARLY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE BRONTËS.
25CHAPTER II. MRS. BRONTË.
26CHAPTER III. THE REV. PATRICK BRONTË.
27CHAPTER IV. THE GIRLHOOD OF THE BRONTË SISTERS.
28CHAPTER V. BRANWELL'S BOYHOOD.
29CHAPTER VI. THE LITERARY TASTES OF THE CHILDREN.
30CHAPTER VII. YOUTH.
31CHAPTER VIII. ART-AIMS OF THE BRONTËS.
32CHAPTER IX. CHARLOTTE AT ROE HEAD.
33CHAPTER X. BRANWELL BRONTË AND HIS SISTERS' BIOGRAPHERS.
34CHAPTER XI. BRANWELL AT BRADFORD.
35CHAPTER XII. LITERARY INFLUENCES AND ASPIRATIONS.
36CHAPTER XIII. EARLY POEMS.
37CHAPTER XIV. POEMS ON 'CAROLINE.'
38CHAPTER XV. EVENTS AT THE PARSONAGE.
39CHAPTER XVI. BRANWELL AT BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS.
40CHAPTER XVII. BRANWELL AT SOWERBY BRIDGE.—CHARLOTTE'S EXERTIONS.
41CHAPTER XVIII. BRANWELL'S POETRY, 1842.
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