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THE LIFE
OF
CHARLOTTE BRONTË,
AUTHOR OF
"JANE EYRE," "SHIRLEY," "VILLETTE," &c.
SMITH, ELDER, AND CO., 65, CORNHILL.
1857.
210. C. 103
The right of translation is reserved.
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CONTENTS OF VOL. I.
CHAPTER I.
Description of Keighley and its neighbourhood-Haworth
Parsonage and Church - Tablets of the Brontë family
CHAPTER II.
Characteristics of Yorkshiremen-Manufactures of the West
Riding-Descendants of the Puritans - A characteristic
incident-Former state of the country-Isolated country
houses -Two Yorkshire squires Rude sports of the people
- Rev. William Grimshaw, Curate of Haworth - His
opinion and treatment of his parishioners-The "arvills,”
or funeral feasts-Haworth Field-Kirk-Church-riots at
Haworth on the appointment of Mr. Redhead as Perpetual
Curate-Arrival of Mr. Brontë at Haworth
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CHAPTER III.
The Rev. Patrick Brontë-His marriage with Miss Branwell
of Penzance-Social customs in Penzance-The Branwell
family-Letters of Miss Branwell to Mr. Brontë-Marriage
of Mrs. Brontë―Thornton, the birth-place of Charlotte
Brontë-Removal to Haworth-Description of the Par-
sonage-The people of Haworth-The Brontë family at
Haworth-Early training of the little Brontës — Charac-
teristic anecdotes of Mr. Brontë-Death of Mrs. Brontë-
Village Scandal Studies of the Brontë family — Mr.
Brontë's account of his children
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