Why did St John want to marry Jane? John wants Jane to marry him, move to India and become a missionary with him. He believes she would make a good missionary wife because of her character and commitment. He therefore decides not to act on any feelings he has for her and asks Jane to marry him.
How did Emily Bronte die? Where does the name Bronte come from? The given name Proinnteach meant "bestower" in Gaelic. What does Bronte mean? The name Bronte means Thunder and is of Greek origin. Bronte is a name that's been used by parents who are considering baby names for girls. Pronounced Bron-tay. Surname of novelists Charlotte, Anne and Emily Bronte. Their surname was probably originally Irish Prunty Francis.
Are there any Bronte descendants? There are certainly no legitimate descendants. Branwell, Emily and Anne never married, and, although Charlotte is believed to have been pregnant at the time of her death, her baby died with her. There is, however, some evidence that Branwell may have fathered a child. They stayed at the Pensionnat Heger, where they became pupils. Madame Heger was the head of the school. The two sisters learned French, German, music, singing, writing, arithmetic, and drawing.
At home, Aunt Branwell had become very ill. Charlotte and Emily came home, only to find her dead and buried. Afterwards, Emily stayed at the Parsonage, but Charlotte went back to Brussels. She became a teacher at the Pensionnat, but she was very dissatisfied with her students. In a letter to Branwell, she said:. They have not intellect or politeness or good-nature or good-feeling Madame Heger thought that Charlotte had fallen in love with her husband, and therefore became very cold and distant towards her.
Monsieur Heger taught her German, but otherwise, had little to do with her. Early in , Charlotte came home, but continued to write to Monsieur Heger, even though he allowed her to write to him only twice a year.
Branwell's talents seemed very promising. He was seen as the gifted one in the family. His father had hired a painting master to teach his only son, and it was also thought that Branwell could possibly turn out to be a poet or a journalist. Unfortunately, Fate dictated otherwise. Branwell was to go to London to attend the Royal Academy Schools, but he did not present himself as planned. Instead, he roamed the streets of London, wasting his money on alcohol.
Later on, when he had failed at portrait painting and working on railroads, he tried his hand at tutoring the Robinson family hired him. Branwell was dismissed because of "irregularities," as it was termed. He had been having an affair with Mrs. If Poems ranks among the great failures in publishing history, then Jane Eyre must count as one of the great successes. George Smith accepted the book without hesitation, and the novel appeared on October 19, Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey had already been accepted by the London publisher Thomas Cautley Newby, and appeared as a three-volume set in December Following the success of Jane Eyre , the publication of two further 'Bell' novels fuelled speculation about the gender and identity of the authors.
The publication of Anne's second novel The Tenant of Wildfell Hall forced Charlotte and Anne to reveal their identities to George Smith, as the unscrupulous Newby tried to pass off the work of his author as being by the more successful Currer Bell. The two sisters travelled to London in July and confronted the astonished George Smith in his Cornhill office.
Charlotte and Anne, staying quietly at the Chapter Coffee House, resisted Smith's attempts to show them off, but they did find themselves being escorted to the opera, the National Gallery and the Royal Academy of Arts.
Charlotte's pleasure in her new-found success turned out to be shortlived. Branwell, who had increasingly fallen back on alcohol and opium for solace, had been ailing all summer.
Tuberculosis was gaining a rapid hold on his abused frame. He died suddenly on Sunday September 24, , aged 31, with the whole family at his deathbed. While Charlotte was still reeling from the shock of Branwell's death it became apparent that Emily and Anne were also ill.
In fact Emily too was dying from tuberculosis, and never left the house again after Branwell's funeral. Refusing to admit she was ill, she dragged herself out of bed every morning and continued to carry out her share of the household chores. Her death came at the age of 30, three months after her brother's, on December 19, All Charlotte's concern was now directed towards her last surviving sister, who seemed unable to shake off her cold.
A lung specialist called in to examine Anne shortly after Emily's death confirmed Charlotte's worst fear, that she was likely to lose this last, much-loved sister.
Anne submitted to all the futile treatments then available, but any benefit proved temporary. In January Charlotte wrote: 'Anne cannot study now, she can scarcely read; she occupies Emily's chair - she does not get well. It was in Scarborough that Anne died, just four days later, on May 28, , aged To spare her father the anguish of yet another family funeral, Charlotte took the decision to bury her sister in Scarborough, where she was laid to rest in the churchyard of St Mary's, high above the town.
Stunned by the tragedies of the previous nine months, Charlotte wrote: 'A year ago - had a prophet warned me how I should stand in June - how stripped and bereaved I should have thought - this can never be endured'.
Charlotte turned to writing to sustain her through the dark days ahead.
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