tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post5299186947968115078..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Ten Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About Branwell Brontë by Katherine ClementsMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-52978520890926213412017-04-14T09:18:48.501+01:002017-04-14T09:18:48.501+01:00I think Branwell Brontë shared the fate of many on...I think Branwell Brontë shared the fate of many only sons in families: Great, too great expectations were heaved on this boy, who turned out to be unsuited to a 'normal' everyday live. No wonder given the admiration he earned from the whole family. Leaving the comfort of this isolated nest, his ambition soon crashed with reality. Maybe he was highly gifted, but he wasn't unwilling or unable to proof this. Besides he was indeed a really poor painter. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-70288794937329755132017-04-12T09:56:58.868+01:002017-04-12T09:56:58.868+01:00You are right of course, Julia - a slip of the key...You are right of course, Julia - a slip of the keyboard!Katherine Clementshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15358526979614526125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-14192017538871977552017-04-11T19:53:40.180+01:002017-04-11T19:53:40.180+01:00It is the bicentennial (200 years) of his birth, n...It is the bicentennial (200 years) of his birth, not his centennial (100 years). The Bronte's were definitely a very strange family with a real proclivity towards mental illness. Emily and Charlotte are especially shown to be that way through their literature. In some ways I almost think that Charlotte committed suicide by marrying late (late pregnancy was a very dangerous thing to attempt, especially in the area where they lived). Julia Erganehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04613625453621934834noreply@blogger.com