In Aunt Branwell, Nick has discovered a caring, funny and generous woman devoted to her nephew and nieces and who was particularly fond of snuff. Although, if Anne and William did marry would she still have become a writer or, would the world have been deprived of Agnes and Helen?Īnne was also away from home when her beloved Aunt Branwell died. So much time was wasted if she had been able to support herself or find work nearer to home they would have been able to get to know each other much better and, William may well have proposed. Anne left behind her thoughts and feelings about her love and then loss of William, in her poetry and her first novel the semi-autobiographical, Agnes Grey.Īnne was unable to live in Haworth and be near to William because she was forced to leave and find work as a governess. This has been mentioned in other biographies of the Brontë’s but not with such pathos. I was particularly struck with the chapter about her love for William Weightman. It is obvious that Nick has a lot of knowledge and respect for Anne and indeed, all the Brontë’s. The first is a brief biography of Anne from her birth to her death and, even though it is only brief, it is still a very good read. Crave the Rose by Nick Holland celebrates the 200 th anniversary of the birth of Anne Brontë on 17 January 1820, and is not just a straightforward biography of the youngest Brontë sibling. Not another Brontë biography? Some of you may cry (though not me).
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