In the Footsteps of the Bront}}s [Paperback]

A biography of the Bront? sisters published in 1914 by an author who spent years living near their Haworth home.This extensive biography of the Bront? sisters, written by Esther Alice Chadwick (c.1882) and published in 1914, examines the lives of Charlotte (181655), Emily (181848) and Anne (182049) through their work and letters, and seeks to understand the inspiration for their unique literary output.This extensive biography of the Bront? sisters, written by Esther Alice Chadwick (c.1882) and published in 1914, examines the lives of Charlotte (181655), Emily (181848) and Anne (182049) through their work and letters, and seeks to understand the inspiration for their unique literary output.A few years after Esther Alice Chadwick (fl. 18821928)  who wrote under the name Mrs Ellis H. Chadwick  had read a copy of Elizabeth Gaskell's Life of Charlotte Bront?, she moved to a house near the Haworth vicarage where the Bront? family had lived. As a result, Chadwick was able to speak to many people who had known the family, and in 1914 she published this extensive biography of the family. Beginning with the Irish ancestry of the three famous sisters, Charlotte (181655), Emily (181848) and Anne (182049), she traces their short but eventful lives. Chadwick examines their early years and the influence of their father, Patrick, his work in the ministry and the family's time at Haworth. Later chapters are devoted to the sisters' education and their literary output, seeking to understand their extraordinary creativity amid the difficult circumstances of their life.Preface; 1. The Bront? Irish ancestry, 17771802; 2. Patrick Bront?'s training for the ministry. Cambridge, 18025; 3. The Rev. Patrick Bront? at Hartshead, 181115; 4. The Rev. Patrick Bront? at Thornton, 181520; 5. Haworth, 18204; 6. Cowan Bridge, July, 1824June, 1825; 7. Haworth, 182531; 8. Dewsbury, 18312; 9. Haworth, Roe Head and Dewsbury Moor, 18328; 10. Emily Bront? at Law Hill, Southowram, 18369lè