In the Footsteps of the Brontës

Table of Contents

Preface
1. The Brontë Irish ancestry, 1777–1802
2. Patrick Brontë's training for the ministry. Cambridge, 1802–5
3. The Rev. Patrick Brontë at Hartshead, 1811–15
4. The Rev. Patrick Brontë at Thornton, 1815–20
5. Haworth, 1820–4
6. Cowan Bridge, July, 1824–June, 1825
7. Haworth, 1825–31
8. Dewsbury, 1831–2
9. Haworth, Roe Head and Dewsbury Moor, 1832–8
10. Emily Brontë at Law Hill, Southowram, 1836–9
11. Charlotte Brontë's offers of marriage, 1839
12. Branwell Brontë and the curates at Haworth, 1839–42
13. Anne Brontë
14. Rawdon, March–December 1841
15. London, 1842–8
16. Brussels, January–November 1842
17. M. and Madame Heger
18. The Brontës' experience at the Pensionnat
19. Charlotte Brontë's second year at Brussels
20. Why Charlotte Brontë left Brussels so abruptly
21. The attempt to earn a livelihood, 1844–5
22. The publishing venture, 1845–6
23. The first Brontë novels, 1845–7
24. Wuthering Heights
25. Charlotte and Anne Brontë's visit to London. Death of Branwell and Emily Brontë
26. Shirley, 1848–9
27. Death of Anne Brontë, 1849
28. Charlotte Brontë's visits to London, 1849–50
29. Charlotte Brontë's first and second visit to the English Lakes, 1850
30. Charlotte Brontë's sixth visit to London, 1851
31. Rev. A. B. Nicholls
32. Charlotte Brontë's engagement, marriage, and death
33. Memorials
Works by the Brontës
Index.