CONTENTS
PART I
CHARLOTTE BRONTË'S LETTERS TO M. HEGER
(These Letters supply the Key to the Secret of Charlotte Brontë)
[CHAPTER I]
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEM OF CHARLOTTE
BRONTË, CREATED BY A FALSE CRITICAL METHOD
[CHAPTER II]
THE KEY TO THE PROBLEM
[CHAPTER III]
CHARLOTTE'S LAST YEAR AT BRUXELLES, 1842-43
[CHAPTER IV]
THE CONFESSION AT STE. GUDULE
[CHAPTER V]
THE LEAVE-TAKING—THE SCENE IN THE CLASS-ROOM
—'MY HEART WILL BREAK'
[CHAPTER VI]
THE LOVE-LETTERS OF A ROMANTIC
PART II
SOME REMINISCENCES OF THE REAL
MONSIEUR AND MADAME HEGER
[CHAPTER I]
THE HISTORICAL DIFFICULTY: TO DISENTANGLE
FACT FROM FICTION
[CHAPTER II]
MY FIRST INTRODUCTION TO CHARLOTTE
BRONTË'S PROFESSOR
[CHAPTER III]
MONSIEUR AND MADAME HEGER AS I SAW THEM:
AND BELGIAN SCHOOLGIRLS AS I KNEW THEM
[CHAPTER IV]
MY SECOND INTERVIEW WITH M. HEGER. THE
WASHING OF 'PEPPER.' THE LESSON IN
ARITHMETIC
[CHAPTER V]
THE STORY OF A CHAPEAU D'UNIFORME
[CHAPTER VI]
MADAME HEGER'S SENTIMENT OF THE JUSTICE
OF RESIGNATION TO INJUSTICE
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
[CHARLOTTE BRONTË] .... Frontispiece
[THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL IN THE RUE D'ISABELLE]
[M. HEGER AT SIXTY]
[DRAWING BY CHARLOTTE BRONTË OF ASHBURNHAM CHURCH]
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[MADAME HEGER AT SIXTY]
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[THE ALLÉE DÉFENDUE]
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[THE GALERIE AND GARDEN IN WINTER]
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