The Three Brontës

by May Sinclair

Ballynaskeagh, 20. Balzac, 54, 120, 121, 163. Bassompierre, Pauline de, in Villette, 153-157. Being, 184. — Parmenides on, 185. Birrell, Mr., 14, 20, 31, 41, 65. Blake, William, 175, 178. Branwell, Miss, at Haworth, 23, 24. — — death of, 36. — Maria, marries Rev. Patrick Brontë, 20. — — illness of, 23. — — death of, 23. Brontë— Anne, 49-57. — 27, 28. — at Thornton, 20. — at Haworth, 20, 27, 33, 39. — at Thorp Green, 33, 36, 38, 50. — in London, 40. — character of 49-51, 55, 56. — death of, 45. — diary of, 34, 168, 194. — Poems of, 54-57, 188, 246. — novels of, 39, 49-54. — and Branwell Brontë compared, 54, 246. Charlotte, 57-167. Charlotte at Thornton, 20. — at Haworth, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 31, 37, 39, 46, 47, 69, 83, 94, 103, 105, 165, 235, 236. — at Cowan Bridge, 24, 25, 27, 236. — at Roe Head, 26, 27, 94, 95. — at Dewsbury Moor, 27, 94. — at Stonegappe, 28, 62-64. — at Rawdon, 33, 35, 67. — in Brussels, 15, 35-37, 81-90, 158, 241, 246. — in London, 15, 40, 46, 47, 244. — character of, 16, 66 et seq., 80, 82, 83-86, 167. — death of, 48, 49. — early writings of, 101-104. — genius of, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 35, 80, 91, 103, 104, 130, 131, 171, 233. — marriage of, 47-49. — novels of, 105-165. — Poems of, 39, 103, 164, 169, 170, 246. — her love of children, 64-67, 156. — and Emily Brontë compared, 48, 167-169, 229-231, 233. — Mr. Swinburne on, 14, 31, 64, 65, 66, 68. Emily Jane, 167-234. — at Haworth, 19, 20-22, 25, 26, 27, 39. — at Cowan Bridge, 24, 25. — at Roe Head, 27, 39. — at Halifax, 27. — in Brussels, 35, 36, 37. — death of, 43, 44, 139, 140, 173. — character of, 27, 167-173. — diary of, 33, 38, 194. — genius of, 14, 15, 16, 17, 22, 171, 172, 185-186, 187, 208, 209, 229, 233, 234, 236. — Poems of, 17, 39, 174-185, 231, 232. — mysticism of, 16, 168, 171, 173-181, 186. — novel of, 39. — paganism of, 16, 135, 136, 174, 186, 208, 214. — and Charlotte Brontë compared, 48, 167-169, 229-231, 233. — M. Maeterlinck on, 14, 170, 213. — Mr. Swinburne on, 14, 174. Maria, 20, 22. — at Cowan Bridge, 24, 25. — character of, 24, 25. — death of, 25. Patrick Branwell, 15, 22, 27, 28, 29, 30, 34, 54, 55, 58, 59, 61, 199, 236. — at Thornton, 20. — at Haworth, 20, 25, 28-30, 34, 42. — at Bradford, 28, 29. — at Luddenden Foot, 34. — at Thorp Green, 40, 41. — in London, 29. — character of, 40-43, 50-54. — death of, 43. — authorship of Wuthering Heights ascribed to, 233, 246, 247. Patrick Branwell and Emily Brontë compared, 246, 247. — and Anne Brontë compared, 54, 233. — and Mrs. Robinson, 40, 41, 50-52. — Poems of, 28, 29, 42, 164, 233, 246. Patrick, Rev., 20-22, 24, 25, 36, 37, 42, 43, 83. — at Thornton, 20. — at Haworth, 20. — in Ireland, 20, 21. — character of, 20, 21, 22, 24. — works of, 22. Brontës, The Fact and Fiction, by Angus Mackay, 81. Brown, John, 28, 29, 30, 51. Brussels, Charlotte Brontë in, 15, 35-37, 81-90, 158, 241, 246. — Emily Brontë in, 35, 36, 37. — influence of, 15, 81-90, 158. Byron, 121, 206, 207.

Children, love of, 64-67, 156.
— in Charlotte Brontë's
novels, 64, 65, 66, 156.
— in George Eliot's novels,
64, 156.
Cowan Bridge School, 24, 25, 27,
91, 236.
Creative Impulse, the, 23, 155,
157.
Criticism of Charlotte Brontë,
15, 31-33, 64-75, 78-81, 117,
120, 122.
— of Jane Eyre, 114, 117,
120-124, 128-142.
— of Shirley, 65, 68, 131, 132,
137, 138, 143.
— of Villette, 143-149, 153-160,
162, 163.
— of Emma, 161, 162.
— of Charlotte Brontë's
Poems, 164, 165.
— of Emily Brontë's Poems,
174-209.
Criticism of Wuthering Heights,
209-234.
— of Agnes Grey, 49, 50.
— of The Tenant of Wildfell
Hall, 54, 55.
— of Anne Brontë's Poems,
54-57, 188, 246.

Dean, Nelly, in Wuthering
Heights, 222, 224, 225, 229.
Destiny, 35, 36, 37, 39, 48, 103,
105, 234.
Destiny, Wisdom and, quoted, 170.
Dewsbury, Charlotte Brontë at,
27, 94.
Dialogue, 116, 117, 139, 140, 149,
230.
Diary, Emily Brontë's, 33, 38,
194.
— Anne Brontë's, 34, 168,
194.
Dimnet, M., 15, 16, 51, 163.
— — his criticism of Charlotte
Brontë, 16.
— — his criticism of
Wuthering Heights, 17.
Dobell, Sydney, on Emily
Brontë, 232.
Dramatic instinct of Charlotte
Brontë, 163, 231, 232.
— — of Emily Brontë, 231,
232.
Duclaux, Madame, 14, 20, 21, 44,
50, 61, 120.
— — her Emily Brontë,
14, 21, 44, 50, 120, 167, 182.
— — on Wuthering Heights
211, 212.
Dunton, Mr. Theodore Watts-,
14, 15.

Earnshaw, Catherine, 169,
173, 208-229.
— — character of, 212-216,
227.
— Hareton, 209-212.
— — character of, 215-218,
226.
Earth, the, 127, 136, 143, 173,
207, 208, 224.
— Emily Brontë's love of,
136, 174, 175, 208, 222.
— Genius of, 175.
— Poem to, 207, 208.
Ecstasy, 179.
Eliot, George, 64, 143, 156, 171.
Emanuel, Paul, 105, 144-146,
148-153, 157, 242, 243.
Emma, Fragment of, 161, 162.
Experience, 144 et seq., 170, 172,
173, 234.
— novel of, 106, 107, 143-146,
148, 164.
— how far important, 144,
145, 148, 234.
— of Charlotte Brontë, 129,
130, 172, 234.
Eyre, name whence derived, 239.

Fanshawe, Ginevra, character of, 154, 159. Farrar, Dean, 55. Fielding, 123. Fragment of Emma, 161, 162.

Gaskell, Mrs., 20, 21, 22, 30,
42, 47, 50, 51, 52, 53, 96, 101,
120, 143, 147, 167.
Gaskell's, Mrs., Life of Charlotte
Brontë, 47, 57, 58, 67, 68, 234-237.
Genius,
— of Charlotte Brontë, 13, 14,
19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 35, 80,
91, 103, 104, 130, 131, 171, 233.
— of Emily Brontë, 14, 15,
16, 17, 22, 171, 172, 185, 186,
187, 208, 209, 229, 233, 234,
236.
— the, of Place, 19, 20, 227,
228.
— the, of Earth, 174, 175.
— test of, 233, 234.
"Gondal Chronicles", 38, 39,
193, 194, 232.
"Gondal Poems", 17, 193-208,
234.
Grundy, Francis, 33, 51, 60, 203,
246.

Haworth, 20, 21, 24, 25, 27,
29, 37, 42-44, 168.
— influence of, 24, 25, 30, 47,
94, 103, 105, 165, 166, 227,
228, 235, 236.
Heathcliff, 53, 170, 197, 209-221,
222, 224, 225, 239-242.
— character of, 209, 210, 211,
226.
— and Zamorna, 202-207.
Héger, M. Constantin, 14, 35, 36,
81-90.
— — character of, 88, 89,
146, 147.
— — influence of, 36, 100,
103-105.
Héger's, M. Constantin, relations
with Charlotte Brontë,
14, 15, 81-90, 96, 100, 104, 105,
130, 239-247.
— — original of Paul
Emanuel, 105, 144-150, 239-247.
— Madame, 14, 15, 35, 36,
85-89, 104, 148.
— — original of Madame
Beck, 144, 148, 149.
Helstone, Caroline, 98, 137, 139,
141, 142, 143.
— — and Miss Ellen
Nussey, 75, 98.
Henri, Frances, 89, 108-110.
Heredity, 211, 212.

Imagination and the real, 130,
144.

Jane Eyre, 21, 24, 39, 40, 64, 68,
89, 91, 101, 103, 109, 110,
112-131, 133, 143, 148, 159,
239-247.
— — criticisms of, 112,
116-124.
— — dialogue in, 113, 114,
117, 118, 119.
— — passion in, 113, 114,
115, 116, 117.
— — reality of, 112, 113,
124.
— — style in, 128, 129.
— — and The Professor
compared, 105, 109, 110, 112,
113, 129, 138.
— — and Shirley compared,
131, 138, 141.
— — and Villette compared,
105, 144, 159.
— — quoted, 113-115,
117-119, 125-129.
John of the Cross, St., 180, 181.

Letters of Charlotte Brontë,
46, 53, 75, 76, 165, 166.
— — to Miss Ellen Nussey,
46, 72, 75-78, 82-92.
— — from Brussels, 84-87.
— — to M. Héger, 90.
— — to Southey, 99.
— — to Wordsworth, 99.
Leyland, Francis A., 60, 61.
— — on Branwell Brontë,
81, 233, 246.
— the sculptor, 29, 51, 246.
Lewes, George Henry, 33, 64, 68,
124.
— — on Shirley, 68.
Life of Charlotte Brontë, Mrs.
Gaskell's, 47, 57, 58, 67, 68,
234-237.
Linton, Catherine, 212, 221, 222,
227.
London, Charlotte Brontë in, 15,
40, 46, 47, 244.