Patrick Bronte

Father of Genius

By Green, Dudley & Canterbury, The Archbishop of

Publishers Summary:
Patrick Brontë (1777–1861) was the father of the famous Brontë sisters, Anne, Charlotte, and Emily, three of Victorian England's greatest novelists, but he was a fascinating man in his own right and not nearly such an unsympathetic character as Elizabeth Gaskell's The Life of Charlotte Brontë would have us believe. Born into poverty in Ireland, he won a scholarship to St. John's College, Cambridge, and was ordained into the Church of England. He was perpetual curate of Haworth in Yorkshire for 41 years, bringing up four children, founding a school, and campaigning for a proper water supply. Although often portrayed as a somewhat fobidding figure, he was an opponent of capital punishment and the Poor Law Amendment Act, a supporter of limited Catholic emancipation, and a writer of poetry. This is the first serious biography of Patrick Brontë for more than 40 years.

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978-1-84588-625-7
Publisher
The History Press


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Reviewed on May 1, 2009

Green (Letters of the Reverend Patrick Bront�) aims in this biography of Patrick Bront�-father of writers Anne, Charlotte, and Emily Bront�-to correct factual errors in Elizabeth Gaskell's The Life of Charlotte Bront�, which portrayed the paterfamilias as remote and eccentric. Noting that his subject has been "much maligned," Green aims "to present a fair and accurate account of Patrick's life ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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