A wonderful talker he was, and able to do things which nobody he had ever seen could do. ‘To his mind, Mr Branwell was the cleverest of the family. In today’s post we’re going to delve into the archives and look at first person encounters with Branwell Brontë! A little book, Branwell’s Blackwood’s Magazine Somehow, Branwell has taken on a Byronic twist for many, he is seen as ‘mad, bad, and dangerous to know’ but is that a true and complete picture? I don’t think so, and nor did the people who knew him. He was a man who found life a challenge, who was hit hard by the childhood losses of his mother and two eldest sisters, and then by failures in his artistic and literary dreams, and in love. He and Charlotte were particularly close in childhood, and it was they who led the way into the kingdoms of Glass Town and Angria, leading to an explosion of youthful creativity and the little books which we can still see at Haworth Parsonage Museum today. What do we know about Branwell Brontë? He was the fourth of six Brontë siblings, born a year and two months after Charlotte Brontë. Okay, it’s a day after the day itself, but we’re sure that Branwell would still be celebrating. This weekend marks the 204 th anniversary of Patrick Branwell Brontë, born in Thornton, Bradford on 26 th June 1817.
No reader could fail to be intensely moved by Branwell's final retreat into laudanum, alcohol and death.Please enter your email address to subscribe to my Anne Bronte blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. With neither the strength nor the resources to counter rejection, unable to sell his paintings or publish his books, Branwell became a spectre in the Bronte story, in pathetic contrast with the astonishing achievements of Charlotte, Emily and Anne.ĭaphne du Maurier concentrates all her biographer's skill on the shadowy figure of Branwell Bronte. But as an adult, the precocious flame of genius distorted and burned low. As a bold and gifted child, his promise seemed boundless to the three adoring sisters over whom his rule was complete. Pursued by the twin demons of drink and madness, Branwell Bronte created a private world that was indeed infernal. she is unravelling a long distorted mystery' KIRKUS REVIEWS
'Miss du Maurier has brought to the art of the biography the narrative urgency' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW 'Daphne du Maurier has no equal' DAILY TELEGRAPH
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