The Secret History of Jane Eyre

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by John Pfordresher


  173 The desperation. JE 252.

  173 Brussels for good. JB 78.

  174 Bleak, vacant, desolate. CB to EN, Letters I, 503.

  174 Thus, Jane Eyre finds herself. JE 275, 276.

  176 Society of family and friends. Letters I, Appendix, 601.

  177 No need for another heaven. EG 109. Letters I, Appendix, 598. Brontë, Wuthering Heights, 63, 258.

  177 But Jane wakes the next morning hungry. JE 277.

  177 Her solitary daughter. Patrick Brontë, Brontëana: The Rev. Patrick Brontë, His Collected Works and Life, ed., J. Horsefall Turner (Bingley: T. Harrison & Sons, 1898), 42.

  177 “Hopeless of the future.” JE 277.

  178 “Heart worn down by care.” N PPBB 276–77.

  178 There is a kind of literary model. JE 277.

  178 “Requirements, and pains, and responsibilities”. James Hogg, Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1983), 228.

  178 Driven by hunger. JE 279, 278, 280, 285.

  180 For what has happened. CB to EN, Letters I, 231.

  180 There are elements. JE 280.

  181 “Comfort a very desolate heart.” CB to EN, Letters I, 324–25, 327, 325.

  182 During this crisis. CB to EJB, Letters I, 329, 330.

  182 “To an excess.” CB to EN, Letters I, 334.

  183 “Never more endure to see him.” CB to EN, Letters I, 521.

  CHAPTER TEN

  185 “Our grey half-inhabited house.” CB to EJB, Letters I, 331.

  186 Their characters long for. “It is thought that the Diary Papers, written by Emily and Anne, were modeled on Byron’s early journal scribble in a schoolbook at Harrow and described in Moore’s Life.” Ox Comp 115. Letters I, 263, note 1 quotes Shorter describing his acquisition of the Diary Papers for 1841 and 1845 and his understanding of the practice. JB 257–58.

  187 Constant in her thinking. N CBP 309.

  187 “Vanish into vacancy.” CB to EN, Letters I, 497. N CBP 309.

  188 The home Jane reaches. JE 282, 283, 285.

  188 Tabby’s daily chores. Letters I, Appendix, 598.

  188 Patrick Brontë’s chronic fear. JE 293.

  189 A desk much like Charlotte’s. Letters I, Appendix, 599.

  189 But what most importantly strikes. JE 283.

  189 Immediately Jane recognizes. JE 283, 300.

  189 Brontë is clear. JE 187.

  190 Jane Eyre throughout their lives. Ox Comp 324.

  190 In the days that follow. JE 290.

  191 “Fine lady anywhere else.” WG 21. EG 110. CB to EN, Letters I, 206.

  191 During her first glimpse. JE 283.

  191 Sensed a kinship with them too. EB Diary Paper 30 July 1841, Letters I, 262–63.

  192 The parsonage garden at Haworth. JE 298.

  192 Seem to agree. EN in Letters I, Appendix, 601.

  192 On that first night, the Rivers family. JE 287.

  193 Jane, at this moment, is quite like them. CB to HC, Letters I, 241.

  193 Jane Eyre soon becomes the new member. JE 298, 293, 298.

  193 Jane likes to sit. JE 299.

  193 The uncanny sympathies. JE 299.

  194 Way for herself as well. CB to HN, Letters I, 255.

  194 And then she crowns that level. JE 326, 328, 329, 330.

  195 Precedence over financial matters. CB to MW, Letters I, 448.

  196 “Her own way through life.” CB to MW, Letters I, 448.

  196 Jane’s reply is the climactic conclusion. JE 333.

  197 When they first meet. JE 297, 304.

  198 When he sees it in Jane Eyre. CB to HN, Letters I, 185. CB to EN, Letters I, 187.

  198 Charlotte’s St. John Rivers. Footnote 7 in Letters I, 326. CB to EN, Letters I, 325.

  199 In considering the life of Miss Wooler. CB to EN, Letters I, 187, 152.

  199 That tragic year of 1842. CB to EN, Letters I, 222, 223.

  200 “Specimens of the ‘coarser sex.’” CB to EN, Letters I, 483.

  201 “Fury cannot change my mind.” N CBP 290.

  201 A second poem. JE 310, 345, 299, 300.

  202 Soon followed by death. N CBP 292, 294.

  202 A third poem. JE 339.

  202 Falls back dead. N CBP 311, 312.

  202 Jane Eyre exactly. JE 357, 358.

  CHAPTER ELEVEN

  205 She had never enjoyed. CB to WSW, Letters II, 23.

  205 Breaking free from St. John Rivers’ demands. JE 359.

  206 The deeply—and secretly. JE 360, 361.

  207 At this point the close parallels. JE 361.

  207 The fiery destruction. JE 365.

  208 Interconnection between emotion and destruction. Letters I, Appendix, 599. JB 1007.

  209 Published both at his own expense. Charlotte and her two older sisters had just been enrolled in the Cowan Bridge School a month earlier. Brontë, Brontëana, 212. JB 151–52.

  210 “Will sink in liquid fire.” Brontë, Brontëana, 204–8.

  210 From her childhood Charlotte. JE 365.

  210 Thornfield is now nothing. JE 361, 366.

  212 Invalid stuck in the Haworth parsonage. JB 609. HG 233

  212 Charlotte has Jane. JE 370–71.

  212 While Charlotte had. JE 378.

  212 As Rochester recovers partial eyesight. JE 380.

  213 “Reconcilement to my Maker.” Brontë, Brontëana, 218.

  213 Thus, in a peculiarly ironic return. JE 383, 384.

  EPILOGUE

  216 “They appear to me in sickness and suffering.” CB to WSW, Letters II, 224.

  216 Secret history was thus continuing. CB to EG, Letters II, 288. CB to WSW, Letters II, 376.

  217 “Name of ‘Currer Bell.’” JB 743.

  217 “And likely to be lonely .” CB to EN, Letters III, 63.

  217 “Shirley,” ETC.” CB to WSW, Letters III, 72. CB to GS, Letters III, 74.

  218 Refused to see her. WG 571.

  219 “Suddenly blood-shot.” CB to EN, Letters I, 551. CB to EN, Letters III, 93.

  219 They were married. CB to EN, Letters III, 95. CB to EN, Letters III, 149. CB to EN, Letters III, 168.

  220 Assiduously cared for her wellbeing. CB to MW, Letters III, 276. CB to C. Winkworth, Letters III, 279–80. CB to EN, Letters III, 282.

  220 “My dear boy.” CBN to EN, Letters III, 283. CB to EN, Letters III, 306.

  221 “Not strong enough for marriage.” CB to EN, Letters III, 319. WG 562. A. B. Nicholls to EN, Letters III, 324. CB to Ameila Taylor, Letters III, 327. CBN to Laetitia Wheelwright, Letters III, 325. WG 564, 566.

  221 Lived to December 3, 1906. WG 567.

  222 Violent, painful, and in itself real. CB to GS, Letters III, 77. HG 234. HG 258.

  223 Eloquent and urgent imagination. CB TP 3. N CBP 328.

  223 Had concealed. Orel 84.

  Index

  Page numbers listed correspond to the print edition of this book. You can use your device’s search function to locate particular terms in the text.

  Note: Page numbers above 227 refer to Notes.

  Abbot (fict.) [servant], 163

  Aeneas (myth), 50, 187

  Aeschylus, Oresteia trilogy, 164

  Agnes Grey (Anne Brontë), 13, 28, 43, 93–94, 99, 100, 139

  Andrews, Miss, 66, 67

  Angria (fantasy world):

  Alexander Percy character in, 114–15

  “Angria and the Angrians” (Branwell), 115–16, 117

  Charlotte’s autobiographical writings about, 89, 146, 149

  Charlotte’s fantasy world of, 36–37, 68, 88, 92, 123–29, 149, 160–61

  collaboration of Charlotte and Branwell on, 82, 99, 140, 173

  and Glasstown fantasies, 159, 160

  Mary Percy character in, 28, 47, 115–16, 119, 123, 153

  Quashia character in, 42, 160–61

  Zamora character in, 28, 36, 42, 91–92, 123–29, 153–54, 211

  Ashurst, Agnes, 163

  Atkinson
family, 83

  Atlas, 11, 12

  Barker, Juliet, 76, 93, 118, 208

  Bell, Currer (pseud.):

  Jane Eyre written by, 12–13, 215, 217

  letters from, 23–25

  public awareness of Charlotte’s pseudonym, 216–17

  Shirley written by, 216, 217

  Villette written by, 217–18

  Bessie (fict.) [servant], 50, 65, 74, 82, 104, 163

  Bewick, Thomas, History of British Birds, 37–42, 43

  Charlotte’s drawings based on, 37–38

  Charlotte’s poem about, 38, 39

  fantasy images in, 41–42

  influence on Charlotte/Jane, 37–39, 41–42, 44, 48, 145, 147, 148, 237

  landscapes in, 38–39, 40, 148

  Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, 20, 76, 77, 113, 178

  Bloomfield, Mary Ann and Fanny (fict.), 43, 94

  Bloomfield, Tom (fict.), 43, 94

  Böcklin, Arnold, 147

  Bradford Observer, 108, 217

  British imperialism, 201

  British Library, London, 32

  Brocklehurst (fict.) [clergyman]:

  cruelty of, 58, 68, 69, 70

  and Jane, 53–54, 64, 68

  and Lowood school, 53–54, 58, 62, 63, 70

  and Mrs. Reed, 53, 58, 166

  pseudo-biblical rhetoric of, 54, 58, 62, 64

  Wilson as model for, 54, 55, 56, 63, 64, 169

  Brontë, Anne (sister):

  Agnes Grey by, 13, 28, 43, 93–94, 99, 100, 139

  childhood of, 19–21, 77, 191, 194

  death of, 13, 215–16

  “Diary Papers” of, 185

  as governess, 21, 43, 93, 94, 95, 187

  at home in Haworth, 76, 77

  and the moors, 176

  and sisterhood, 50, 65, 86

  visit to publisher, 12, 13

  writing stories and poems, 20, 30, 76, 186, 193

  Brontë, Branwell (aunt), 28, 103, 134, 174, 186, 190, 191, 206, 231

  Brontë, Branwell (brother):

  “Angria and the Angrians” by, 115–16, 117

  childhood of, 19–21, 77, 110, 194

  death of, 215

  deterioration of, 30–31, 113, 115, 116–23, 177–78, 187, 195, 211

  inability to hold a job, 21, 22, 120–21

  as model for Rochester, 110–23, 211

  as only son, 113, 195

  “Penmaenmawr” by, 177–78

  self-confidence of, 113, 114

  toy soldiers of, 20, 77

  tutoring position of, 21, 187

  writing collaboration with Charlotte, 20, 23, 28, 36, 46, 82, 99, 110–13, 123, 140, 160, 173, 192, 209

  writings of, 20, 21, 46–47, 76, 113, 114–16, 117–18

  Brontë, Charlotte:

  adolescent years of, 80–81, 86, 149

  “An Adventure in Ireland” by, 77–79

  “Apostasy” by, 202

  becoming Jane Eyre, 29, 34, 37, 49, 74, 75, 86, 92, 173

  and Bewick’s book, 37–42, 44, 48, 147, 148, 237

  books treasured by, 44

  in Brussels, see Brussels

  Caroline Vernon by, 127–28, 135

  childhood of, 19–21, 37, 54–57, 69, 72, 77, 79, 172, 175, 191, 194

  daily life of, 29, 75–77

  and depression, 45–46, 47, 56, 114, 116, 182

  and domineering women, 35, 45, 74, 95–97, 98, 142, 151–52, 159, 169

  drawings by, 37–38, 81–82, 144, 148, 194, 231

  and dreams, 46, 67–68, 78–79, 90–91, 104, 106, 142, 148, 161, 221

  escape through writing, 34, 35, 37, 88–89, 92, 118, 120, 129, 135, 140–41, 172–74, 177, 187, 216, 217, 221, 223

  “An Extraordinary Dream” by, 46

  “The Fairy Gift,” 156–58

  fantasy life of, 24–25, 34, 36, 42, 68, 88, 91–92, 102, 104, 106, 111, 129, 130, 135, 139, 142, 149, 154, 159, 161, 174, 221–23

  and finances, 22

  and genius, 90–91, 92, 95, 141, 221, 234

  “Gilbert” by, 48–49, 167

  and gothic fiction, 46, 105, 155, 201–3, 208, 210

  as governess, 21, 34, 43–44, 81, 86, 93–98, 101, 128, 135, 150–51, 162, 169, 172, 194

  guilt feelings of, 68, 182

  and Heger, see Heger, Constantin

  Henry Hastings by, 26, 114, 117–20, 121–22, 152

  and hereditary racial degeneration, 160–63, 164

  and her father, 208–10, 213, 214, 219, 223

  and her mother, 48, 56, 69–70, 175, 177, 233

  and her sisters, 50, 57, 65–68, 70–71, 86, 194, 215–16, 218

  High Life in Verdopolis by, 28, 151, 153

  “The History of the Year 1829” by, 75–76, 77

  home in Haworth, 75–77, 82, 85, 114, 139, 184–87, 194, 196, 213, 223

  illness and death of, 220–21

  inner struggles of, 14, 67, 88–92, 93, 94, 116, 129, 135–36, 138–39, 140–41, 149, 173–74, 182, 207

  isolation of, 46, 49–50, 57, 96, 135–36, 150, 180–82, 184, 194, 217

  Jane Eyre by, see Jane Eyre

  letters written by, 21–22, 23–24, 145, 161, 168, 195–96; see also Nussey, Ellen

  limited experiences of, 24–25, 103, 127, 142

  marriage to Nicholls, 219–20

  “The Missionary” by, 201–2, 203

  need to love, 110, 149, 212

  “The Nest” by, 145, 149

  “A Peep into a Picture Book” by, 123–24

  and phrenology, 97

  physical and emotional damage to, 52–53, 56, 62

  physical size of, 56, 63, 97, 159, 221

  on pictorial images, 230

  “Preference” by, 200–201

  The Professor by, 34, 43, 99, 139–43, 159, 161–62, 218

  pseudonyms used by, 12–13, 140, 192, 193, 216–18

  publisher’s rejection note to, 34

  rages of, 167–70, 207

  reasons for writing, 14–15, 140

  rebellious spirit of, 35, 37, 90, 135, 169, 198, 206, 221

  relationships with men, 103, 104, 106, 109, 113, 123, 124–27, 130–31, 133, 136–39, 146, 169–70, 197, 199–201, 211, 212, 218–19

  and religion, 62, 63, 89, 100, 116, 178, 213

  responsibilities assumed by, 21, 22, 30, 33–34, 91, 109, 173–74, 178, 191, 194, 213

  “road of trials” for, 56–57

  “Roe Head Journal” by, 36, 37, 90–91, 161

  schooling of, 26, 52, 73, 79–81; see also Cowan Bridge School

  secrecy maintained by, 11–14, 22–23, 24, 26, 29–31, 32, 71–72, 81, 106, 130, 139, 154, 165, 170, 187, 193, 206, 216–17, 223

  sexual attraction felt by, 102, 127–29, 135–36, 140–41

  Shirley by, 190, 216, 217

  short-sightedness of, 31, 40, 80

  and social class, 34, 83–84, 95, 150–51

  and Southey, 88–89, 91, 135, 142, 173

  and success, 14, 217, 218

  and Symbolist painters, 147–48

  and “Sympathies,” 189–90, 202

  as teacher, 27, 34, 35, 40, 45, 46, 88, 89–93, 95, 99, 114, 123, 128, 141, 145, 168, 169, 172, 180, 182, 186, 199, 207

  “The Teacher’s Monologue” by, 186, 187

  and truth, 53, 54–56, 57–58, 71, 141, 204, 216, 218, 221, 223

  Villette by, 85, 217–18

  visit to publisher, 12, 13

  “We Wove a Web in Childhood” by, 126

  and the wild moors, 175–77, 185, 193

  as witness to poverty, 179–80, 182–83

  and women’s unmarried state, 195–96, 197–200, 203, 213–14

  writing collaboration with Branwell, 20, 23, 28, 36, 46, 82, 99, 110–13, 123, 140, 160, 173, 192, 209

  Brontë, Elizabeth (sister), 26, 48, 52, 56, 66, 67, 70–71

  Brontë, Emily (sister):

  in Brussels, 21, 98, 131–34, 189, 205

  Charlotte’s letters to, 95, 101, 184–85

  childhood of,
19–21, 77, 191, 194

  death of, 13, 215

  “Diary Papers” of, 185–86, 187

  at home in Haworth, 76

  and the moors, 176, 193

  schooling of, 52, 73

  and sisterhood, 50, 65, 71, 86

  as teacher, 21

  writing stories and poems, 20, 30, 76, 89, 186, 193

  Wuthering Heights by, 13, 28, 139, 175, 176, 186

  Brontë, Maria (mother), 48, 52, 56, 69–70, 71, 175, 177, 233

  Brontë, Maria (sister), 26, 48, 52, 56, 65–68, 69, 70, 71, 110

  Brontë, Patrick (father):

  books treasured by, 44

  and children’s schooling, 52, 57, 73, 79

  death of, 110, 221

  domineering nature of, 30, 107–8, 109, 110, 134–35

  eye operation needed by, 19, 21, 22, 33, 137, 187

  fear of fire, 188, 208, 209

  influence on Charlotte’s writing, 208–10, 213, 214

  as model for Rochester, 106–10, 133, 212, 213

  as parish priest, 19, 57, 76, 109, 115, 119, 133, 179, 182, 197, 199, 218, 231

  political interests of, 76–77, 106–7

  rages of, 107, 208, 219

  recuperating from operation, 30, 33, 47, 212

  sexual energy of, 109, 133

  told about Jane Eyre, 30, 109, 215

  travel to Brussels, 205

  as widower, 103, 223

  writings of, 28, 76, 89, 173, 177, 208–10, 213

  Brown, Martha, 108

  Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 63

  Brussels:

  Charlotte and Emily in, 21, 98–99, 131–34, 189, 205

  Charlotte in, 27, 34, 43, 100, 102, 130–31, 135–36, 144, 168, 174, 180–82, 184, 186–87, 193, 206–7

  morally degenerated alien others in, 161–62

  as scene of The Professor, 43, 99, 159, 161, 218

  Bunyan, John, Pilgrim’s Progress, 187, 232

  Burns, Helen (fict.), 106

  death of, 71, 73, 79

  as Jane’s friend, 53, 61, 65, 68

  Maria (sister) as model for, 66, 68, 71

  and Miss Temple, 69–70

  punishment inflicted on, 61, 66

  Byron, George Gordon, Lord, 35, 127

  Cain, 115

  Don Juan, 115

  “The Giaour,” 125–26, 153

  “The Vision of Judgment,” 234

  Campbell, Joseph, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, 232

  Caroline Vernon (Charlotte Brontë), 127–28, 135

  Chiswick, Mrs., 35

  Coleridge, Hartley, 155, 192

  Collins, Mrs., 179–80, 182–83

  Cowan Bridge School:

  and Brontë sisters’ deaths, 26, 56, 66–67, 71

 

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