  | CHAP. | | PAGE | | I. | OUTLINE OF CHARLOTTE BRONTË'S LIFE | 13 | | II. | ORIGIN OF THE CANDLE-BEARING BEDSIDE VISITANT AND THE UNCOUTH SERVANT IN "WUTHERING HEIGHTS" AND "JANE EYRE" | 20 | | III. | ORIGIN OF THE FOUNDLING HEATHCLIFFE AND HIS NAME IN "WUTHERING HEIGHTS"—ORIGIN OF THE INSANE LADY AND THE WHITE VEIL SCENE IN "JANE EYRE" | 33 | | IV. | A RAINY DAY IN CHARLOTTE BRONTË'S CHILDHOOD: THE OPENING INCIDENT IN THE AUTOBIOGRAPHIES OF THE HEROINES OF "WUTHERING HEIGHTS" AND "JANE EYRE" | 37 | | V. | CHARLOTTE BRONTË'S FRIEND, TABITHA AYKROYD, THE BRONTËS' SERVANT, AS MRS. DEAN OF "WUTHERING HEIGHTS," AND AS BESSIE AND HANNAH OF "JANE EYRE" | 43 | | VI. | CHARLOTTE BRONTË'S CHILD APPARITION IN "THE PROFESSOR," "WUTHERING HEIGHTS," AND "JANE EYRE" | 52 | | VII. | THE ORIGINALS OF GIMMERTON, GIMMERDEN, GIMMERTON KIRK AND CHAPEL, PENISTON CRAGS, THE FAIRY CAVE, ETC., IN "WUTHERING HEIGHTS," AND OF THE FAIRY CAVE AND THE FAIRY JANET IN "JANE EYRE" | 57 | | VIII. | THE RIVERS OR BRONTË FAMILY IN "JANE EYRE" | 69 | | IX. | ORIGIN OF THE YORKSHIRE ELEMENT IN CHARLOTTE BRONTË'S HUNSDEN OF "THE PROFESSOR"; HEATHCLIFFE OF "WUTHERING HEIGHTS"; ROCHESTER OF "JANE EYRE"; AND YORKE OF "SHIRLEY" | 83 | | X. | HEATHCLIFFE OF "WUTHERING HEIGHTS" AND ROCHESTER OF "JANE EYRE" ONE AND THE SAME | 90 | | XI. | CATHERINE AND HEATHCLIFFE OF "WUTHERING HEIGHTS" AS JANE AND ROCHESTER OF "JANE EYRE" | 93 | | XII. | EUGÈNE SUE AND CHARLOTTE BRONTË'S BRUSSELS LIFE. | | I. MDLLE. LAGRANGE AND HER MANUSCRIPT "CATHERINE BELL, THE ORPHAN" | 104 | | XIII. | EUGÈNE SUE AND CHARLOTTE BRONTË'S BRUSSELS LIFE. | | II. ACCUSATIONS AND PROTESTATIONS! | 120 | | XIV. | THE RECOIL, I. | 130 | | XV. | THE RECOIL, II. | 143 | | XVI. | THE BRONTË POEMS | 156 | APPENDIX. | MINOR IDENTIFICATIONS OF PERSONS AND PLACES IN THE BRONTË WORKS | 159 | | THE HÉGER PORTRAIT OF CHARLOTTE BRONTË IN THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY | 162 | | INDEX | 169 | | LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS TO THE FIRST EDITION | 179 |
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