Research Catalog

Title

Mr. Charlotte Brontë : the life of Arthur Bell Nicholls / Alan H. Adamson.

Author

Adamson, Alan H.

Publication

Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2008], ©2008.

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Description

xiv, 188 pages, 11 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"Few people who have sought to avoid publicity have had to endure as much of it as Charlotte Bronte's husband, Arthur Bell Nichols. Some critics have implied that Nicholls not only stopped Bronte from writing but might even have been indirectly responsible for her death." "Alan Adamson - a descendent of Arthur Bell Nichols - provides new material about Nicholls' family, education, and early life in Ireland to give a more balanced view. He explores why Bronte, cool and hostile towards Nicholls in the early days of his curacy at Haworth, came to respect and love him, and shows how Patrick Bronte, her difficult father, grew to rely on him after her death." "Drawing on Nicholls' correspondence with, among others, Elizabeth Gaskell, Ellen Nussey, and Harriet Martineau, Mr Charlotte Bronte presents a compelling picture of Nicholls' efforts to emphasize Bronte's literary reputation and curtail speculation about her private life."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Nicholls, Arthur Bell, 1819-1906
• Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855 > Marriage
• Authors' spouses > England > Biography
• Executors and administrators > England > Biography

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-183) and index.

Contents

1. The Irish Background -- 2. Mr Macarthey -- 3. Macarthey in Love -- 4. Tomkins' Brief Triumph -- 5. Her Will Be Done -- 6. Return to Banagher -- 7. The Struggle over Copyright.

ISBN

• 9780773533653
• 0773533656

LCCN

40015384624

OCLC

• ocn181492320
• 181492320
• SCSB-5405812

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries