Books by Francis a Leyland

This is volume II of Francis A. Leyland's 1886 work "The Brontë Family", a detailed investigation into the lives and works of the seminal English literary family. The Brontës were a famous literary family during the nineteenth century synonymous with the West Riding area of Yorkshire, England. The sisters, Charlotte (1816-1855), Emily (1818-1848), and Anne (1820-1849), are now world-famous poets and novelists; and their father, Patrick Brontë (1777 - 1861), was also an author. Numerous novels produced by this family have since become classics of English literature. Contents include: "Charlotte And Emily In Brussels", "Other Poems", "A Misplaced Attachment", "'Branwell's Fall,' As Set Forth In The Biographies Of His Sisters", "Branwell's Projected Novel", "'Real Rest.'", "The Sisters' Poems And Novels", "Despondency", "Branwell's Letters And Last Interview With Mr. Grundy", etc. This volume offers fantastic insights into the people behind the literature, exploring their letters, relationships, friends, and more in wonderful detail. "The Brontë Family" constitutes a must-read for those with an interest in the work of the three sisters, and it is not to be missed by students of English literature or its history. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this classic volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition for the enjoyment of literature lovers now and for years to come.

This is volume I of Francis A. Leyland's 1886 work "The Brontë Family", a detailed investigation into the lives and works of the seminal English literary family. The Brontës were a famous literary family during the nineteenth century synonymous with the West Riding area of Yorkshire, England. The sisters, Charlotte (1816-1855), Emily (1818-1848), and Anne (1820-1849), are now world-famous poets and novelists; and their father, Patrick Brontë (1777 - 1861), was also an author. Numerous novels produced by this family have since become classics of English literature. "The Brontë Family" constitutes a must-read for those with an interest in the work of the three sisters, and is not to be missed by students of English literature or its history. Contents include: "Early Circumstances Of The Brontës", "Mrs. Brontë", "The Rev. Patrick Brontë", "The Girlhood Of The Brontë Sisters", "Branwell's Boyhood", "The Literary Tastes Of The Children", "Youth", etc. This volume offers fantastic insights into the people behind the literature, exploring their letters, relationships, friends, and more in wonderful detail. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this classic volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition for the enjoyment of literature lovers now and for years to come.

A central work in Bronte studies, this contribution to the history of the family was first published in 1886 by a man who was both interested in filling in the details of Patrick Branwell Bronte's place in the story and in countering various injustices and inaccuracies of other writers. Although Branwell has suffered vivification by biographers and critics alike as a drunkard, opium user and insignificant literateur, the author evokes for us an entirely different picture of the tormented Branwell Bronte based in large measure on the evidence supplied by close friends and personal letters. This title is cited and recommended by the Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature.