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Anne Brontë, from The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (first published in 1848 under the pseudonym Acton Bell)
Madalina Andronic’s illustrations for Anne Brontë’s Agnes Grey.
“I was infatuated once with a foolish, besotted affection, that clung to him in spite of his unworthiness, but it is fairly gone now—wholly crushed and withered away; and he has none but himself and his vices to thank for it.”
— Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
…we cannot conceive that as we grow up our own minds will become so enlarged and elevated that we ourselves shall then regard as trifling those objects and pursuits we now so fondly cherish.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Anne Brontë (via wholesomeobsessive)
When I tell you not to marry without love, I do not advise you to marry for love alone: there are many, many other things to be considered. Keep both heart and hand in your own possession, till you see good reason to part with them …
Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (via wholesomeobsessive)
“I was infatuated once with a foolish, besotted affection, that clung to him in spite of his unworthiness, but it is fairly gone now—wholly crushed and withered away; and he has none but himself and his vices to thank for it.”
— Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
When I tell you not to marry without love, I do not advise you to marry for love alone: there are many, many other things to be considered. Keep both heart and hand in your own possession, till you see good reason to part with them; and if such an occasion should never present itself, comfort your mind with this reflection, that though in single life your joys may not be very many, your sorrows, at least, will not be more than you can bear
Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (via wholesomeobsessive)
Keep a guard over your eyes and ears as the inlets of your heart, and over your lips as the outlet, lest they betray you in a moment of unwariness. […] First study; then approve; then love.
Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (via wholesomeobsessive)
if catherine had ever thought heathcliff was a worthy husband she’d have never have considered edgar in the first place.
i’m not saying cathy never loved heathcliff; she did, that much is true. but isabella on the other hand, stood by heathcliff until her dying day; even when he’d managed to make enemies everywhere he went, she believed that she could cure his infatuation with cathy; and is aware she risks her relationship with edgar. even if this relationship, too, is toxic, it just goes to show how much of an inferiority complex brontë weaves into the novel.
if you think about the setting and ideally the periods the brontës were writing in, surely you can understand that still people were fearful of the unknown, myths and legends, witchcraft and apparitions; it would make anyone mental.
but the fact that brontë personifies this into a piece of fiction. that’s what gets me. she openly challenges people to look at the repercussions and the consequences of toxic relationships, delirium, abuse, and chooses to be risky in her portrayals of “ghosts” and mental health issues. it’s sort of like she’s speaking directly to her audience