tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7074545955842912793.post5274472660265372660..comments2024-03-26T23:35:38.726+01:00Comments on the Brontë Sisters: A visit to the Parsonage Museum.... and the first photographes !!!!!Geri Meftah Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00596915249757782612noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7074545955842912793.post-6342077796725851642013-12-17T12:44:46.486+01:002013-12-17T12:44:46.486+01:00Hi Laura, thank you for your comment. It is so nic...Hi Laura, thank you for your comment. It is so nice to know that other people like the Brontes as much as I do. <br /><br />Tabby was much more than a maid. First she came as a maid, but for the children she started to mean much, much more important. <br /><br />Tabby was a great storyteller. She knew all the local families, all their complex inter-relationships and disputes, and, despite her belief in the Christian teachings of divine reward and retribution, she held also to the ancient anthropomorphic traditions of the countryside, claiming (according to Mrs. Gaskell) to have known people who had seen the fairies. Emily, who spent more time working in the kitchen than either of her sisters, was particularly close to Tabby, and Tabby's influence permeates the landscape of Wuthering Heights. Tabby has also been identified as the model for Nelly Dean in Wuthering Heights, and for the housekeeper Martha in Charlotte's novel Shirley.<br /><br />If you look on "labels" on the right side of the weblog and then click on Tabitha you can find more about her.Geri Meftah Arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00596915249757782612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7074545955842912793.post-43614208801879641262013-12-16T14:43:04.273+01:002013-12-16T14:43:04.273+01:00Wow, I never really thought about the maid, it is ...Wow, I never really thought about the maid, it is interesting if she told them stories, I wonder what they were like! I wonder about her own story, maybe one day someone will write a book about her!Laura Morriganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402692693911867276noreply@blogger.com