tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7074545955842912793.post7362482670423797227..comments2024-03-26T23:35:38.726+01:00Comments on the Brontë Sisters: Catherine and Suzanne Winkworth.Geri Meftah Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00596915249757782612noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7074545955842912793.post-31756228057955598722013-07-13T23:42:46.774+02:002013-07-13T23:42:46.774+02:00I didn't expect to find the Winkworth sisters ...I didn't expect to find the Winkworth sisters here! Charlotte actually confided her doubts about marrying Nicholls to Catherine, who encouraged her to marry him. There's a little titbit in Mrs Gaskell's biography - it seems that Susanna Winkworth wanted to marry Mr Gaskell!!! This destroyed the friendship between her and Mrs Gaskell, though Mrs Gaskell remained on close terms with Catherine.Caroline Helstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04922512642158974870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7074545955842912793.post-86924306268003124402011-05-21T22:13:45.943+02:002011-05-21T22:13:45.943+02:00I've known so little about the Winkworth conne...I've known so little about the Winkworth connection so this is a wonderful read! I do remember reading about Charlotte's discussions before marraige with one of them and am so happy that she had the opportunity to do so. The Winkworth girls sound like they were very thoughful and caring, I'll have to learn more.<br />It's fascinating that Catherine also wrote juvenilia like the Bronte children...must be in a writers blood to do so.<br />xo J~<br /><br />(your blog is still coming up in a very timely and quick fashion Geri...maybe 2-3 seconds)24 Cornershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13630767883910250689noreply@blogger.com