Winifred Gerin's biography, Charlotte Bronte: Evolution of a Genius.

In december last year I received by post a parcel from Philadelphia, USA

Inside the parcel this biography of Charlotte Bronte by Winifred Gerin

Anne Lloyd sent it to me

Anne and me got to know each other through this blog

She told me, she started to be interested in the Bronte Sisters because of this biography

My love of the Bronte Sisters started after reading Jane Eyre when I was a girl

Years later I was reading the biographies of The Brontes of 

Juliet Barker and of Rebecca Fraser

Both biographies I loved

I learned a lot about the Brontes

Anne told me that this biography of Winifred Gerin is the best

I am reading it on the moment and I am impressed

I learn to understand things even better

What I find very interesting is that W G

interweaves the books Charlotte wrote

with the events that took place in the life of Charlotte

Winifred Gerin's biography

Charlotte Bronte:

Evolution of a Genius

Winifred Gerin's biography, Charlotte Bronte: Evolution of a Genius, was published in 1967. She used a variety of sources in writing the biography including Bronte's juvenile writings (preserved in manuscript only), and Bronte's letters. Gerin researched the personalities and backgrounds of Bronte's known acquaintances and visited sights from Bronte's life (from Thorton, to Cowan Bridge, to the home in Ireland where she stayed on her honeymoon) (Gerin xv). Gerin received information on Charlotte Bronte's experience in Belgium first hand from the Heger family. All of this was published for the first time in her biography. 

Gerin focused on Bronte's "evolution towards fulfillment" (xv). Gerin viewed Bronte’s grief as an essential part of her character. Gerin revealed the passion that Bronte had felt for M. Heger, which was something Gaskell had not done. Gerin also saw the importance of Bronte's childhood writings and felt that they traced Bronte's development as a writer. She felt that they were the "key to her mature productions" and spent a great deal of time analyzing them (xv). 

Gerin's biography recognized how the events in Bronte's life shaped her character. She recognized that Bronte's love for M. Heger was an important factor in her life and included it in her book. She was as concerned as Gaskell with defending Bronte, rather with presenting facts, and thus she did not omit things or modify them as Gaskell did. One hundred years later, women are viewed differently. What was once considered coarse, is no longer so. Gerin was able to present Bronte's life as it was. 
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