The Bronte Story

1821年の9月のある日、ヨークシャーにある村の教会で、一人の男と、6人の子供たちが墓を囲んで立っていた。彼らは、妻であり母である女性を埋葬していた。子供たちはみなまだ幼く、ここ数年の間に、上の子供二人も亡くなっていた。美しいヨークシャーの原野の近くで、その父親は、幼い子供たちばかりの家族を育てた。ハワースという村に住むブロンテ一家のことを、当時知っている人がいただろうか。

On a day in 1821, a man and six children stood around a grave. They were burying a wife and mother. The children were all very young, and within a few years the two oldest were dead, too. Close to the wild beauty of the Yorkshire moors, the father brought up his young family. Who had heard of the Brontës of Haworth then? Branwell died young, but his sisters became famous writers. But they did not live to grow old or to enjoy their fame. Only their father was left, alone with his memories.