CMP Review 2024-01-17

January 17, 2024

The Brontë sisters saved my life. It’s a long story, but it begins with Emily and Charlotte Mason:

“His contention, that in Emily Bronté we have an example of the immeasurable range of the soul, seems to me a just one: that a delicate girl, brought up almost in isolation in a remote parsonage, should be able to sound the depths of human passion, conceive of human tragedy, and gather the fruits of human wisdom, is a very fair illustration of the majesty of the soul” (Ourselves, p. xlii)

It’s why I’ll defend Wuthering Heights as a great novel, her poetry among the best, and agree with Charlotte that each of us possesses an immensity of soul—and, that this recognition is a step toward redemption.

What are your thoughts on Emily Brontë?

@rbaburina