Or perhaps someone else caught his eye?
blurs the lines between real life and art in order to fill in the blanks about what might have served as inspiration for the author's writing.
William Weightman was a real person, and he really was Patrick Brontë's curate in the Haworth parish from 1839 until his death from cholera in 1842. He became good friends with all the Brontë siblings, and, in his eulogy, Patrick said he was like a son. In the film, William's Byronic charms and sermons set Charlotte and Anne's hearts all aflutter, though Emily is more sceptical.As it turns out, he managed to charm the sisters in real life too. The handsome clergyman sent each of them and their friend Ellen Nussey Valentine's cards containing personalised poems when he discovered that they'd never received one before *swoon*.
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