‘Unjust! Unjust!’ Depictions of Childhood in the Brontës’ Writing

A Thursday Talk at the Brontë Parsonage Museum

Join us for August's Thursday Talk, given this month by Learning Officer at the Museum, Sue Newby. This time, we delve into the theme of childhood.

In Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë depicts a harsh and chilling version of childhood... while in Wuthering Heights, Emily's Catherine Earnshaw looks back to being a girl with longing, as a time when she was ‘half savage, hardy and free.’

This talk examines the different visions of childhood explored in the Brontës' writing, which relate not only to their own lives, but the conflicting philosophies of their time, from the ideals of the Romantic movement to the controlling paranoia of the evangelicals.