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Courage and compassion are revealed in father's letters

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From: Yorkshire Post
Date: 20051022
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For 150 years, Patrick Bronte has been portrayed as a cold and uncaring figure who dominated the lives of his family. Lizzie Murphy looks at a new book that could restore his reputation by revealing a human side to the often misunderstood man.

The Rev Patrick Bronte was the father of three of England's greatest novelists, Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte - and their life in Haworth Parsonage still holds fascination a century-and-a-half after their deaths.

Often Mr Bronte is perceived to have been a foreboding and cold- hearted man, as he was portrayed in the Life of Charlotte Bronte in 1855 ...

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