Abstract
AbstractSomething of mystery hangs over the Brontes' early study of French. We know that Mr. Bronte paid £3 in order that Maria should study both it and drawing at Cowan Bridge School; and we are told she “made some progress in reading” the language, though completely ignorant of its grammar! The next information is from Ellen Nussey, who tells us Charlotte had “taught herself a little French” before coming to Roe Head School on January 19th, 1831; as a matter of fact she had already put into English verse the first book of Voltaire's Henriade, dated by her August 11th, 1830, printed for private cirulation by Clement Shorter in 1917. We know she made good progress under Miss Wooler, and on December 14th, 1831, received a prize in the form of a French Testament.
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