Abstract
This paper investigates Anne Brontë’s treatment of three Anglican priests in Agnes Grey. While Mr Hatfield is shown to be deficient in religious doctrine and defective in character, the Reverend Mr Grey is depicted as a weak man dominated by his powerful wife. However, Anne Brontë offers a highly favourable image of the curate Edward Weston. The paper explores the apparent similarities between Mr Weston and the Reverend Patrick Brontë’s popular curate, the Reverend William Weightman. It suggests that Patrick Brontë’s Funeral Sermon for the Late Rev William Weightman MA, Preached in the Church of Haworth on Sunday, the 2nd of October 1842 is an invaluable primary source for understanding what ‘every clergyman ought to be’ in the eyes of both Patrick and Anne Brontë.
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