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Wilberforce, William,
8
12
42
137
168

Wilde (York singer),
194

Wildman, Abraham,
309

William IV, King: death,
312

Williams, Eliza,
404

Williams, John Branwell,
404

Williams, Louisa,
711

Williams, William Smith: and character of Helen Burnes in
Jane Eyre
,
156
482
reads and declines
The Professor
,
620
623
787
enthusiasm for
Jane Eyre
,
621
632
Charlotte seeks advice from,
634
645
George Smith junior engages,
634
Charlotte writes to,
644
and dramatization of
Jane Eyre
,
648
offers to publish Anne and Emily,
649
correspondence and relations with Charlotte,
652
666
780
785
796
821
852
and
Shirley
,
656
690
712
715
721
meets Charlotte and Anne in London,
660
661
appearance and manner,
661
and Charlotte's accounts of Branwell's death,
669
Charlotte writes to of Emily's illness and death,
674
680
683
letter to Charlotte on death of Emily,
681
and Anne's final illness and death,
686
699
701
and Charlotte's reaction to deaths of brother and sisters,
706
Charlotte defends women's rights to work to,
710
advises against preface to
Shirley
,
717
and Charlotte's authorial identity,
719
and Lewes's review of
Shirley
,
724
urges Charlotte to visit London and admit identity,
728
entertains Charlotte on visits to London,
730
756
and local reaction to Charlotte's books,
741
sends books to Charlotte,
748
and Julia Kavanagh,
757
Charlotte writes to on return from London,
765
suggests reprinting
Agnes
Grey and Wuthering Heights,
771
and Charlotte's writing block,
775
and Charlotte's visit to Harriet Martineau,
784
on James Taylor,
810
reads and comments on
Villette
,
828
831
Charlotte's coolness to,
829
832
Villette
volume three witheld from,
836
and reviews of
Villette
,
851
Charlotte requests to cease sending books,
877
lends Charlotte letters for Mrs Gaskell biography,
924
asked to edit
The Professor
,
931
death,
975

‘Willie Ellin' (Charlotte Brontë; story),
862
866
906

Wilsden (Yorkshire),
73

Wilson, Fontayne,
166

Wilson, Revd William Carus: Patrick meets,
129
and Clergy Daughters' School,
138
145
157
601
718
at Tunstall Church,
143
387
holiday house,
159
at Keighley Bible Society meeting,
167
and status of Haworth Church,
347
threatens Mrs Gaskell with libel,
943
Child's First Tales
,
157
The
Children's Friend,
158

Wilson, William James,
597
603

Winkworth, Catherine: juvenile writing,
177
Elizabeth Gaskell writes to,
727
768
singing,
857
and Charlotte's engagement,
888
Charlotte writes to on honeymoon,
896
accompanies Mrs Gaskell to Haworth,
922

Winterbotham, Revd John: conflicts with Patrick,
253
260
278
299
309
311
denounces Scoresby,
370
emigrates to Canada,
466

Wiseman, Cardinal Nicholas, Archbishop of Westminster,
780
800

Wood, James,
8
10
33

Wood, Susanna,
371

Woodhouse Grove school, Rawdon (Yorkshire),
55
58
60
68
131
141
147

Wooler, Catherine,
199
205
449

Wooler, Eliza,
199
348
816

Wooler, Margaret: runs Roe Head School,
199
202
256
262
271
291
327
333 moves school on death of father,

Wooler, Margaret –
continued
334
and Charlotte's leaving teaching post,
336
348
seeks new pupils,
403
requests Charlotte to run school,
423
advises Charlotte on financial position,
528
Charlotte complains of Branwell to,
556
Charlotte criticizes men to,
627
Charlotte corresponds with on 1848 revolution,
654
in Scarborough for Anne's dying visit,
698
and Anne's death and funeral,
701
Charlotte writes to on visit to London,
730
734
offends Charlotte with letter,
745
and Charlotte's visit to Great Exhibition,
799
Charlotte invites to Haworth,
806
visits Charlotte in Haworth,
808
invites Charlotte to visit,
818
826
869
and Charlotte's Filey holiday,
823
sends chemise to Charlotte,
828
dissuades Charlotte from visiting Harriet Martineau,
836
Charlotte sends
Villette
to,
843
and Charlotte's breach with Ellen Nussey,
868
meets Charlotte in Ilkley,
870
Charlotte holidays with in Hornsea,
875
Charlotte complains of isolation to,
878
attends Charlotte's wedding,
893
and Charloote's married life,
898
902
warns Charlotte of Mercy Nussey's typhus,
903
discretion after Charlotte's death,
918
924
and Mrs Gaskell's biography of Charlotte,
924
927
death,
975

Wooler, William,
824

Woolven, Mr,
266

Wordsworth, Dora (
later
Quillinan),
769

Wordsworth, William,
304
376
388
‘Intimations of Immortality',
301
306

Wortley, James Stuart,
312
418

Wright, Martha,
119
122

Wuthering Heights
(Emily Brontë): reception and reviews, 103
629
636
678
770
orphans in,
161
religion and dialect in,
241
inspired by Branwell story,
269
592
romantic passion in,
319
and longing for Paradise after death,
427
and German literature,
485
writing,
590
594
as Gondal story,
591
publication,
620
635
as Emily's only novel,
629
sales,
634
649
955
authorship and pseudonym,
651
Smith, Elder issue reprint with Charlotte's preface,
771
777
783
785
Mrs Gaskell on,
977

York: Anne and Emily visit,
530
536
699

York, Archbishop of
see
Harcourt, Edward

Yorkshire Gazette
,
547
559

Young Men plays (the Twelves),
175
179

‘Young Men's Magazine',
186
194
204
324

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