Brontë 200 - Bad Beyond Expression

Monthly drop-in Tuesday Talk

Showing:
March 07th 2017 02:00pm - 03:00pm

Monthly drop-in Tuesday Talk

'Bad beyond expression' - these are the words with which Branwell was dismissed from his two years as tutor at Thorp Green. But what exactly had he done that was considered ‘bad beyond expression’? The accepted story is that he had conducted a scandalous affair with the mistress of the house, Lydia Robinson. Or had he...? This talk looks at the evidence for and against this theory and presents an alternative idea. 
 
Free with admission to the Museum.
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