Tim Vicary

The Brontë Story

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A level 3 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Tim Vicary.

On a September day in 1821, in the church of a Yorkshire village, a man and six children stood around a grave. They were burying a woman: the man’s wife, the children’s mother. The children were all very young, and within a few years the two oldest were dead, too.

Close to the wild beauty of the Yorkshire moors, the father brought up his young family. Who had heard of the Brontës of Haworth then? Branwell died while he was still a young man, but the three sisters who were left had an extraordinary gift. They could write marvellous stories – Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall . .. But Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë did not live to grow old or to enjoy their fame. Only their father was left, alone with his memories.
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Publication year
2012
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  • bakhtiyarhas quoted6 years ago
    advertisement a notice (e.g. in a newspaper) which tells people about jobs, things to sell, etc.
    article a piece of writing in a newspaper or magazine
    artist someone who can paint and draw pictures
    bark (v) to make the short sharp sound that a dog makes
    Bible (the) the holy book of the Christian church
    blind not able to see
    breathe to take air into and send it out from your nose and mouth
    bury to put a dead person in a grave
    candle a stick of wax that gives light when it burns
    cart a vehicle with two or four wheels, usually pulled by a horse
    coach a large four-wheeled vehicle, which is pulled by horses and is used for carrying passengers
    cough (v) to send out air from the mouth and throat in a noisy way
    cruel very unkind; bringing pain or trouble to other people
    curate a young churchman who helps a rector with his church work
    curtain a piece of cloth that hangs in front of a window
    devil a very evil person; God’s enemy, Satan
    donkey an animal like a small horse, with long ears
    draw (past tense drew) to make pictures with a pencil
    drunk/en (adj) excited or confused or sick because of drinking too much alcohol
    duke a title for an important nobleman
    evil very bad
    funeral a church service before a dead person is buried
    God the being who made the Universe
    governess a female teacher who teaches children in their own home
    grave the resting-place for a dead person
    gravestone a stone on a grave with the dead person’s name on it
    graveyard a place where dead people are buried
    grow up to become an adult
    heather a small plant with purple flowers, which grows on moors
    howl the long loud cry that a dog makes
    invent to make or think of something new
    kiss (v) to touch someone lovingly with your lips
    laudanum a kind of medicine or drug which makes people feel happy
    laughter the sound made when somebody laughs
    moor(s) open, rough land on hills, with no trees
    oil-paint a kind of paint made by mixing colours with oil
    operate to cut into somebody’s body in order to mend something
    paint (v) to make a picture with coloured paints
    pale with little colour in the face
    papa father; a word used mostly by children (not used today)
    piano a large musical instrument with black and white keys that you press to make music
    poem a piece of writing in verse
    pray to speak to God
    print (v) to make letters, etc. on paper by pressing it with a machine; to make books in this way
    proud feeling pleased because someone (e.g. your child) is clever or successful
    publish to prepare a book, magazine, etc. for selling
    pupil a child who is learning at school or from a private teacher
    rector a priest in the Church of England
    servant someone who is paid to work in another person’s house
    shy afraid of meeting or talking to people
    sofa a long comfortable seat for two or three people
    stroke (v) to move your hand gently over something, again and again
    tear (n) water that comes from the eye when somebody cries
    tiny very, very small
    toy something for a child to play with
    water-colours a kind of paint made by mixing colours with water
    wicked very bad; evil
  • Ludmila Ivanovahas quoted4 years ago
    But he did not listen. He ran out of the house. He did not come back until the evening, and then he was drunk. He did not listen that day, or the next day, or any day. He began to drink laudanum as well. I thought he would kill himself.

    So I think Charlotte was pleased that no parents came. No school could have a man like Branwell in it.

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