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Originally Posted by BookCat
Having done more research into the way TB spreads: droplet infection, like a cold; it's quite possible that one of the sisters (Emily died first, after Bramwell who it's thought died from alcoholism and drug abuse) developed TB then infected a sister who was nursing her. Charlotte died several years after the others, apparently from weakness and extreme morning sickness while pregnant with Nicholl's child.
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We all know what happened to John Keats, a former med student who died of the disease he caught while trying to care for his brother. I wouldn't be surprised if the same thing happened to Charlotte.
Personally, I'd make a distinction between the gossip-worthiness of the Brontes' lives and that of their deaths.
My girlfriend and her twin sister are both artists. When they're busy painting or making collages and I'm writing, I often think of the Bronte sisters.
That sort of communal artistic focus seems ideal to me, but it can appear vaguely improper to strangers despite its innocence.