Why the Bronte sisters may have died so young (2019)

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Post by lermontov » Sat, May 22, 2021, 2:28 AM UTC

Why the Bronte sisters may have died so young (2019)
yorkshirepost.co.uk

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Post by deepsun » Sat, May 22, 2021, 10:00 PM UTC

So why? Article doesn't answer the question.

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Post by forkerenok » Sat, May 22, 2021, 10:13 PM UTC

deepsun wrote: post #2

So why? Article doesn't answer the question.

Maybe it's more prosaic than what you expected (I did), but it's there:

> Haworth's drinking water, they believe, came from springs which were contaminated by rainwater that had soaked through the church graveyard - which was close to the parsonage where the Brontes lived. Long-term exposure to the bacterial infections this caused could have weakened the constitutions of the siblings and those of their neighbours, whose average lifespan was only around 26.

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Post by QuesnayJr » Sat, May 22, 2021, 10:13 PM UTC

deepsun wrote: post #2

So why? Article doesn't answer the question.

Because their water source was contaminated by rainwater that ran through a graveyard. I don't know if that's a plausible claim, but that's the claim.

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Post by kalia35 » Sat, May 22, 2021, 10:13 PM UTC

deepsun wrote: post #2

So why? Article doesn't answer the question.

Yes it does! It’s because their water was polluted by the close proximity of the graveyard.

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Post by kalia35 » Sat, May 22, 2021, 10:14 PM UTC

Very nice piece of information!

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, May 22, 2021, 10:35 PM UTC

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Post by hirundo » Sat, May 22, 2021, 10:44 PM UTC

I'm a scifi guy but have read Jane Eyre three times. I don't think I can define the appeal. Or why I connect Jane with Beth Harmon and perhaps Lisbeth Salandar.

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Post by turndown » Sat, May 22, 2021, 11:09 PM UTC

>In the 19th century, however, women were unable to eat or drink and could die from malnutrition and dehydration.

What?

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Post by QuesnayJr » Sat, May 22, 2021, 11:09 PM UTC

hirundo wrote: post #8

I'm a scifi guy but have read Jane Eyre three times. I don't think I can define the appeal. Or why I connect Jane with Beth Harmon and perhaps Lisbeth Salandar.

I was just trying to explain why Jane Eyre was good to someone, and it's really hard to put into words.