Vulgar words in Life of Charlotte Bronte — Volume 2 (Page 1)
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By the time she wrote this tale, her taste and judgment had revolted against the exaggerated idealisms of her early girlhood, and she went to the extreme of reality, closely depicting characters as they had shown themselves to her in actual life: if there they were strong even to coarseness,--as was the case with some that she had met with in flesh and blood existence,--she "wrote them down an ass;" if the scenery of such life as she saw was for the most part wild and grotesque, instead of pleasant or picturesque, she described it line for line.
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It was no wonder that they returned to Haworth utterly fagged and worn out, after the fatigue and excitement of this visit.