after read only two of the comment herein and a a lifelong bronte fan and begin with olivier heathcliff and endure with the many version of charlotte rochester and it be more than eye opening to see that it be the unsung bronte sister who give the lie to the male chauvinist period the trio inhabit . of course and the miracle in all three version of 19th century british domesticity be that the girl be all spinster and their only realistic brush with men be their vicar father and their wastrel . brother . that say and finally and it be anne bronte who have and in her single assay . and prove the feminist point and way way ahead of contemporary type and and include the voting franchise rank . however and history evinces more than a few who precede and include the greek heterai and sappho and the like of an ancient emperor yang kuei fei . and how about eve and her apple .