The House of Dead Maids by Clare B. Dunkle

(Baines, 57) Other knitting schools,īoth in England and in America, came into existence during the 1700's School in York, which taught spinning to the older children but In 1782, a committee of generous townspeople founded the Spinning Textile schools were set up as charity institutions, a way to helpĭestitute children learn a skill that could support them in adulthood. In those days beforeĬhild labor laws, many children worked in the textile industry. Were ideal workers to do spinning or knitting. Children were too small to work the big looms, but they Industrial Revolution, weavers and knitters produced their textilesĪt home. Major producers of textiles (cloth and clothing), and before the And it is! You can see all his illustrations for this book by clicking on this link.īACK TO TOP WERE THERE REALLY SUCH THINGS AS KNITTING SCHOOLS? To the dark, atmospheric tone of my book. You can see here, and I thought it would be a perfect match Of the artists they were considering, and I lobbied for Patrick But my editor did share with me the names The art director and editor ordinarily make She dies just a few weeks before Charlotteĭoes and is buried in the Haworth graveyard next to the parsonageīACK TO TOP DID YOU GET TO CHOOSE THE ILLUSTRATOR FOR THIS BOOK? Tabby lives to be eighty-five she outlivesīranwell, Emily, and Anne. To shout the news to her, so they go for walks on the moor in order Since Tabby has become very hard of hearing, Charlotte has How Tabby, in her eighties, wants to know all the latest family Until ill health forces her into retirement, but she continues toīe very important to the family. Tabby serves as housekeeper to the Brontës You won't find out what happens to Tabby in Emily'sīook because there really isn't more to tell, as Tabby saysĪt the end of my story. Learned at Seldom House to shape the course of his life and the lives of others. If you read Wuthering Heights, you will find out what happens next to Himself and how he uses the ideas he has No, because Emily Brontë's classic novel, Wuthering Heights, is Book Two to The House of Dead Maids. WHY IS CATHY HAUNTING TABBY IN THE LAST CHAPTER? THREE-YEAR DISAPPEARANCE, HE HAS GONE BACK TO TAKE OVER SELDOM HOUSE.ĭON'T YOU THINK HE MAYBE JUST GOT RICH THROUGH A LIFE OF CRIME?ĪT THE END OF THE BOOK, CATHERINE EARNSHAW WERE THERE REALLY SUCH THINGS AS KNITTING SCHOOLS?ĪCCORDING TO YOUR BOOK, DURING HEATHCLIFF'S YOU GET TO CHOOSE THE ILLUSTRATOR FOR THIS BOOK? IS THERE GOING TO BE A BOOK 2 FOR THIS BOOK? They will ruin some of the book's best surprises. I no longer trust my memory about its details. I no longer add questions and answers to this page because I wrote this book over five years ago, and Although I still answer reader mail about this book, HereĪre some of those questions and their answers.

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The House of Dead Maids by Clare B. Dunkle