Thomas Weeton
, EW
's brother, left the household of his mother and sister.
Weeton, Ellen, and John Joseph Bagley. Miss Weeton’s Journal of a Governess. Editor Hall, Edward, Augustus M. Kelley, 1969, 2 vols.
2: synopsis
Family and Intimate relationships
Ellen Weeton
Thomas Richard Weeton
, born on 24 January 1781, was EW
's beloved younger brother.
EW
gave her brother's middle name as Rawlinson, but he himself gave it as Richard.
Weeton, Ellen, and John Joseph Bagley. Miss Weeton’s Journal of a Governess. Editor Hall, Edward, Augustus M. Kelley, 1969, 2 vols.
2: 402, synopsis
He married...
Textual Features
Ellen Weeton
She begins her first extant letter with a long biblical parody. The correspondence formed an outlet both for her under-appreciated love, and for her literary talents of creative imagination and self-mockery which is not self-denigrating...
Textual Production
Ellen Weeton
EW
began keeping copies of the letters she wrote to her brother
; by 1825 she had filled seven quarto volumes.
Bagley, John Joseph et al. “Introduction”. Miss Weeton’s Journal of a Governess, edited by Edward Hall, Augustus M. Kelley, 1969.
Textual Production
Ellen Weeton
EW
wrote her earliest letter to her brother
, who treated her badly throughout her adult life.
Weeton, Ellen, and John Joseph Bagley. Miss Weeton’s Journal of a Governess. Editor Hall, Edward, Augustus M. Kelley, 1969, 2 vols.