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Share this: Tweet. Like this: Like Loading Dilke and Reynolds both soon discovered what had happened. It was not only the disapproval of others that troubled Keats as he settled back into Wentworth Place. Brown was only a little reassured by these signs of self-discipline. Keats seemed more decided than he had done in Winchester, but he was still demoralised and introspective. His plans to live as a journalist had come to nothing, and his poetry was stalled.
Brown did all he could to encourage him, seizing eagerly on a report in the Examiner which revealed that Kean had decided to honour his contract with Drury Lane, and would be remaining in London throughout the winter. He urged Keats to make a few small revisions to Otho, and said he would send it to Elliston, the theatre manager. Keats agreed to make the changes, though gloomily refused to give his name as author, fearing that his low reputation would damage the chance of getting a fair reading.
He was equally pessimistic about other possibilities. Spoken anonymously, the lines turn their appeal for sympathy into something like blackmail:.
Nothing that Keats tried, and nothing that Brown suggested, made any difference to his mood. He was living only a few feet away from Fanny, yet prevented by circumstances from marrying her, and by convention from making love to her. Every day was filled with excited frustration—frustration that Brown, in spite of his kindness, continually made worse.
Shortly after returning from Winchester, Brown began sleeping with her, and soon made her pregnant. Normally, with the manners of the age, this would be something that Keats would have no difficulty in accepting. Shortly after moving back into Wentworth Place he borrowed some more money from Brown.
This soon ran out, forcing him to ask for loans from Haslam and other friends. How was he to help his brother, let alone himself? Making a reluctant visit to London, to see Mrs. Wylie, he once again managed to conceal the extent of his difficulties. When the first of these visits took place, it only brought further discouragement. Although Mrs. Abbey advised him not to sell. Then at last came better news.
Although the market was still performing badly, Keats knew where his duties lay. He closed the deal feeling that he had at last done something valuable—but within a few weeks it became clear that even this success was a kind of failure.
The ship on which the money travelled across the Atlantic, the William, was delayed by storms and did not reach its destination until the New Year.
By this time George had decided that his brother needed help in sorting out their affairs, and had left for England. Performing Arts. Visual Arts. Student Life. Vocational Training. Standardized Tests. Online Learning. Social Sciences.
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