In 2007, during my stay in Haworth, I had the chance to visit the majestic aristocratic house where Charlotte Brontë was hosted in the first half of the nineteenth century. Gawthorpe Hall is a magnificent late-Elizabethan building situated in the middle of a wonderful park, near the borders of Padiham – a small village in …
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Storie di geni e di fate by Charlotte Brontë-curated ad translated by Maddalena De Leo
Charlotte Brontë’s 200th birthday is getting closer and closer, and lots of amazing surprises await the Italian readers. The first one is “Storie di Geni e di Fate”, a collection of tales by a young Charlotte, translated and curated by Professor Maddalena De Leo, representative of the Bs in Italy, and just released by L’Argolibro …
How Did The Brontë Sisters Eat?- by Maddalena De Leo
What did our beloved sisters eat in Nineteenth-Century Yorkshire? In the magazine “New Statesman” Bee Wilson, author of an article appeared on January 24th, 2000 under the title “Swill for tea food”, wished that Charlotte ate better than Jane Eyre. All those who have read this very well-known novel may remember that on Sundays, at Lowood, …
History of the Brontë Society in Italy
In this article we want to tell you, briefly, how and when the Brontë Society in Italy was born. This is an interesting story about a group of passionate Brontë-scholars who decided to start organizing meetings and cultural events entirely dedicated to the Brontës in Italy. Everything started in November 1997, in Bologna, where Franca …
From the Library of the Brontës: An Article About the Places of Shirley by Maddalena De Leo
On Saturday, 21st November 2015 we organized a new Brontё event at the lovely bookshop Tra Le Righe, in Rome. It was entirely dedicated to Charlotte and to the new Italian edition of Shirley by Fazi Editore, and became a special opportunity to meet personally Brontё readers and enthusiasts. Also on this occasion, Professor Maddalena …