When first published in 1847, Wuthering Heights didn’t get the expected success and was harshly criticised for not matching the moral standards of the Victorian Age. Despite this, the only novel written by Emily Brontë survived century after century, reader after reader, edition after edition, proving itself a masterpiece of the English literature, capable of adapting to …
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View From The Window: BBC To Walk Invisible
It seems like everybody’s talking about it, and on social networks we can easily find the first pictures from the set of To Walk Invisible: The Brontë Sisters, but what is it about? Well, if you love English Literature, if you are Brontë enthusiasts, if you still re-read Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights, we’ve got some …
In The Parlour- Charlotte’s bicentenary at the bookstore
In a year rich of Brontë events meant to celebrate Charlotte’s bicentenary, also The Sisters’ Room wanted to organize something special. On April 21st _ as you probably already know – we were in Naples (click here to find out more about it), but one week later, on April 28th we organized the only event in …
The Sisters’Room Meets the Brontë Society in Italy On The Occasion Of Charlotte’s Bicentenary
To celebrate Charlotte Brontë’s bicentenary we had been busy organizing many different events like our Facebook contest and a meeting in Rome entirely dedicated to this great celebration but, on April 21st, on the very date of thisvery much awaited event, we decided to do something completely different: we left Rome – in good company with …
In the footsteps of Anne Brontë- Visiting Scarborough
Last summer our research in the footsteps of the Brontës led us even to the North of Yorkshire, far beyond the windy moors around Haworth. So, together with Patrizio, loving boyfriend and precious friend, on an unusually hot and very sunny afternoon, with rucksacks on our backs and sunglasses on our noses, we got to …