According to Iren Nooren1 Emily’s personality is essentially linked to her great novel, known for only a few decades in the Netherlands by the title Woeste Hoogten. It was widely criticized in England at the time of its publication and only understood and valued after almost a century – like Jesus. Woeste Hoogten reveals an …

Where were the Brontë sisters born? When it comes to the Brontës one always tends to think of Haworth, the place where they lived. But they were actually born in Thornton a very small village not that far from Bradford, Yorkshire. Our latest trip to Yorkshire was both very short and extremely intense. We’ve finally …

In June 2006 while surfing the net and looking as usual for any Brontë-related topic, I found absolutely by chance an astrological site in which, to my utmost wonder, a Dutch astrologist was proposing an eleven pages long and detailed ‘horoscope’ for …. Emily Brontë! My discovery was really exciting for me and surely for …

2018 will be a very special year for Brontë enthusiasts, since it will be entirely dedicated to Emily Brontë in order to celebrate her bicentenary. There will be lots of worldwide cultural events to celebrate the author of the immortal Wuthering Heights. Let’s have a look at some of the most engaging events organized by …

We celebrate today the anniversary of Anne Brontë ‘s birth, youngest child of the Brontë family who will end the series of Brontë bicentenaries in two years. Her two novels The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and Agnes Grey are works of great literary and social interest- however Anne is the less known sister and her works …