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 …
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Anne Brontë’s Quiet Revolution
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 …
Emily Brontë, A Poetess Of Freedom – An Article by Maddalena De Leo
This year we celebrate the 200th anniversary of Emily Brontë‘s birth. Second youngest child of six, Emily lived most of her short life (1818-1848) in the remote Haworth village in Yorkshire, except for nine months spent as a student in a Pensionnat in Bruxelles with Charlotte. For biographers defining her many-sided and impenetrable character has always …
Our Guest: Julie Akhurst from Ponden Hall
During one of our trips to Brontë country we went up to Ponden Hall, an ancient farmhouse located on the moors. Apparently, Ponden Hall has many connections with the Brontës and it is thought to be a place that inspired Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights. As well as being a very fascinating place, it is nowadays a lovely bed&breakfast. When …
To the Core of Charlotte’s Heart – An Article by Maddalena De Leo
In August 2013 I went to Conwy in Wales since I knew my Charlotte had spent her first night there after her marriage in June 1854. I looked for it and stopped outside The Castle Hotel for photos and videos, knowing it was the inn where Charlotte and Arthur Bell Nicholls had taken a rest before …