I don’t mean to scare you – but Halloween is here again! The Brontë sisters loved spooky stories, so every year on this blog I share a Brontë-related spooky tale or two. The Brontës were more than capable of writing…
Month: October 2024
The Critical Reception Of ‘Shirley’
Pop singers and groups are often wary of second album syndrome – will their second offering live up to the expectation generated by the success of their first? That’s not confined to modern music of course, for Charlotte Brontë must…
AI, The Brontes And The Future Of Writing
One thing that Britain can be incredibly proud of is its culture, its art and its literature. For a relatively small island we have created some of the world’s greatest and most enduring art, music and books. The Brontë sisters…
The Publication Of Jane Eyre: Triumph Over Adversity
On this week in 1847 a new author made their writing debut. Published by Smith, Jones & Co. the book Jane Eyre: An Autobiography marked the first appearance before the public of the mysterious Currer Bell. Nobody knew who Bell…
Charlotte Bronte In Hornsea
Charlotte Brontë is associated with many places – Haworth obviously springs to mind, as does Thornton, the birthplace of the Brontës near Bradford, Scarborough where she travelled with Anne Brontë at the close of Anne’s life, and Brussels, where she…
Celebrating National Poetry Day With Anne Bronte
This Thursday saw National Poetry Day arrive. I think poetry is too good to confine to just one day, and I’m sure the Brontës would have agreed – after all poetry was their first, and enduring, love and the very…