All too often our encounters with the Brontë stories are tragic ones, especially if we follow them week by week, as we do on this blog. Just last week we marked the tragic early death of Emily Brontë. It was…
Month: December 2024
Christmas With The Brontes
We’ve made it to another Christmas, and I hope yours is just as joyful and happy as mine is! I’m typing this on Christmas Day itself, and there’s lots of love and no bah humbug, so who could ask for…
On The Death Of Emily Bronte
Christmas day draws ever nearer, and preparations are going full swing across the world, but the run up to the big day isn’t always a cheery one. It can be a challenging time, a time of grief, loss and confusion,…
Charlotte Bronte’s Festive Round Robin
Christmas is exactly ten days away – have you bought your presents and sent your cards yet? Perhaps you like to send one of those ‘round robin’ letters to family and friends updating them on the situation in your home.…
Festive Celebrations In Villette
December rushes on apace, if you haven’t yet got your Christmas decorations up then it’s probably time to get that old faithful tree down from the attic and start untangling the fairy lights. In today’s post we’re going to look…
Christmas At Wuthering Heights
We’ve entered Advent and that big day draws ever nearer. We’ll be looking at Christmas in the Brontë lives and works on this blog throughout December, as usual, but I’ll also be looking at it on my new YouTube channel.…
Farewell To Lousy Hall Farm
December has begun, a busy month for most of us, but especially for a certain couple back in December 1812. Patrick Brontë and Maria Branwell had first met just months earlier, but already their wedding was fixed for 29th December…