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| Witcherlass | The Maternal Ancestry & its influence on the Bronte set of stories | 0 | Dec 9 2009, 8:11 AM EST by Witcherlass | ||||
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Thread started: Dec 9 2009, 8:11 AM EST
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Following on from the J Hambley Rowe statement of the paucity of information about the maternal ancestry of the girls & their brother, I am researching the Branwell and Carne families here in Penzance, Cornwall, 'from whence the came'. It has become something of a passion with me at the moment following on from a study day about the subject held for a large county-wide audience. This may result in a paper, book, or novel in due course, but I would love to connect and support the interest of others in revealing more of the way of life and the background influences around 1800, when Maria and Elizabeth were living here in Chapel Street. They were a well-educated, active civic family, of comfortable means. Despite comments lurking in corners of many writers' corners, they were in no sense Calvinistic or gloomy. They were Wesleyan Methodists for the most part (but not wholly), they were quite musical (Thomas their father was an active violinist, and the children played the piano). And there is much, much more in their bag of stories that Maria and Elizabeth Branwell will have contributed to the Bronte menage, than has ever been properly recognised. I will reply to any enquiries. I very much appreciate the direction given by this website in 2008 by Ms Rochester, to the Bronte's Reading site. Brilliantly done!
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| Anonymous | day | 1 | Dec 2 2009, 6:47 PM EST by blackriverrosi | ||||
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Thread started: Dec 1 2009, 2:58 AM EST
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never blame a day in ur life GOOD day give happiness...BAD daygive experience... WORST day give lesson... and BEST day give memories always b thankful to GOD
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| Anonymous | Haworth: Home of the Brontes - 1895 (book question) | 0 | Nov 30 2009, 10:46 AM EST by Anonymous | ||||
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Thread started: Nov 30 2009, 10:46 AM EST
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Hello,
I have a copy of Claude Meeker's original 1895 Bronte Society book titled Haworth: Home of the Brontes and I am trying to ascertain its possible value. I would like to sell this book but can not find any comparable copies online. In fact, the only references I can find are museum holdings. The copy I have was signed and dated by the author in 1900 though published in 1895. It is my understanding that this is the second volume ever issued by the Bronte Society (which formed in 1893).Is there any chance anyone might have some input that I might consider? Many thanks in advance. Trish |
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| blackriverrosi | Mr Earnshaw | 0 | Nov 27 2009, 4:19 PM EST by blackriverrosi | ||||
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Thread started: Nov 27 2009, 4:19 PM EST
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I was thinking of Mr Earnshaw, the father, bringing home Heathcliff, a waif he picked up in Liverpool. Why did he do it? Was he reminded of the son he had lost? He gave Heathcliff that dead son's name and Heathcliff became his favourite....yet he left Heathcliff out of his will and at the mercy of his enemy, Hindley.
Earnshaw may have been like many people who fail to take action as regards to wills or the cultule of the times may have been more important in that eldest sons inherit....but Earnshaw loved Heathcliff. Did Heathcliff love him? He cried when the Master died. Is love never enough when the world sweeps us along ? Complex....Emily...as always. |
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| Anonymous | 1956 version of jane eyre | 0 | Nov 22 2009, 3:59 AM EST by Anonymous | ||||
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Thread started: Nov 22 2009, 3:59 AM EST
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you stated that you cannot find any scenes from this version myself and others have emailed the bbc who have a copy of it but they refuse to show it or release it on dvd . on bbc wales website type in stanley baker then photos on this there is a photo of him as rochester and daphne slater as jane
also the british film institute have a copy but they will not release it either thanks i enjoyed your article miss deborah callaghan |
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| Anonymous | Location | 2 | Nov 21 2009, 2:59 AM EST by verong | ||||
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Thread started: Sep 18 2009, 10:21 AM EDT
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I live in Haworth and its a real shame that production companies don't use the facilities that are available in the village, ie the moors, the lovely stately homes 4 miles away etc, etc, etc.
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| JanetRochester | The couch | 2 | Nov 20 2009, 5:33 PM EST by blackriverrosi | ||||
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Thread started: Nov 14 2009, 8:16 PM EST
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Its actually not the original couch, but its supposed to be a replica of the one that the Brontës owned.
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| blackriverrosi | The original couch | 0 | Nov 20 2009, 5:24 PM EST by blackriverrosi | ||||
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Thread started: Nov 20 2009, 5:24 PM EST
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This photo is onsale on ebay....claims to be original couch....interesting.
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| ajw111 | News about the Bronte movie | 2 | Nov 20 2009, 5:03 PM EST by blackriverrosi | ||||
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Thread started: Jan 14 2009, 6:47 PM EST
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Hello Brontesoul. I am Angela Workman, the Writer/Director of the film 'Bronte.' Just a note to let you know of the changes going on. I have resumed my place as the film's director and am currently recasting. Please check Imdb for updated details. Thank you. Angela Workman.
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| Anonymous | the character of huntingdon | 0 | Nov 18 2009, 6:05 PM EST by Anonymous | ||||
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Thread started: Nov 18 2009, 6:05 PM EST
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its features how she dipicted it to what extent
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| blackriverrosi | Heathcliff Runs away to make his fortune | 0 | Oct 9 2009, 5:19 PM EDT by blackriverrosi | ||||
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Thread started: Oct 9 2009, 5:19 PM EDT
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How did he make his fortune and improve himself. This is my "maybe" possibility. He thundered off down the road to Liverpool on the master's best horse, and coming upon a highway robbery in process, he instantly jumps and kills the murderous bandit, injuring himself. The wealthy gentleman, with his young family, is so grateful, he takes Heathcliff home, sets him up with clothing, teaching, and other attentions. Heathcliff, under the wealthy gents direction, makes some lucrative voyages to America, possibly in the " SlaveTrade" or running guns to America during the War of Independance. Heathcliff would be on the loose, by my calculations, about 1781-1784, good timing for both of these business deals.
Then, Heathcliff returns to Cathy, a full grown hero. Note. Mr Lockwood arrives in 1801 when Heathcliff is about 40. Heathcliff runs away when he is about 20.
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| blackriverrosi | The moors...her own and she....theirs. (page: 1 2 3) | 43 | Sep 25 2009, 8:53 PM EDT by blackriverrosi | ||||
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Note: I am reading "Sunset Song" by Lewis Grassic Gibbon. The mother says to her daughter, " Oh, Chris, my lass, there are better things than your books or studies or loving or bedding, there's the countryside your own, you its, in the days when you're neither bairn nor woman".
Emily, the moors, her own and she, theirs.........the heath and the cliff.......the eternal rocks, the bones of life itself.
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| blackriverrosi | New Wuthering Heights on PBS | 2 | Sep 9 2009, 9:17 AM EDT by either/or | ||||
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Thread started: Feb 8 2009, 3:00 PM EST
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So we have seen it..........Are we thrilled, engaged, intrigued? Did chills go up our spines? Did the hairs stand up on the back of our necks? Did we FEEL? Did we feel the love, the agony, the suffering, the passion, the hatred, the confusion? Did the characters live, act for themselves and come alive? Was Emily proud?
My answers to all of these and more is NO NO NO.
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| Anonymous | A Brief History. | 0 | Sep 7 2009, 1:18 PM EDT by Anonymous | ||||
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Thread started: Sep 7 2009, 1:18 PM EDT
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A splendid introduction. Is there any indication of the accent the girls spoke? Irish, Cornish,Yorkshire, R.P. or other?
"She [ Anne ] lasted the Spring of 1949." Also, the Fall seems predominantly for US readers. Was this intentional? Otherwise, over here, it's called Autumn. |
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| either/or | Poems | 7 | Sep 7 2009, 10:03 AM EDT by Anonymous | ||||
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Thread started: Sep 1 2009, 6:19 AM EDT
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The Definition of Love by Andrew Marvell
My love is of a birth as rare As 'tis for object strange and high: It was begotten by Despair Upon Impossibility. Magnanimous Despair alone Could show me so divine a thing, Where feeble Hope could ne'er have flown But vainly flapped its tinsel wing. And yet I quickly might arrive Where my extended soul is fixed But Fate does iron wedges drive, And always crowds itself betwixt. For Fate with jealous eye does see Two perfect loves, nor lets them close: Their union would her ruin be, And her tyrranic power depose. And therefore her decrees of steel Us as the distant Poles have placed (Though Love's whole world on us doth wheel) Not by themselves to be embraced, Unless the giddy heaven fall, And earth some new convulsion tear; And, us to join, the world should all Be cramped into a planisphere. As lines (so loves) oblique may well Themselves in every angle greet: But ours so truly parallel, Though infinite, can never meet. Therefore the love which us doth bind, But Fate so enviously debars, Is the conjunction of the mind, And opposition of the stars.
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| LWoodard | Reading 'Shirley' | 2 | Sep 7 2009, 9:18 AM EDT by either/or | ||||
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Thread started: Aug 5 2008, 11:46 PM EDT
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Hi everyone - how are you all? Read any good Bronte books lately? I recently finished Rebecca Fraser's bio, which was excellent. And currently I have been reading 'Shirley'. I tried it once before and could not get past the 1st chapter; I gave up because, honestly, I found it dull. If anyone else has had the same experience, I just want to say KEEP READING. It may be difficult to 'get into' it at first, but it definitely picks up in pace and interest by about the 4th chapter. And of course, since it's a Bronte novel, it is worth the reading!
Anyone want to talk about 'Shirley'?? Lisa
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| either/or | Jane Eyre Films | 1 | Sep 5 2009, 5:55 PM EDT by blackriverrosi | ||||
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Thread started: Sep 5 2009, 3:39 PM EDT
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On another subject: I wonder if anyone would care to weigh in on their favorite Jane Eyre film adaptation. (I'm kind of taking it for granted that no one will ever do a really good Wuthering Heights). I rather liked the Ciaran Hinds/Samantha Morton film, but I've heard the one on Masterpiece Theatre is truly excellent.
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| JanetRochester | INTRODUCE YOUSELF, IF YOU WANT (page: 1 2 3) | 45 | Sep 5 2009, 4:57 PM EDT by Anonymous | ||||
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Thread started: Aug 14 2007, 3:22 AM EDT
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I WOULD LIKE TO USE THIS POST AS A WAY FOR EVERYONE TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AS THEY VISIT THE SITE. I WILL START: MY NAME IS MARIE AND I AM THE CREATOR OF THIS SITE. I FIRST CAME TO KNOW THE BRONTË'S THROUGH A SCHOLASTIC MAGAZINE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT HAD A CONDENSED VERSION OF A JANE EYRE PLAY IN IT, AND I WAS PICKED TO PLAY THE PART OF JANE. AFTER THAT I IMMEDIATELY READ THE BOOK, FELL IN LOVE, AND HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY INFATUATED EVER SINCE. I AM A STUDENT AT EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY, AND AM CURRENTLY TRYING TO DECIDE BETWEEN GOING TO PHARMACY SCHOOL OR GOING THE ENGLISH/LITERATURE ROUTE. JANE EYRE IS MY FAVORITE NOVEL, WITH VILLETTE COMING IN A CLOSE SECOND, BUT I AM TRYING TO DIVE INTO THE SISTER'S POETRY, ESPECIALLY EMILY'S, TO TRY AND EXPERIENCE MORE OF THEIR TALENT IN THAT ASPECT. SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELVES OR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, JUST ASK!!!
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| JanetRochester | Brontë Target Puzzle | 2 | Aug 31 2009, 8:18 PM EDT by Anonymous | ||||
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Thread started: Aug 14 2007, 3:26 AM EDT
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I thought that anyone who tries the brontë target puzzle could let everyone know how they are doing, and if someone finds all 36 words. I will give you one hint, which was pretty obvious when I started to look at all the letters present. It said that there must be at least one nine-letter word, and if you studying the square for a moment, it becomes obvious that Wuthering is a nine-letter work from the group. So far I have come up with about 10 words. So let me know how far anyone has got that has tried.
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| LWoodard | Double Soul | 4 | Aug 26 2009, 7:53 PM EDT by Anonymous | ||||
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Thread started: Apr 18 2008, 12:24 AM EDT
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Rosi -
I found it. :) A well written essay. You write very well. It's really a fascinating exploration of the novel. And you make me want to read the book to explore these ideas on my own. And of course I will. As I'm new to the Brontes, it is so true that there are 'so many books and so little time.' I am finishing up a biography of Branwell Bronte, and want to re-read Agnes Grey to get a few points regarding Anne and Branwell solidified in my brain, and then hopefully on to the depths of Wuthering Heights. Lisa
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