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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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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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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Its actually not the original couch, but its supposed to be a replica of the one that the Brontës owned.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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