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I am picking this one up again now that Victober is about to begin.

The letters Charlotte wrote after Emily and Anne died are just heartbreaking. I can feel how she’s changed. How she aged ten years in a few months.

Getting to know a lot about Charlotte Brontë. For one thing: she was not impressed by Jane Austen. For another: she was not a great reader of fiction, if her letters are a reliable source.

Getting curious to Charlottes first novel ‘The Professor’. The letters she wrote to Constantin Héger seem quite out of character for her.

I’m skipping Branwell Brontës letters. I don’t really understand why the author of this book included them and not the letters by Anne and Emily. They are talked about, but not included. Branwell is such a drag.

That letter from Robert Southey to Charlotte Brontë. It’s famous for a reason. Google it if you’re interested, I believe a lot of people have a strong opinion on it.

What an arrogant twat, that Branwell Brontë.

This is a real ‘I pick it up now and then’ kind of book. I borrowed it from the library. After seeing the movie ‘To Walk Invisible’ my love for the Brontës grew even more.

Dutch:
Dit boek en vergelijkbare boeken liggen in de Atheneum Bibliotheek in Deventer.

Geen levendige personages en beschrijvingen in Pride and Prejudice? Auch, Charlotte!

"Niemand, behalve mijn broer en zusters zal deze brief lezen." Laten we ook al die mensen 200 jaar later niet vergeten!

Haha, 19e eeuwse equivalent van: "FUCK OFF!"

Vader van Brontës laat een vrouw vallen om met iemand anders te trouwen. Nu zij is gestorven, gaat hij opnieuw aan achter die eerste vrouw (vooral zodat zijn kinderen opgevoed worden) en lijkt te verwachten dat zij zijn hernieuwde vraag nu wel gaat accepteren. Ugh, mannen...