Love this so much. Thanks for sharing. 🫶🏻 I did my Master’s thesis on Elizabeth Gaskell and took a course that focused on Austen and the Brontës in grad school. I’ll definitely look out for this book. Sounds fascinating.
This line is great: “That shared vulnerability has helped our group understand each other and to empathize with each other’s very personal aches. Critical listening and commentary isn’t only important to improving our written words.”
Wow! I know very little about Elizabeth Gaskell. I'm curious if the research in The Secret Sisterhood will jibe with yours. I'm just an amateur expert on Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre and Les Miserables are my two favorite books. I've read and watched loads about the Brontes and visited Haworth on a perfectly drizzly and gloomy day.
P.S. (letter theme) come to think of it, I’ve not ever seen the Brontë house on a non gloomy day but there’s lots of little gems to see in Haworth village on a sunny day. 🤔
I’ll let you know when I read it. Heh! I’m English and American and grew up in Lancashire and live in West Yorkshire now not far from the Brontë house (and Florida/Georgia) and I thought I’d never ever be “a Victorianist” and study that period and that’s precisely what I ended up doing. 🙈😬🤣 But the Brontë’s were definitely doing something new with psychological realism, phrenology, and religion as influences but I’d not have liked to have married any Brontë man (clearly all Yorkshire men back then weren’t the loveliest 🤪), maybe except an Anne Brontë protagonist. The friendship angle is interesting for sure re research and framing.
Yes. Be careful with those free audible books because I've had a couple that expired halfway through the reading experience. So check the expiration date and budget your reading time accordingly.
Love this so much. Thanks for sharing. 🫶🏻 I did my Master’s thesis on Elizabeth Gaskell and took a course that focused on Austen and the Brontës in grad school. I’ll definitely look out for this book. Sounds fascinating.
This line is great: “That shared vulnerability has helped our group understand each other and to empathize with each other’s very personal aches. Critical listening and commentary isn’t only important to improving our written words.”
Wow! I know very little about Elizabeth Gaskell. I'm curious if the research in The Secret Sisterhood will jibe with yours. I'm just an amateur expert on Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre and Les Miserables are my two favorite books. I've read and watched loads about the Brontes and visited Haworth on a perfectly drizzly and gloomy day.
P.S. (letter theme) come to think of it, I’ve not ever seen the Brontë house on a non gloomy day but there’s lots of little gems to see in Haworth village on a sunny day. 🤔
I’ll let you know when I read it. Heh! I’m English and American and grew up in Lancashire and live in West Yorkshire now not far from the Brontë house (and Florida/Georgia) and I thought I’d never ever be “a Victorianist” and study that period and that’s precisely what I ended up doing. 🙈😬🤣 But the Brontë’s were definitely doing something new with psychological realism, phrenology, and religion as influences but I’d not have liked to have married any Brontë man (clearly all Yorkshire men back then weren’t the loveliest 🤪), maybe except an Anne Brontë protagonist. The friendship angle is interesting for sure re research and framing.
Thank you for the complement.
Also, I just checked and it’s free with an audible membership. 🥳
Yes. Be careful with those free audible books because I've had a couple that expired halfway through the reading experience. So check the expiration date and budget your reading time accordingly.
Oh hah! Thanks for the tip. 😘