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#Bronte200

Posted on 25th October 2016 by Nick Kent

To commemorate over 200 years of Charlotte Brontë we dip into Helen MacEwan’s fascinating study of Charlotte Brontë’s time in Brussels, a period that had a marked influence on her later writing.   THE BRONTËS IN BRUSSELS Helen MacEwan   * … Continue reading →

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5 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Charlotte Brontë

Posted on 21st April 2016 by Nick Kent

To mark Charlotte Brontë’s bicentenary, Helen MacEwan, Bronte scholar and author of The Brontës in Brussels, compiled a list of her top five, little known, facts about Charlotte…   The love of her life Undaunted by the teacher/pupil love affair cliché … Continue reading →

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#Bronte200

Posted on 21st April 2016 by Nick Kent

To commemorate 200 years of Charlotte Brontë we dip into Helen MacEwan’s fascinating study of Charlotte Brontë’s time in Brussels, a period that had a marked influence on her later writing.   THE BRONTËS IN BRUSSELS Helen MacEwan   * None … Continue reading →

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The Brontës in Brussels (. . . and Paris!)

Posted on 19th November 2014 by Nick Kent

Walking along the platform in a Paris Métro station recently, I noticed a display with life-size reproductions of some of the nearby Musee des Lettres et Manuscrits’ collection of written documents: ‘A manuscript of Charlotte Brontë that fits in the palm … Continue reading →

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