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Brontë talk: Zoom versus in-real-life – a perspective
There is an old joke about someone answering the phone only to hear a grumpy voice saying, “Oh, it’s you! I just wanted to leave a message on the answering machine.” Well, without going so far as to...
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Brontë talk: The view from Dublin
One of the things I’ve missed most about Brussels, since leaving the city more than five years ago, has been the wonderful company of fellow Brontë enthusiasts in the Brussels Brontë Group. How...
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Brontë talk: Zoom versus room – the organiser’s viewpoint
On 7 October we came together to listen to a talk. Before COVID, this always happened in a room. But this time we met on Zoom.My memories of rooms we have gathered in over the years go back to 2007,...
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Charlotte’s Quarrel With the English Gentleman in 'Villette'
Karen Hewitt is the type of speaker that we really appreciate here at the Brussels Brontë Group. Not only is she very charming and personable in her delivery (even on Zoom), she also considers the...
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How wonderful it was to join the Brussels Brontë Group for Karen Hewitt's marvellous talk about what the word "Gentleman" meant to a Victorian audience. I could not believe I was sharing the...
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A Belgian-Dutch view of Charlotte Brontë’s Brussels
Charlotte Brontë’s stay in Brussels in the 1840s inspired two of her own novels and also two recent novels published on the subject. Jolien Janzing published De Meester in 2013. Si j'avais des ailes,...
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Helen MacEwan to talk on Brontës at Arts Society Brussels
Helen MacEwan, founder of the Brussels Brontë Group, will give a talk by Zoom for The Arts Society Brussels next week. Helen will take her audience on a virtual tour of Brussels at the time Charlotte...
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Virtual Tour: Brussels When the Brontës Were Here
The Arts Society Brussels enjoyed a very special tour of the city last week, as Helen MacEwan, founder of the Brussels Brontë Group, hopped on Zoom to bring alive, at least virtually, the experience of...
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Brian Holland: ‘Angel in the House … or Angel in Heaven?’
In the first member’s presentation ever given to our group by Zoom, Brian Holland entertained us with a lively talk on 18 February 2021 entitled ‘Angel in the House … or Angel in Heaven? How the...
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Brontë-Bremer connections: Talk by Paulina Carlin
The Brussels Brontë Group is a uniquely international one, bringing together members from all over Europe who have come to live and work in the ‘capital of Europe’. Talks by members provide an...
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Samantha Ellis didn’t come to Brussels – but she gave us a wonderful talk
Why Anne Brontë didn’t go to Brussels and why it matters was the title of Samantha Ellis’s eagerly awaited talk to our group, which finally took place on 20 April. Afterwards, Samantha tweeted about...
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Samantha Ellis and Her Enjoyable Books
Let’s start by stating that I am a big fan of Samantha Ellis and have been ever since I read her much beloved book How to Be a Heroine a couple of years ago. In this book, she explores different...
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Isabel Greenberg on the Brontës and their fantasy world
Isabel Greenberg took the Brussels Brontë Group on a fascinating journey through how she created her inspired graphic novel Glass Town, an exploration of the young Brontës’ fantasy world that mixes...
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In the footsteps of the Brontës in Brussels – on an app
The Belgian app company Totemus has just launched a treasure hunt (‘chasse’) in the form of a historical walk in Brussels on the theme of Charlotte and Emily Brontë’s stay in the city in 1842-43. As...
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Following the Brontë sisters in Brussels on the Totemus app
Listening to the Klara-podcast “The Brontës”, I discovered that the writer of my favorite book Jane Eyrelived in Brussels for two years. Yes, Charlotte Brontë, but also her famous sister Emily, stayed...
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Is Isabel Greenberg’s graphic novel 'Glass Town' fanfiction?
During Isabel Greenberg’s talk to the Brussels Brontë Group about her graphic novel Glass Town, one of the members asked her a question about whether she thought Glass Town would qualify as...
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Book review: 'Lies and the Brontës: The Quest for the Jenkins Family' by...
A new book shines the spotlight on the couple who recommended the Pensionnat Heger to the Brontës and found Charlotte and Emily difficult guests at Sunday lunches in their home in Brussels.Until their...
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Talk by Dinah Birch: Education and the Brontës
Our 2021-22 season of talks got off to a magnificent start with a Zoom talk by Dinah Birch on 14 October titled Education and the Brontë family: Principles and Practice. Dinah Birch is Professor of...
View ArticleEducation, independence and self-improvement: Brontë talk
For the Brontës, education was not only a way to gain financial independence, but more importantly a way to improve oneself. That was one of the main messages of the very interesting talk last week by...
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Religion, learning and expectations for women – Dinah Birch
Dinah Birch, Professor of English Literature at the University of Liverpool, gave a most stimulating and wide-ranging talk on Victorian education systems and the position of women in society when the...
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