The Brontës

charlottebrontesayings: To Walk Invisible - The Brontë Sisters,...

backfromthedeadred — Sun, 12 Feb 2017 12:42:01 -0500

To Walk Invisible - The Brontë Sisters, this Christmas on BBC
Quotes from the cast on the drama:
“I wanted it to feel as authentic as it could.“ - Sally Wainright (writer, director)
“So much has made them into mythical creatures and the reality is far more interesting.“ - Chloe Pirrie (Emily Brontë)
“It’s a script for a period drama - but one that feels real. A lot of period dramas are visually incredible, but lack the element of realism that this has definitely got.” - Finn Atkins (Charlotte Brontë)
“Take away the Brontë name and it still has to be an exciting and relevant drama. Sally focuses on the tensions among the family - it’s quite dark and troubled.” - Jonathan Pryce (Patrick Brontë)
“To know more about Branwell is to know more about Anne’s work and where she may have got her inspiration “ - Adam Nagaitis (Branwell Brontë)

"Anne Brontë’s anger is evident in virtually every page of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, her second,..."

backfromthedeadred — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 19:49:43 -0400

“Anne Brontë’s anger is evident in virtually every page of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, her second, final, and most famous novel. In it she depicts, with what was for the time, graphic detail, the physical decline of a debauched rake and the emotional and psychological abuses he inflicts. She exposes how a bad marriages to a bad man can trap, subjugate and oppress a woman. She excoriates a society that is fraught with dangers and seeks only to keep them in the dark.”

- from Anne Brontë, Anger, and the Resonance of Assault in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
(via bookriot)

brontes: Wuthering Heights + Short Sentences.

backfromthedeadred — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 22:51:26 -0400

brontes:

Wuthering Heights + Short Sentences.

"It is not he that I love, it is a creature of my imagination."

backfromthedeadred — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 22:35:52 -0400

“It is not he that I love, it is a creature of my imagination.”

- Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (via antigonick)

queenvictoriaroyalty: wuthering heights: the...

backfromthedeadred — Tue, 02 Aug 2016 13:32:50 -0400

queenvictoriaroyalty:

wuthering heights: the soundtrack

cathy; we will never break the chain (listen)

heathcliff; i wish to reman nameless, and live without shame (listen)

the heights; i’m colder than this home (listen)

eyres: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (inspired by x).

backfromthedeadred — Tue, 02 Aug 2016 13:32:32 -0400

eyres:

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (inspired by x).

sntanico: If all perished, and he remained, I should still...

backfromthedeadred — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 16:57:30 -0400

sntanico:

If all perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and, if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the Universe would turn to a mighty stranger. I should not seem a part of it.

transylmania: ‘Wuthering Heights’ series by Rovina Cai

backfromthedeadred — Sat, 20 Feb 2016 14:16:56 -0500

transylmania:

‘Wuthering Heights’ series by Rovina Cai

spinesongs: jane eyre + personality tests ➝ virgo |...

backfromthedeadred — Thu, 18 Feb 2016 17:19:08 -0500

spinesongs:

jane eyre + personality tests ➝ virgo | melancholic | lawful good | infj | type one | oak | the priest (requested by @evemoneypenny)

the-library-and-step-on-it:LITERARY FRIENDSHIPS: Elizabeth...

backfromthedeadred — Sat, 28 Nov 2015 16:50:42 -0500

the-library-and-step-on-it:

LITERARY FRIENDSHIPS:

Elizabeth Gaskell and Charlotte Brontë.

On windy nights, cries, and sobs, and wailings seemed to go round the house, as of the dearly-beloved striving to force their way to [Charlotte Brontë]. Someone conversing with her once objected, in my presence, to that part of Jane Eyre in which she hears Rochester’s voice crying out to her in a great crisis of her life, he being many, many miles distant at the time. I do not know what incident was in Miss Brontë’s recollection when she replied, in a low voice, drawing in her breath, ‘But it is a true thing; it really happened.’

theleafygirl-photography:The grave of Anne Bronte the youngest...

backfromthedeadred — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 15:48:35 -0500

theleafygirl-photography:

The grave of Anne Bronte the youngest Bronte sister in a graveyard in Scarborough. The grave contains one mistake Charlotte had her age engraved as 28 when she was actually aged 29 when she died of pulmonary tuberculosis

Wuthering Heights: Catherine Earnshaw “Because you are not fit...

backfromthedeadred — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 21:53:29 -0400

Wuthering Heights: Catherine Earnshaw

“Because you are not fit to go there,” Nelly answered. “All sinners would be miserable in heaven.”

wildflowerwhimsy: Literature meme: Heroines- Jane Eyre Do you...

backfromthedeadred — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 14:02:03 -0400

wildflowerwhimsy:

Literature meme: Heroines- Jane Eyre

Do you think I am an automaton? — a machine without feelings? and can bear to have my morsel of bread snatched from my lips, and my drop of living water dashed from my cup? Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong! — I have as much soul as you — and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, nor even of mortal flesh: it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God’s feet, equal — as we are!

fremui: NEVER ADAPTED NOVELSCharlotte Brontë’s Villette“You are...

backfromthedeadred — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 16:52:53 -0400

fremui:

NEVER ADAPTED NOVELS
Charlotte Brontë’s Villette
“You are well habituated to be passed by as a shadow in Life’s sunshine: it its a new thing to see one testily lifting his hand to screen his eyes, because you tease him with an obtrusive ray.”

fremui: NEVER ADAPTED NOVELS’ HEROINESfrom Charlotte...

backfromthedeadred — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 16:51:29 -0400

fremui:

NEVER ADAPTED NOVELS’ HEROINES
from Charlotte Brontë's Shirley
SHIRLEY KEELDAR & CAROLINE HELSTONE

„I like to watch those I love in a crowd, and to compare them with others. I have thus compared you. You resemble none of the rest, Lina. There are some prettier faces than yours here. You are not a model beauty—but you look agreeable, you look reflective, you look what I call interesting.”
„Hush, Shirley! you flatter me.”

Photo

backfromthedeadred — Sat, 04 Apr 2015 00:35:39 -0400

"If a woman is fair and amiable, she is praised for both qualities, but especially the former[…]; if,..."

backfromthedeadred — Sat, 04 Apr 2015 00:33:34 -0400

“If a woman is fair and amiable, she is praised for both qualities, but especially the former[…]; if, on the other hand, she is disagreeable in person and character, her plainness is commonly inveighed against her as her greatest crime[…]”

- Anne Brontë, telling it like it is in Agnes Grey.

starrydiadems: Haworth museum.

backfromthedeadred — Sat, 04 Apr 2015 00:31:34 -0400

starrydiadems:

Haworth museum.

bctrogues: ♡ baby, we’re the new romantics ♡➥ The Brontë...

backfromthedeadred — Wed, 01 Apr 2015 23:15:58 -0400

bctrogues:

♡ baby, we’re the new romantics ♡
➥ The Brontë siblings

fictional ladies of the 19th century: Jane Eyre Do you think I...

backfromthedeadred — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 15:31:20 -0400

fictional ladies of the 19th century: Jane Eyre
Do you think I am an automaton? — a machine without feelings? Do you think because I am poor, obscure, plain, andlittle, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong! — I have as much soul as you — and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, nor even of mortal flesh: it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God’s feet, equal — as we are!