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a59d6d2 "I have no objection whatever to your representing me as a bronte charlotte-bronte emily-bronte Patrick Brontë
8655b16 "Earnshaw is quite a famous name, thanks to Miss Bronte . I did not realise there were Earnshaws in this country." Mrs. Earnshaw gave a sharp nod. "Aye. And Heathcliffs and Eyres, as well. Proper little thieves, those Bronte girls." deanna-raybourn emily-bronte humor jane-eyre lady-julia-grey meta silent-on-the-moor the-brontes wuthering-heights Deanna Raybourn
9a93031 Banal sexism aside, I find myself tempted to read as one thick stacked act of revenge for all that life withheld from Emily. But the poetry shows traces of a deeper explanation. As if anger could be a kind of vocation for some women. It is a chilly thought. emily-bronte poem poetry revenge sexism wuthering-heights Anne Carson
db24008 It was somehow fitting that the true beginning and the end of a life occurred in the same sacred house. Anne would have praised God and Emily would have laughed. On this day, their presence was fully with me, and I am sure that Charlotte--now kissing the man she loved despite everything the world had thrown at her--felt the same twined souls invisibly at her side. brontes charlotte-bronte emily-bronte Amy Wolf