Adèle's Dolls

A new alert from the Australian Brontë Association (ABA):

Friday SEPTEMBER 29th at 7:30pm in KIRRIBILLI
Marloesje Valkenburg: Adèle’s Dolls

As a child Jane Eyre was comforted in her loneliness by her shabby doll. Years later at Thornfield Hall little Adèle had a wax doll, no doubt a “cadeau” from Rochester. We shall imagine that Adèle continued to collect dolls into her adult life. Marloesje will show us some of the old dolls from her collection and we shall imagine that they once belonged to Adèle. The wood and wax dolls date back to the time of the novel, and many others could have been collected during Adèle’s lifetime. Marloesje will tell us something of the history of dolls and doll collecting. (If you have an old doll you would like to show us please bring it along.)

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