With... Adam Sargant
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It's our last episode of series 1!!! Expect ghost, ghouls and lots of
laughs as we round off the series with Adam Sargant, AKA Haunted Haworth.
We'll be...
1 week ago
... I decided to read the entire book.So, you see, it's a delightful edition and would do nicely as a present to a fellow Brontëite. Or even as an introduction into Brontëland.
I loved it! I like the design of the book itself with the mock leather binding look to the spine and the unevenly cut pages. It was such a modern sort of winking take on the classic but preserving all the wonders of the original. Dame Darcy's elaborate illustrations are completely delightful. Her style reminds me of Edward Gorey. I think the illustrations fit with the text beautifully and serve to further enhance it. My favourite illustration is the one between p. 342 and 343 which depicts Jane's premonitional nightmare before her and Mr. Rochester's ill-fated first attempt at a wedding. It's so perfectly moody and gothic and depicts how the subconscious can send us messages when something doesn't feel quite right. It is a haunting representation of the power of intuition.
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