Free and Expensive Brontë Alerts

A couple of alerts for today January 31:

A Jane Eyre discussion in the Fletcher Free Library, 235 College Street, Burlington, Vermont:

Fletcher Free Library Book Discussion Group
Local History Room
Wednesday, January 31 at 7:30 pm
The Library’s book discussion group meets to discuss Jane Eyre by Bronte, led by Vermont Humanities Scholar, Peter Burns. Free books available.

And a new rendition of the recital, The Pursuit of Happiness (more information on this old post) in The Savoy Hotel, London.

The Pursuit of Happiness
with
Jenny Agutter & Michael Morpurgo
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at 7:00 p.m.

An evening of words and music with Jenny Agutter, Jeremy Polmear playing oboe, cor anglais and alto sax, and Diana Ambache on the piano. Experiences of happiness are explored in words and in music. Jenny Agutter reads from Shakespeare, Emily Brontë, Roger McGough, William Blake, Oliver Postgate, Iain Banks and others. Jeremy Polmear and Diana Ambache play pieces by Purcell, Bach, Mozart and Ravel as well as Cole Porter and George Gershwin.

The event only costs £95 per person.

Categories: Alert, Emily Brontë, Jane Eyre, Poetry