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Monday, March 18, 2019

The Cut features  American politician, lawyer, and novelist Stacey Abrams:
Stacey taught herself to read chapter books by age 4, according to her family, after Andrea got sick of reading to her. She counts among her childhood favorites books by the Brontës and all of Dickens; she read Silas Marner at age 10.
“Basically, what kids were forced to read when we got to high school, I’d read,” she recalls. Later, she attended a performing-arts school where she gravitated to chemistry, physics, and math. (She also took guitar, but retains only the ability to strum “anything by Van Halen.”) (Rebecca Traister)
As opposed to writer Nikita Singh, who admits to not having actually read Anne Brontë in The Free Press Journal (India).
Liar, liar. I have never read Anne Brontë, but it’s totally possible that at some point I have said I have read all three Brontë sisters. (Manasi Y Mastakar)
However, Sarah Ashman, a soon-to-be graduate of the University of Virginia knows better and here's one of her recommendations on a list of texts that 'changed and challenged' her that she shares in The Cavalier Daily.
3. “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall” by Anne Brontë
This is not a trivial story of airy and light 19th-century society. This is a progressive, forward-thinking lecture on feminism, women’s economic rights, alcoholism and toxic masculinity. This book taught me how to make my own choices when deciding whether to act independently or not and how to grapple with and respect the choices of others.
Libreriamo (Italy) interviews writer Desy Icardi about her latest novel, L'annusatrice di libri.
Quali classici della letteratura sono citati e ti hanno ispirato per l’opera? Nessun classico mi ha ispirato in maniera diretta la storia de L’annusatrice di libri, anche se probabilmente ognuna delle storie che ho letto mi ha indirettamente offerto degli spunti: siamo quello che leggiamo, e non soltanto quello che mangiamo, come si sente spesso ripetere.
La scelta dei classici che Adelina incontra nel suo percorso non è casuale: Le notti bianche, Jane Eyre, La signora delle Camelie,  sono i romanzi che ho letto e amato, quando avevo pressappoco l’età di Adelina. (Translation)
Lancashire Live recommends the '10 top Lancashire parks for families to visit during the school holidays' and among them is
Wycoller Country Park in Colne
Wycoller Country Park is famous for its association with the Brontë sisters, who referred to many of the nearby landmarks in books such as Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre. (Chantelle Heeds)
Well - um - not much in Wuthering Heights.

Several sites continue relaying the news of Ponden Hall being for sale such as Smart Bitches Trashy Books, House Beautiful, Die Welt (Germany). Recensioni Libri e News Un Libro (Italy) posts about Jane Eyre.

AnneBrontë.org had a post on Patrick Brontë for his birthday yesterday and on Twitter, the Brontë Parsonage showed his birthday cake.

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