Vulture has a recap of
Sanditon season 2 episode 2.
I also think I’ve figured out another level to the Charlotte Brontë–ness of Charlotte’s story line (other than their having the same name, which I have only just now realized). We’ve already established that Charlotte is a governess for a grumpy man in his late 30s or early 40s, but I believe we can also claim Charlotte’s acquaintance/flirtation with Colonel Lennox as a Brontëan flourish. Who did Charlotte play when the Brontë children acted out their fantasy world of Glass Town? Yes! Admiral Wellington! The same Wellington who fought Napoleon. Whom does Colonel Lennox hate? Napoleon! My evidence stuns the courtroom, case closed.
Side note: Can you imagine if a soldier courted Jane Eyre at the same time she’s having her whole whatever-that-is with Mr. Rochester? I love it. Bring Charlotte Brontë back and make her rewrite it. (Alice Burton)
Quinn thinks all of this goes back to society’s tendency to not recognize femininity with good quality. Romance novels are largely written by females. From Jane Austen and Emily Brontë to Sappho and now Madeline Miller and Colleen Hoover, we have seen women make this genre their own. The Bridgerton author thinks that “we’re trained to look down upon things that are primarily for women.” (Safia Khanam)
What's demeaning is claiming that some form of art (writing/literature in this particular case) is gender-oriented. Also, Jane Austen and Emily Brontë are so much more than romantic writers.
La Repubblica (Italy) features a new Italian translation of Elizabeth Gaskell's
Life of Charlotte Brontë. For Mothering Sunday yesterday,
AnneBrontë.org discussed 'Mothers And Motherhood In The Brontë Novels.
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