Brontë books auctions

The Brontë Parsonage Blog begins what we hope will be a series of posts covering the recent June Weekend of the Brontë Society. The first post concerns the auction of Brontë books (with the second edicition of Elizabeth Gaskell's Life of Charlotte Brontë) and Victoria Glendinning's lecture "Writers and their Houses- Why Haworth is Special"

All of the Brontë-related volumes came from the library of the late Arthur D Walker, all of them had his label (with a catalogue reference) on the inside cover, and all the money raised went to the Brontë Society. Each person present was issued with a laminated piece of paper with a number on it, to be raised when a bid was made. (...)
Earlier in the day I had listened to a lecture on writer's homes by Victoria Glendinning (pictured below) - brilliantly entertaining, with insights into her working methods. It is absolutely necessary for a biographer to travel, to soak up atmospheres and appreciate ambiances, to walk slowly around houses, to poke around in garden sheds. (Read more) (Richard Wilcocks)

This review of Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee quotes a Brontë reference in the novel:

Impulse spending on designer clothes, extravagant gifts and a $2,000 first American edition of "Jane Eyre" she [Casey Han, the protagonist] buys out of pity for an aging antiquarian bookseller, leave her "in a perennial state of buyer's remorse." (Heller McAlpin in San Francisco Chronicle)

It's no surprise, because Min Jin Lee happens to be a Brontëite (or at least, a Jane Eyre fan) as her myspace page suggests.

More things. Liz from Noise from the Attic is visiting Haworth and froodnet visits Derbyshire and includes pictures of Andrea Galer's exhibition of Jane Eyre costumes in Haddon Hall.

Categories: Books, Brontë Society, Jane Eyre, Movies-DVD-TV, References