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Showing posts with label Brussels. Show all posts
Tuesday, 22 January 2019

New novel about the Brontës’ time in Brussels: "Si j’avais des ailes", by Nathalie Stalmans

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In recent years there has been no shortage of biographical fiction about Charlotte and Emily Brontë, but we had to wait until 2013 and Jol...
Monday, 16 October 2017

Villette and Charlotte Brontë’s Brussels: talk on 14 October 2017

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John Sutherland was scheduled to visit us for a talk about Brontë puzzles but unfortunately had to cancel due to illness. We hope to enjoy h...
Wednesday, 27 April 2016

“Solitude in the midst of numbers” –on loneliness in Brussels

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Among the obscure, plain heroines created by Charlotte Brontë, none is as autobiographical as Lucy Snowe of Villette , and none is as utterl...
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Wednesday, 9 March 2016

'Villette' rocks Brussels, or was there really a scandal in the city?

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It has been suggested, or rumoured, that there was a sort of scandal in Brussels following the publication of Villette . The big question is...
Saturday, 27 June 2015

Brontë proposal

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On Sunday morning the UK Brontë Society group were not too exhausted by the long afternoon at Waterloo the previous day to enjoy a guided wa...
Friday, 12 June 2015

The Hotel Cluysenaar

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The Hotel Cluysenaar, on Rue Royale, which later became the Astoria Hotel, is more than likely the original model for the Hotel Crécy in  Vi...