Brontes: Wild Genius on the Moors: The Story of a Literary Family

The Bront�s: Wild Genius on the Moors: The Story of a Literary Family | Juliet Barker

@Book_Fiend_Melissa ! Thank you so much for this beautiful handmade Christmas card and the adorable Brontë sisters bookmarks. I don‘t know, but you seem to know me well. ??

Lots of love and Happy Holidays to you, sweet friend! ??

vivastory Do you have the Penguin Clothbound Classics Brontë set? 4y

LeahBergen @vivastory I don‘t! Do you? I have a bit of a mishmash of all the Brontë novels. 4y

Cathythoughts So lovely 💕 4y

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Gissy So cute those bookmarks!😱❤️💚❤️💚 4y

batsy Those bookmarks!! ❤️ 4y

MsMelissa Yay! I‘m so glad they actually arrived in time for Christmas 🎄 Wishing you and your family a very merry one 🥰 4y

vivastory I do have them. I recently found them for a really good price. I'll post pics this weekend 📚📚 4y

LeahBergen @Cathythoughts @Gissy @batsy They‘re so cute! 4y

LeahBergen @Book_Fiend_Melissa I love them!! You‘re so thoughtful. 🥰🥰 4y

LeahBergen @vivastory I can‘t wait to see them! 4y

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Farrell01

Brontes: Wild Genius on the Moors: The Story of a Literary Family | Juliet Barker

Branwell, Charlotte, Emily, & Anne Brontë all had to move back in with their father as adults because they couldn't get/keep permanent employment. THE O.G. MILLENNIALS.

Farrell01

Brontes: Wild Genius on the Moors: The Story of a Literary Family | Juliet Barker

I'm an apathetic agnostic (don't know, don't care), but poor Patrick...I kind of *have* to hope there's a lovely afterlife, if just for this one guy.

(For those unfamiliar, Patrick Brontë was the father of *deep breath* Maria, Elizabeth, Charlotte, Branwell, Emily, & Anne Brontë. He outlived his wife & all his children.)

LeahBergen

The Bront�s: Wild Genius on the Moors: The Story of a Literary Family | Juliet Barker

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#MayLovesClassics
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Bambolina_81, Sarah83

Melissa_J Do you like the Brontë sisters, Leah? I can‘t tell ? 7y

rubyslippersreads 😍😍😍 7y

erzascarletbookgasm Wow, your Brontë shelf! ? 7y

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saresmoore It‘s official: you‘re the coolest. 7y

ValerieAndBooks Wow! Your collection continues to amaze me. 7y

batsy This collection makes me so happy! I knew you were going to do the Brontës for this 😁😘 7y

LeahBergen @Melissa_J Just a wee bit. 😆 7y

LeahBergen @rubyslippersreads @erzascarletbookgasm @ValerieAndBooks 😘😘 7y

LeahBergen @saresmoore 🤣🤣 7y

LeahBergen @batsy I‘m pretty predictable 😆 7y

RohitSawant 😍😍😍 7y

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ElenaBaer

Brontes: Wild Genius on the Moors: The Story of a Literary Family | Juliet Barker

I didn‘t realize this was a chunker. I think I just got carried away ordering.

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kathleenaflynn

Brontes: Wild Genius on the Moors: The Story of a Literary Family | Juliet Barker

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Not so much reading this book as entering into a long-term relationship with it!

DebinHawaii Hah! Love it! 🤣🤣 7y

mayusteapot Oof, this one's been a long-term resident on my shelf. Maybe I'll get into it... this year? 7y

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melissajayne

Brontes: Wild Genius on the Moors: The Story of a Literary Family | Juliet Barker

A nice big book to settle into for a couple hours

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LeahBergen

Brontes: Wild Genius on the Moors: The Story of a Literary Family | Juliet Barker

The coolest return address on any piece of mail EVER. 😍

ScorpioBookDreams I really want to visit there one day! 😍 7y

Pruzy Nice! Are you a member? Is that how you got the slick bookmark? 7y

LeahBergen @ScorpioBookDreams Oh, you MUST. ❤️ 7y

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LeahBergen @Pruzy Yes! I just became a member and the bookmark is part of the "welcome" package. ?? (edited) 7y

ferskner 😮 7y

TrishB Very cool 👍 7y

rubyslippersreads I may have to join. 7y

ValerieAndBooks How fun!! 7y

RohitSawant Oo, that's awesome! 7y

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LeahBergen

The Bront�s: A Life in Letters | Juliet R. V. Barker

Charlotte Bronte disses Jane Austen in a letter to George Henry Lewes (critic and partner of George Eliot). ?

"These observations will probably irritate you, but I shall run the risk" = my new Litsy tag line. ??

LeahBergen @shawnmooney You may need to preface your "bails" with this line, too. ? 8y

batsy That's a great line! Anyway, I love thinking about this. "Was Bronte right about Austen?" is the kind of thing that keeps me up at night ? 8y

shawnmooney If you can't say anything nice come sit by me! 😍 8y

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Kalalalatja Oh, the sassyness 😂 8y

Tsubame I looooooove it! 😁 8y

i.z.booknook Amazing!! 😱😂 8y

tpixie So interesting. Brontë vs Austin Hemingway vs Everyone! 8y

Izai.Amorim 😂😂 8y

ScorpioBookDreams Would you be able to do me a favour, please? I'd like the preorder goodies for When Dimple Met Rishi but they are only available in the US/Canada. Any chance you'd be willing to receive them and post them on? Don't worry if you can't though! Xxx 8y

drokka Le plus ça change, le plus ça reste le même. Im not sure glad is the right word, maybe interesting is better. I find interesting the writer jealousies have always existed. It's kind of nice to see how authors we sort of group together today, were far from viewing each other as equals in œuvre. 8y

readinginthedark There are a lot of good authors who underestimate Austen; it's pretty interesting. Virginia Woolf wrote a critique of her work, and a lot of what Woolf writes accomplishes similar things for the reader! But her writing style is completely different, and someone almost always dies. 8y

LeahBergen @ScorpioBookDreams Sure! I sent you a message on Goodreads. 8y

LeahBergen @batsy Right? And then I was thinking, "what would Austen think of Jane Eyre?!" ? 8y

LeahBergen @shawnmooney Yes!! 👏🏻👏🏻 8y

LeahBergen @Kalalalatja @Tsubame @TheAliceEvers @Izai.Amorim 😄 8y

LeahBergen @tpixie Haha! Yes! 8y

LeahBergen @drokka It's fascinating, isn't it? 8y

LeahBergen @readinginthedark So true. 8y

andrew61 That is a wonderful quote. 8y

rubyslippersreads @LeahBergen @batsy She might consider it something Catherine Morland would enjoy. 😄 8y

Hobbinol I love that! Good one! 8y

tpixie @drokka c'est vrai! 8y

batsy @rubyslippersreads @LeahBergen They're so stylistically different it's fun to think about ☺️ Austen would have prob delivered a delicious backhanded compliment! 8y

LeahBergen @batsy Austen would have put her in one of her novels as one of her frumpy, hypochondriac comic characters. 😄 8y

batsy @LeahBergen Oh yes! 💚 8y

LeahBergen @merelybookish This one! 7y

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ABookishLife

Brontes: Wild Genius on the Moors: The Story of a Literary Family | Juliet Barker

They look exactly like I always pictured them! Loving the BBC's Bronte biopic "We Walk Invisible."

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unabridgedchick

Brontes: Wild Genius on the Moors: The Story of a Literary Family | Juliet Barker

December's literary house. Maybe my favorite yet. Hoping there's a 2017 calendar with new homes!

estellasrevenge Sooooo pretty! 8y

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sarahbetty4

Brontes: Wild Genius on the Moors: The Story of a Literary Family | Juliet Barker

When you're walking home and go "WHAT is in this purse?!" and then oh yeah it's this monster

BookishFeminist 😂 sad but true. Love handing my bag off to someone who thinks I innocently don't have a giant tome with me at all times. 8y

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KVanRead

Brontes: Wild Genius on the Moors: The Story of a Literary Family | Juliet Barker

#WCW The Brontë Sisters painted by their brother Bramwell (who included himself then painted that out leaving but a ghostly outline) have been on my walls since I picked up the poster at an exhibit in New York in the late 90's, so ya, I guess you could say I'm a bit of a fan girl : @BookishFeminist

BookBabe 😍👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 8y

LeahBergen ❤️❤️ 8y

ValerieAndBooks Wow, has there ever been any X-ray analysts that shows his image? Why did he paint himself out? 🤔 8y

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BookishFeminist ❤️❤️❤️ the Bronte sisters! 8y

KVanRead @ValerieAndBooks Your questions got me googling and I found this! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-news/12057053/National-Portrait-Galle... 8y

ValerieAndBooks @KVanRead Interesting story! Seems like the poor guy was both literally and figuratively overshadowed. 8y

KVanRead @ValerieAndBooks yes, I think that's one of the things I like most about the picture. 8y

tpixie @KVanRead @ValerieAndBooks love the story behind the painting! Makes the painting special! 8y

KVanRead @tpixie yes, we book lovers like anything with a story behind it, don't we?😍 8y

tpixie @KVanRead - exactly! Always looking for the story. 😜 8y

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