Family

Bronte Sisters

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Monday, February 17, 2014

Vol XCIII, No. 311

Adulthood and First Job

Family

Charlotte's Idea

Governess

Sunday's School for girls in Belgium

Brontë = Bronte

Trip to Brussels

Chrlotte Bronte

Emily Bronte

Anne Bronte

The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms were broken if revealed.

Childhood

Interesting Facts

Adventure with Literature

• Several 20th century choreographic works have been inspired by the lives and works of the Brontë sisters.
• Charlottebrontë is the name of asteroid #39427, discovered by Palomar Observatory on 25 September 1973.[138] The asteroids #39428 and #39429 (both discovered on 29 September 1973, at Palomar Observatory) are named Emilybrontë and Annebrontë respectively
• In the Twilight series, Wuthering Heights is presented as Bella's favourite book.
• Wuthering Heights is presented as John Lennon's favourite book in "The sky is everywhere".
• The musical Schwestern im Geiste (2014; Sisters in Mind), by Peter Lund, is about the Brontës.
• The impact crater, Brontë, is named in honour of the Brontë family; it is 60 km diameter on the surface of the planet Mercury

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