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  1. Today is Charlotte Brontë’s birthday.

    Do you love her poetry, or know her only through Jane Eyre?

    Her first novel was rejected, but the next changed #literature. She had to publish under a man’s name, Currer Bell, because in the 1840s a woman writer could be dismissed before anyone had even read the first page.

    One of the most famous authentic portraits of Charlotte was drawn by George Richmond in 1850 👇

    #books #writers #bookstodon #reading #janeeyre #bronte #charlottebronte @bookstodon

  2. Today is Charlotte Brontë’s birthday.

    Do you love her poetry, or know her only through Jane Eyre?

    Her first novel was rejected, but the next changed #literature. She had to publish under a man’s name, Currer Bell, because in the 1840s a woman writer could be dismissed before anyone had even read the first page.

    One of the most famous authentic portraits of Charlotte was drawn by George Richmond in 1850 👇

    #books #writers #bookstodon #reading #janeeyre #bronte #charlottebronte @bookstodon

  3. Today is Charlotte Brontë’s birthday.

    Do you love her poetry, or know her only through Jane Eyre?

    Her first novel was rejected, but the next changed #literature. She had to publish under a man’s name, Currer Bell, because in the 1840s a woman writer could be dismissed before anyone had even read the first page.

    One of the most famous authentic portraits of Charlotte was drawn by George Richmond in 1850 👇

    #books #writers #bookstodon #reading #janeeyre #bronte #charlottebronte @bookstodon

  4. Today is Charlotte Brontë’s birthday.

    Do you love her poetry, or know her only through Jane Eyre?

    Her first novel was rejected, but the next changed #literature. She had to publish under a man’s name, Currer Bell, because in the 1840s a woman writer could be dismissed before anyone had even read the first page.

    One of the most famous authentic portraits of Charlotte was drawn by George Richmond in 1850 👇

    #books #writers #bookstodon #reading #janeeyre #bronte #charlottebronte @bookstodon

  5. Today is Charlotte Brontë’s birthday.

    Do you love her poetry, or know her only through Jane Eyre?

    Her first novel was rejected, but the next changed #literature. She had to publish under a man’s name, Currer Bell, because in the 1840s a woman writer could be dismissed before anyone had even read the first page.

    One of the most famous authentic portraits of Charlotte was drawn by George Richmond in 1850 👇

    #books #writers #bookstodon #reading #janeeyre #bronte #charlottebronte @bookstodon

  6. Heathcliff is the original man who will do *literally* anything else except go to therapy.

    Use children as pawns in a Xanatos gambit to snatch up land just to make the people he sees as slighting him miserable? Yep. Abuse a dog to demonstrate control? Yep.

    Why does this get sold as "the greatest love story" again? Like greatest petty revenge story, yes. Love story? Eh. There are love stories here but they're so not the point.

    #Bookstodon #Reading #Literature #WutheringHeights #Bronte

  7. Heathcliff is the original man who will do *literally* anything else except go to therapy.

    Use children as pawns in a Xanatos gambit to snatch up land just to make the people he sees as slighting him miserable? Yep. Abuse a dog to demonstrate control? Yep.

    Why does this get sold as "the greatest love story" again? Like greatest petty revenge story, yes. Love story? Eh. There are love stories here but they're so not the point.

    #Bookstodon #Reading #Literature #WutheringHeights #Bronte

  8. Heathcliff is the original man who will do *literally* anything else except go to therapy.

    Use children as pawns in a Xanatos gambit to snatch up land just to make the people he sees as slighting him miserable? Yep. Abuse a dog to demonstrate control? Yep.

    Why does this get sold as "the greatest love story" again? Like greatest petty revenge story, yes. Love story? Eh. There are love stories here but they're so not the point.

    #Bookstodon #Reading #Literature #WutheringHeights #Bronte

  9. Heathcliff is the original man who will do *literally* anything else except go to therapy.

    Use children as pawns in a Xanatos gambit to snatch up land just to make the people he sees as slighting him miserable? Yep. Abuse a dog to demonstrate control? Yep.

    Why does this get sold as "the greatest love story" again? Like greatest petty revenge story, yes. Love story? Eh. There are love stories here but they're so not the point.

    #Bookstodon #Reading #Literature #WutheringHeights #Bronte

  10. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

    Note: There are some spoilers below for a book that is almost 200 years old. This is a book I read to fill gaps in my having read The Great Books. It is pitched as "the greatest romance." In my understanding of the Romance genre, that is not a true statement. This may be a Romantic (as in the aesthetic movement of the early 19th century) novel but it is certainly not a Romance (as in a story regarding a growing relationship between two or more characters which must by genre convention end in […]

    alexanderkeane.com/2026/03/08/

  11. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

    Note: There are some spoilers below for a book that is almost 200 years old. This is a book I read to fill gaps in my having read The Great Books. It is pitched as "the greatest romance." In my understanding of the Romance genre, that is not a true statement. This may be a Romantic (as in the aesthetic movement of the early 19th century) novel but it is certainly not a Romance (as in a story regarding a growing relationship between two or more characters which must by genre convention end in […]

    alexanderkeane.com/2026/03/08/

  12. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

    Note: There are some spoilers below for a book that is almost 200 years old. This is a book I read to fill gaps in my having read The Great Books. It is pitched as "the greatest romance." In my understanding of the Romance genre, that is not a true statement. This may be a Romantic (as in the aesthetic movement of the early 19th century) novel but it is certainly not a Romance (as in a story regarding a growing relationship between two or more characters which must by genre convention end in […]

    alexanderkeane.com/2026/03/08/

  13. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

    Note: There are some spoilers below for a book that is almost 200 years old. This is a book I read to fill gaps in my having read The Great Books. It is pitched as "the greatest romance." In my understanding of the Romance genre, that is not a true statement. This may be a Romantic (as in the aesthetic movement of the early 19th century) novel but it is certainly not a Romance (as in a story regarding a growing relationship between two or more characters which must by genre convention end in […]

    alexanderkeane.com/2026/03/08/

  14. I have finished Jane Eyre.

    I don’t hate it as much as Wuthering Heights, but it was predictably disappointing.

    The naive Tenant of Wildfell Hall said, “I can fix him!” And learned to her horror that she could not.

    Jane Eyre said “I can fix him!” And god showed him the error of his ways and he was fixed. The liar didn’t deserve an unearned redemption arc.

    No wonder Charlotte hated Anne’s book so much.

    #Reading #JaneEyre #Brontë #CharlotteBrontë #Literature

  15. I have finished Jane Eyre.

    I don’t hate it as much as Wuthering Heights, but it was predictably disappointing.

    The naive Tenant of Wildfell Hall said, “I can fix him!” And learned to her horror that she could not.

    Jane Eyre said “I can fix him!” And god showed him the error of his ways and he was fixed. The liar didn’t deserve an unearned redemption arc.

    No wonder Charlotte hated Anne’s book so much.

    #Reading #JaneEyre #Brontë #CharlotteBrontë #Literature

  16. I have finished Jane Eyre.

    I don’t hate it as much as Wuthering Heights, but it was predictably disappointing.

    The naive Tenant of Wildfell Hall said, “I can fix him!” And learned to her horror that she could not.

    Jane Eyre said “I can fix him!” And god showed him the error of his ways and he was fixed. The liar didn’t deserve an unearned redemption arc.

    No wonder Charlotte hated Anne’s book so much.

    #Reading #JaneEyre #Brontë #CharlotteBrontë #Literature

  17. I have finished Jane Eyre.

    I don’t hate it as much as Wuthering Heights, but it was predictably disappointing.

    The naive Tenant of Wildfell Hall said, “I can fix him!” And learned to her horror that she could not.

    Jane Eyre said “I can fix him!” And god showed him the error of his ways and he was fixed. The liar didn’t deserve an unearned redemption arc.

    No wonder Charlotte hated Anne’s book so much.

    #Reading #JaneEyre #Brontë #CharlotteBrontë #Literature

  18. I have finished Jane Eyre.

    I don’t hate it as much as Wuthering Heights, but it was predictably disappointing.

    The naive Tenant of Wildfell Hall said, “I can fix him!” And learned to her horror that she could not.

    Jane Eyre said “I can fix him!” And god showed him the error of his ways and he was fixed. The liar didn’t deserve an unearned redemption arc.

    No wonder Charlotte hated Anne’s book so much.

    #Reading #JaneEyre #Brontë #CharlotteBrontë #Literature

  19. ‘The real takeaway from this #film for me, is about who gets to make art, whose voice matters, and what they choose to disregard, in this #creative climate. For all its attempts to be shocking, Fennell’s film has stripped away all that is #radical about #WutheringHeights, and even aesthetically her attempt to out-weird a #Bronte falls flat, feeling to me like a two-hour-16-minute-long perfume advertisement for watered-down eau de Tim Burton.’

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    This review of the new ‘Wuthering Heights’ film really captures why we need to #defundculture - not to destroy it, but to radically redistribute resources and opportunities. It’s not just about what gets made, but about who gets to make it, and how cultural power quietly filters out anyone or anything genuinely different and disruptive.

    Defunding #culture in this sense, isn’t only about budgets; it’s about how institutions systematically defund risk, anger and unruly voices.

  20. ‘The real takeaway from this #film for me, is about who gets to make art, whose voice matters, and what they choose to disregard, in this #creative climate. For all its attempts to be shocking, Fennell’s film has stripped away all that is #radical about #WutheringHeights, and even aesthetically her attempt to out-weird a #Bronte falls flat, feeling to me like a two-hour-16-minute-long perfume advertisement for watered-down eau de Tim Burton.’

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    This review of the new ‘Wuthering Heights’ film really captures why we need to #defundculture - not to destroy it, but to radically redistribute resources and opportunities. It’s not just about what gets made, but about who gets to make it, and how cultural power quietly filters out anyone or anything genuinely different and disruptive.

    Defunding #culture in this sense, isn’t only about budgets; it’s about how institutions systematically defund risk, anger and unruly voices.

  21. ‘The real takeaway from this #film for me, is about who gets to make art, whose voice matters, and what they choose to disregard, in this #creative climate. For all its attempts to be shocking, Fennell’s film has stripped away all that is #radical about #WutheringHeights, and even aesthetically her attempt to out-weird a #Bronte falls flat, feeling to me like a two-hour-16-minute-long perfume advertisement for watered-down eau de Tim Burton.’

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    This review of the new ‘Wuthering Heights’ film really captures why we need to #defundculture - not to destroy it, but to radically redistribute resources and opportunities. It’s not just about what gets made, but about who gets to make it, and how cultural power quietly filters out anyone or anything genuinely different and disruptive.

    Defunding #culture in this sense, isn’t only about budgets; it’s about how institutions systematically defund risk, anger and unruly voices.

  22. ‘The real takeaway from this #film for me, is about who gets to make art, whose voice matters, and what they choose to disregard, in this #creative climate. For all its attempts to be shocking, Fennell’s film has stripped away all that is #radical about #WutheringHeights, and even aesthetically her attempt to out-weird a #Bronte falls flat, feeling to me like a two-hour-16-minute-long perfume advertisement for watered-down eau de Tim Burton.’

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    This review of the new ‘Wuthering Heights’ film really captures why we need to #defundculture - not to destroy it, but to radically redistribute resources and opportunities. It’s not just about what gets made, but about who gets to make it, and how cultural power quietly filters out anyone or anything genuinely different and disruptive.

    Defunding #culture in this sense, isn’t only about budgets; it’s about how institutions systematically defund risk, anger and unruly voices.

  23. "Casting choices such as Fennell’s preserve a system that undervalues northern women ... Casting Wuthering Heights without regard for regional specificity is not a neutral creative decision." #Yorkshire #Bronte #film #movies www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...

    Wuthering slights: why are fil...

  24. "Casting choices such as Fennell’s preserve a system that undervalues northern women ... Casting Wuthering Heights without regard for regional specificity is not a neutral creative decision." #Yorkshire #Bronte #film #movies www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...

    Wuthering slights: why are fil...

  25. "Casting choices such as Fennell’s preserve a system that undervalues northern women ... Casting Wuthering Heights without regard for regional specificity is not a neutral creative decision." #Yorkshire #Bronte #film #movies www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...

    Wuthering slights: why are fil...

  26. "Casting choices such as Fennell’s preserve a system that undervalues northern women ... Casting Wuthering Heights without regard for regional specificity is not a neutral creative decision." #Yorkshire #Bronte #film #movies www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...

    Wuthering slights: why are fil...

  27. It feels very British that there is a mystery that could be solved by opening a door and talking to someone, but that simply is not done.

    Especially a secret that all the servants seem to know except one.

    #Reading #JaneEyre #BluebeardsBride #Brontë #CharlotteBrontë #Literature #Mystery

  28. It feels very British that there is a mystery that could be solved by opening a door and talking to someone, but that simply is not done.

    Especially a secret that all the servants seem to know except one.

    #Reading #JaneEyre #BluebeardsBride #Brontë #CharlotteBrontë #Literature #Mystery

  29. It feels very British that there is a mystery that could be solved by opening a door and talking to someone, but that simply is not done.

    Especially a secret that all the servants seem to know except one.

    #Reading #JaneEyre #BluebeardsBride #Brontë #CharlotteBrontë #Literature #Mystery

  30. It feels very British that there is a mystery that could be solved by opening a door and talking to someone, but that simply is not done.

    Especially a secret that all the servants seem to know except one.

    #Reading #JaneEyre #BluebeardsBride #Brontë #CharlotteBrontë #Literature #Mystery

  31. It feels very British that there is a mystery that could be solved by opening a door and talking to someone, but that simply is not done.

    Especially a secret that all the servants seem to know except one.

    #Reading #JaneEyre #BluebeardsBride #Brontë #CharlotteBrontë #Literature #Mystery

  32. „Obwohl allen klar ist, dass die #madchen begabt sind, setzt die Familie ganz traditionell auf den Sohn. Branwell soll Künstler werden, finden der Vater und die Schwestern, er wird gefördert und verhätschelt, doch er ist psychisch zu labil, schwankt zwischen Jähzorn und Depressionen und wird schliesslich alkohol- und opiumsüchtig.“ #misogynie #frauen #WutheringHeights #Brontë

  33. „Obwohl allen klar ist, dass die #madchen begabt sind, setzt die Familie ganz traditionell auf den Sohn. Branwell soll Künstler werden, finden der Vater und die Schwestern, er wird gefördert und verhätschelt, doch er ist psychisch zu labil, schwankt zwischen Jähzorn und Depressionen und wird schliesslich alkohol- und opiumsüchtig.“ #misogynie #frauen #WutheringHeights #Brontë

  34. „Obwohl allen klar ist, dass die #madchen begabt sind, setzt die Familie ganz traditionell auf den Sohn. Branwell soll Künstler werden, finden der Vater und die Schwestern, er wird gefördert und verhätschelt, doch er ist psychisch zu labil, schwankt zwischen Jähzorn und Depressionen und wird schliesslich alkohol- und opiumsüchtig.“ #misogynie #frauen #WutheringHeights #Brontë

  35. „Obwohl allen klar ist, dass die #madchen begabt sind, setzt die Familie ganz traditionell auf den Sohn. Branwell soll Künstler werden, finden der Vater und die Schwestern, er wird gefördert und verhätschelt, doch er ist psychisch zu labil, schwankt zwischen Jähzorn und Depressionen und wird schliesslich alkohol- und opiumsüchtig.“ #misogynie #frauen #WutheringHeights #Brontë

  36. And of course Jane Eyre will fall in love with the first man who isn’t terrible to her.

    Not that she has the opportunity to meet anyone outside her new employer.

    #Reading #Literature #JaneEyre #Brontë #CharlotteBrontë

  37. And of course Jane Eyre will fall in love with the first man who isn’t terrible to her.

    Not that she has the opportunity to meet anyone outside her new employer.

    #Reading #Literature #JaneEyre #Brontë #CharlotteBrontë

  38. And of course Jane Eyre will fall in love with the first man who isn’t terrible to her.

    Not that she has the opportunity to meet anyone outside her new employer.

    #Reading #Literature #JaneEyre #Brontë #CharlotteBrontë

  39. And of course Jane Eyre will fall in love with the first man who isn’t terrible to her.

    Not that she has the opportunity to meet anyone outside her new employer.

    #Reading #Literature #JaneEyre #Brontë #CharlotteBrontë

  40. And of course Jane Eyre will fall in love with the first man who isn’t terrible to her.

    Not that she has the opportunity to meet anyone outside her new employer.

    #Reading #Literature #JaneEyre #Brontë #CharlotteBrontë

  41. Since Jane Eyre is not the most shocking of the Brontë novels, I know it won’t have a lesbian romance. But with how much she adores Helen Burns there’s got to be a slash fic out there somewhere.

    Of course knowing the Brontë’s love of tragedy, I’m bracing myself for Helen to die of consumption at age 19.

    #Reading #Literature #JaneEyre #Brontë #CharlotteBrontë #Sapphic #SapphicRomance #LGBTQA