Tag Archives: Charlotte Bronte

Happy Birthday, Emily Brontë: “a solitude-loving raven, no gentle dove”

Posted on July 30, 2025 by sheila

“My sister Emily loved the moors. Flowers brighter than the rose bloomed in the blackest of the heath for her; — out of a sullen hollow in a livid hill-side, her mind could make an Eden. She found in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, On This Day, writers | Tagged Charlotte Bronte, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Emily Bronte, England, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Harold Bloom, Jeanette Winterson, L.M. Montgomery, Michael Schmidt, poetry, Wuthering Heights | 11 Comments

“There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad.” — Charlotte Brontë

Posted on April 21, 2025 by sheila

“It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.” — Charlotte Brontë Charlotte Brontë was born on this day, in 1816. … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, On This Day, writers | Tagged Camille Paglia, Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, fiction, Jane Eyre, Jeanette Winterson, L.M. Montgomery, Michael Schmidt, Villette | 5 Comments

For International Women’s Day: Ladies I Love

Posted on March 8, 2025 by sheila

I post edited versions of this every year. I add names. I take names off if I feel like it. I enjoy compiling it. It’s not just about enjoyment. As women’s rights are up for grabs more than ever, like … Continue reading →

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“I have ever hated all nations, professions, and communities, and all my love is toward individuals.” — Jonathan Swift

Posted on November 30, 2024 by sheila

“When a man of true Genius appears in the World, you may know him by this infallible Sign, that all the Dunces are in Conspiracy against him.” — Jonathan Swift I don’t have much time to read for pleasure these … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, On This Day, writers | Tagged Alexander Pope, Charles Lamb, Charlotte Bronte, Dr. Samuel Johnson, fiction, Gulliver's Travels, H.L. Mencken, Ireland, Irish poetry, Jane Eyre, Jonathan Swift, Michael Schmidt, poetry, Rebecca West, Robert Graves, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, T.S. Eliot, W.B. Yeats | 12 Comments

February 2023 Viewing Diary

Posted on March 6, 2023 by sheila

Reboot (2022) Allison and I watched it together when I was in New York for the first half of this month. I adore this series and am so bummed it wasn’t picked up for Season 2. We had a blast … Continue reading →

Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television | Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Aline MacMahon, Aubrey Plaza, Australia, Barbara Stanwyck, biopic, Boris Karloff, Brad Pitt, Busby Berkeley, Charlotte Bronte, comedy, Douglas Sirk, drama, Emily Bronte, England, film noir, France, Fred MacMurray, Ginger Rogers, Gold Diggers of 1933, Greta Garbo, Hugh Grant, Hungary, Ireland, Joan Blondell, Joan Crawford, John Barrymore, Kay Francis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Loretta Young, Madonna, Mervyn LeRoy, musicals, Pre-Code, Quentin Tarantino, reviews, William Powell, William Wellman, women directors | 18 Comments

Review: Emily (2023)

Posted on February 17, 2023 by sheila

I’ve really been looking forward to this. The “Emily” of the title is Emily Bronte. I reviewed for Ebert. Thank you so much for stopping by. If you like what I do, and if you feel inclined to … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged biopic, Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, England, reviews, women directors, Wuthering Heights | 2 Comments

Recommended: Biographies

Posted on May 1, 2020 by sheila

For starters: My recommended Fiction books My recommended Non-Fiction books BIOGRAPHIES: American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson, by Joseph Ellis I’ve written a lot about Joseph Ellis’ work here. While I love David McCullough’s work so much, Ellis is … Continue reading →

Posted in Actors, Books, Directors, Founding Fathers, James Joyce, Theatre, writers | Tagged A. Scott Berg, Abigail Adams, Alexander Hamilton, American Sphinx, Benjamin Franklin, Biography, Bruce Springsteen, Charles Lindbergh, Charlotte Bronte, David McCullough, Dean Martin, Edie Sedgwick, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Ellen Terry, Elvis Presley, Emily Bronte, George Washington, Henry Irving, His Excellency, Howard Hawks, Howard Hughes, James Dean, Jerry Lee Lewis, John Adams, John Wayne, Joseph Cornell, Joseph Ellis, Marlon Brando, Mitford sisters, Montgomery Clift, Nick Tosches, Nureyev, Orson Welles, Oscar Wilde, Patricia Bosworth, Patricia Highsmith, Richard Ellmann, Ron Chernow, Sam Cooke, Simon Callow, Tennessee Williams, Thomas Jefferson, Truman Capote, W.B. Yeats, Zelda Fitzgerald | 9 Comments

Recommended Books: Fiction

Posted on July 26, 2015 by sheila

I’ve added to this list. I still want to do a Non-Fiction one, eventually, but … you know … time permitting. Some authors are represented multiple times here. Other authors aren’t represented at all. For no real reason. Don’t read … Continue reading →

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2011 Books Read

Posted on December 31, 2011 by sheila

Here is my annual roundup of all of the books I read this year. Not quite up to the pace I normally am (although 2009 was an all-time low), but movies and writing have become nearly full-time pursuits for me … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged Alfred Wertheimer, books read, Charlotte Bronte, Elvis Presley, Jane Eyre, John Banville, Patricia Highsmith, Tana French, Tennessee Williams, Villette | 17 Comments

Villette and Remembered Kindnesses

Posted on September 15, 2011 by sheila

I finished Villette the other day and I am still processing my powerful experience. Tracey finished it yesterday and we exchanged some intense emails about our experience of the book, what struck us, what moved us, and how speechless the … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Personal | Tagged Charlotte Bronte, England | 9 Comments

Tag Archives: Charlotte Bronte

Happy Birthday, Emily Brontë: “a solitude-loving raven, no gentle dove”

“There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad.” — Charlotte Brontë

For International Women’s Day: Ladies I Love

“I have ever hated all nations, professions, and communities, and all my love is toward individuals.” — Jonathan Swift

February 2023 Viewing Diary

Review: Emily (2023)

Recommended: Biographies

Recommended Books: Fiction

2011 Books Read

Villette and Remembered Kindnesses

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