Explore Haworth and the Yorkshire Moors
Enjoy a virtual tour of the Brontë sisters’ birthplace with Google Streetview. The village of Haworth is certainly proud of its literary heritage, taking its street and business names from the Brontë...
View ArticleThe Moonflowers Bloom at Night
The common name "moonflower" has been applied to a variety of fragrant, vespertine plants that ranged across Europe and North America during the Victorian period. One in particular is Datura inoxia,...
View ArticleLa Loïe Fuller – The Serpentine Dance
This 1896 Lumière Brothers film captures a performance of Loïe Fuller's "Serpentine Dance." No, there was no LSD in the 1890's, but yes, there were colorized films. In the technique used above, each...
View ArticleThe True Story of the Lowood Institution
Like most writers, the Brontë sisters drew upon their own life experiences in composing their novels and particularly, it is sad to say, in their more tragic elements thereof. The most striking example...
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