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Location Mountains of Tennessee
Favorite Brontë Novel Jane Eyre
Favorite non-Brontë Novel Persuasion by Austen or
Rebecca by duMarier
Favorite Authors Brontës (of course), Austen, Dickens, Alcott...
Hobbies/Interests Travel, Art, French, Books, Teaching.
How were you introduced to the Brontës? By my 7th grade English teacher. We read a shortened play of Jane Eyre and I was hooked at once! :)
I just graduated college with a degree in English and Education. Hope to catch up on my reading now! :D
Name Boof Location Yorkshire, England (45 minute drive from Bronte Country)
Favorite Brontë Novel Jane Eyre
Favorite non-Brontë Novel Wolf Totem by Jiang Rong
Favorite Authors (Brontë or Otherwise) Charlotte Bronte is my favourite author but I also love John Fowles, Joanne Harris, Tracy Chevalier....I could go on....
Hobbies/Interests Reading (of course!), travel, crafting, sleeping, animals
How were you introduced to the Brontës? I really should have read these books earlier as I live near the Bronte's but I read Jane Eyre for the first time when I was 36! Since then I have read Villette and both of Anne's books. Next on my hit list is Shirley.
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Location Yorkshire, England (45 minute drive from Bronte Country)
Favorite Brontë Novel Jane Eyre
Favorite non-Brontë Novel Wolf Totem by Jiang Rong
Favorite Authors (Brontë or Otherwis..."
Welcome Boof! I must first say how jealous I am that you actually live in Yorkshire. Beautiful country. I WILL make it there one day. Second, so glad you are going to read Shirley. It was the last Brontë novel that I read, and while not as dramatic as Jane Eyre, it has a really sweet story. Did you know that Shirley's character was based upon Emily Brontë if "she had health and prosperity". Happy reading and Happy New Year!
Cheers, Marie
Name: SamanthaLocation: Michigan, USA
Favorite Brontë Novel: Only one?! Probably Jane Eyre, but I also love Villette and Wuthering Heights
Favorite non-Brontë Novel: Pillars of the Earth, Devil's Brood
Favorite Authors (Brontë or Otherwise): Sharon Kay Penman, John Jakes
Hobbies/Interests: reading, home improvement, camping, scrapbooking
How were you introduced to the Brontës?: I don't remember, but I have enjoyed each novel I have read by Emily or Charlotte. I have not yet read Anne's.
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I was initially disappointed in the ending of Villette, but it definitely kept me thinking about it and got me to go back and reread the last couple of pages a half dozen times ;-)
Name- RachelLocation- Massachusetts
Favorite Brontë Novel- hmmm...I waver back and forth on Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights. If I HAD to choose, I would probably say Jane Eyre.
Favorite non-Brontë Novel- Currently it is the Hunger Games.
Favorite Authors- (Brontë or Otherwise) I don't really have a favorite. Probably the Brontes as a group. Otherwise, I just read what looks good to me, regardless of who wrote it.
Hobbies/Interests- Cooking, travel/culture, the Medieval time period, Christianity, and music, expecially the piano. :) And obviously I love to read, since I'm on here!
How were you introduced to the Brontës?- My 10th grade English teacher wouldn't stop mentioning how much she LOVED Jane Eyre. I liked her taste, so I had to read it. I've been hooked ever since.
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Name: Antía
Location: Spain
Favorite Brontë Novel: Jane Eyre
Favorite non-Brontë Novel: Mansfield Park by Jane Austen, "Atonement" by Ian McEwan, "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
Favorite Authors(Brontës or Otherwise): Apart of the Brontës, Jane Austen, Neil Gaiman, Ian McEwan, Sarah Waters
Hobbies/Interests: cinema, photography
How were you introduced to the Brontës? I think I was around 14 years old, when my mother got me a copy of "Wuthering Heights"
Location: Spain
Favorite Brontë Novel: Jane Eyre
Favorite non-Brontë Novel: Mansfield Park by Jane Austen, "Atonement" by Ian McEwan, "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
Favorite Authors(Brontës or Otherwise): Apart of the Brontës, Jane Austen, Neil Gaiman, Ian McEwan, Sarah Waters
Hobbies/Interests: cinema, photography
How were you introduced to the Brontës? I think I was around 14 years old, when my mother got me a copy of "Wuthering Heights"
Name~NicoleLocation~USA
Fav.Bronte Novel~Wuthering Heights
Fav.Non-Bronte Novel~Pride and Prejudice and Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
Fav.Authors~Brontes,Austen,Tamora Pierce
Hobbies/Interests~other then reading,collecting books for my personal libary,my cats(I have 2-Zippy and Pumpkin),movies/t.v.and music
How were you introduced to the Bronte's?I read Eclipse by Shephenie Meyer and Wutheringe Heights was mentioned and so I got it and read it and loved it.
Name~Rebekah Location~ Michigan, United States
Favorite Brontë Novel~ oh this one's hard!! Most likely Jane Eyre, but I do love Wuthering Heights very much as well.
Favorite non-Brontë Novel~ absolutely The Lord of the Rings trilogy
Favorite Authors (Brontë or Otherwise)~ Bronte sisters, Jane Austen, C S Lewis, J R R Tolkien, and many more!
Hobbies/Interests~ Music, art, classic literature, clothing/fashion design
How were you introduced to the Brontës?~ I believe I found a copy of Jane Eyre on my shelf when I was around 12 yrs old, and then devoured it in a night or two. I have been hooked ever since!
Hi Rebekah! I LOVE your profile pix!!! Aragorn and she are my faves from the movie. Are the books hard to read? I attempted them a long time ago, and I couldn't get through them. Maybe I will give it another go sometime.
Rachel wrote: "Hi Rebekah! I LOVE your profile pix!!! Aragorn and she are my faves from the movie. Are the books hard to read? I attempted them a long time ago, and I couldn't get through them. Maybe I will give ..."Thanks! I really like your profile pic too, do you know what piece it is? I found the trilogy very fascinating, perhaps a little slow at the beginning of the Fellowship of the Ring, and some of the names can be a little tricky, but once I started reading them I couldn't put them down, literally.
I really don't know what the piece is, but I would love to find out! I found it randomly online. I love playing the piano, so I have a lot of piano pix. I keep meaning to take a pix of my piano and upload here as my profile pcture.I have the Hobbit on my TR list, so maybe I will move that toward the top.
Karen L,San Diego, CA
Favorite Bronte: Wuthering Heights
Favorite author: keeps changing - depends on my mood
Interests: genealogy; reading historical fiction or novels set in foreign countries
Intro to Brontes: I was an English major in college, but did not have time to read all the classics. As young mother, decided to tackle a list at library listing (just) one hundred of the best novels of all-time. Loved "Wuthering Heights" and really liked "Jane Eyre." Later found "Wide Sargasso Sea" fascinating.
Favorite non-Bronte: as I write this, I'll only mention books I've read in last couple years - "The Kite Runner" and "Cutting for Stone." What I answer may vary from day to day.
Name: JennaLocation: the U.S.
Favorite Brontë Novel: Villette! (If Villette is also your favorite, you are more than welcome to friend me on Goodreads... :-))
Favorite non-Brontë Novel: Too many to list, but I loved Wide Sargasso Sea. Also, although I can't honestly say I've read every single word of it, I'm really infatuated with George Eliot's Middlemarch.
Favorite Authors (Brontë or Otherwise): Charlotte and Emily Bronte, Jane Austen, and 20th-century New Zealand author Janet Frame, among others
Hobbies/Interests: Poetry, art, music, reading, and writing (my first book, published by NYQ Books in 2011, can be found on Goodreads here). In all this, the Brontes have been a huge influence on me.
How were you introduced to the Brontës? A $1 sale on Penguin Classics at my local Barnes and Noble in 1994
Name: JenniferLocation: Venezuela
Favorite Brontë Novel: I can't explain why, really, but it is "The Professor"
Favorite non-Brontë Novel: "North & South", "Persuasion"
Favorite Authors (Brontë or Otherwise): Gaskell, C. Brontë, Austen
Hobbies/Interests: Reading, cross-stiching, music, British miniseries
How were you introduced to the Brontës?: Honestly, I can't remember...
Name: MariaLocation: Yorkshire, England. About an hour and a half from Howarth.
Favorite Bronte Novel: Wuthering Heights.
Hobbies/Interests: Reading (obv)! Cooking, crafts, Avon, Weight Watchers (I'm a gold member), film.
Favorite non-Bronte novel: Couldn't possibly choose and the same goes for favorite authors too.
How were you introduced to the Brontes: Can't really remember. I must have been about 9 or ten when I first read Wuthering Heights.
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Actually it's ages since we've been to Howarth. I have 3 girls aged between 7 and 11 and although the oldest has read Wuthering Heights I think they would probably all be a bit bored looking around the parsonage and museum. It is a lovely village and I loved it when I went with the hubby but I do think you have to be a proper Bronte fan, as I am, to really enjoy it.
Name: Aviva OrrLocation: Southern California
Favorite Brontë Novel: Wuthering Heights
Favorite non-Brontë Novel: I love Harry Potter!
Favorite Authors (Brontë or Otherwise)Emily Brontë, J.K. Rowlings, and many more...
Hobbies/Interests: Reading, writing
How were you introduced to the Brontës? I remember my older sister watching Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre on tv when I was little. After I read the books, I was hooked. I visited Haworth in 2005 and was so intrigued, I recently wrote a book about the Brontës.
Marie wrote: "Hello Hello! This is where all the introductions will take place. Take a moment to get to know each other and post a bit about yourself. Be as specific or vague as you want. I look forward to meeti..."Name: Lisa
Location: Ontario
Favourite Bronte novel: Wuthering Heights
Favourite Authors: Emiily Bronte, Marion Zimmer Bradley, many others but too many to put here
Hobbies/Interests: reading, knitting, playing with cats, collecting cookbooks
How was I introduced to the Brones: I got my aunt's copy of Wuthering Heights when I was about 12 years old. She had that copy when she was younger. She got nostalgic and wanted it back though :(
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Name: Robby.Location: The Netherlands.
Favorite Brontë Novel: Villette.
Favorite non-Brontë Novel: The Mill On The Floss.
Favorite Authors (Brontë or Otherwise): Charlotte, Emily and Anne, George Eliot, Austen, Tolstoy, Gaskell and many more.
Hobbies/Interests: Reading, music, writing.
How were you introduced to the Brontës?: The song "Wuthering Heights" by Kate Bush, which I heard when I was very little.
Name: Marte FjeldLocation: Oslo, Norway, Scandinavia
Favourite Brontë novel: Jane Eyre
Favourite non-Brontë novel: I have so many! I have to say Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier!
Favourite authors: Charlotte and Anne Brontë, Daphne du Maurier, Knut Hamsun etc.
Hobbies/Interests: Horseback riding, swimming, reading, photography
How were you introdusere to the Brontës?: Saw Jane Eyre in an airport book store, and chose it as a summer read. I have been hooked ever since!
Name: Corine.Location: The Netherlands.
Favourite Brontë Novel: Jane Eyre.
Favourite non-Brontë Novel: Pride and Prejudice
Favourite Authors (Brontë or Otherwise): Jane Austen, Douglas Kennedy, Pat Conroy, John Irving, Elizabeth Gaskell.
Hobbies/Interests: Reading, writing, studying, Great-Britain, horseback riding, watching costume drama's.
How were you introduced to the Brontës? I read a few years go "Jane Eyre" and I loved it.
Name: ClareLocation: Yorkshire, England
Favorite Brontë Novel: Jane Eyre with Wuthering Heights following very close.
Favorite non-Brontë Novel: In the Classic.. it has to be 'Pride & Prejudice, in modern books.. 'The Sookie Stackhouse Novels'.
Favorite Authors: The Brontë's, Jane Austen, Elizabeth Gaskell, Dilly Court, Eloisa James, Charlaine Harris, Rachel Caine, A.J. Aalto & many More.
Hobbies/Interests: Art, Sculpting, Books, Photography, Walking, Gardening & My Family.
How were you introduced to the Brontës?: My mum made me watch the 1983 BBC Series of Jane Eyre with Timothy Dalton, and I was hooked.
My grandfather then bought me some old copies of Jane Eyre & Wuthering Heights, and they became my most cherished possessions.
Name: Apollonia Location: somewhere off in America
Favorite Bronte Novel: haven't read any yet, but can't wait to begin!
Favorite Non-Bronte Novel: Anything by Jane Austen :) The Tea Rose
Favorite Authors: Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, JK Rowling, Louisa May Alcott..... etc
Hobbies/Interests: Reading, Writing, Walking, History, England, People, Words, Languages, Food :) etc
How were you introduced to the Brontes: I've always know about them but I waited until I was a bit older to begin reading their novels
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