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“I both wished and feared to see Mr. Rochester on the day which followed this sleepless night: I wanted to hear his voice again, yet feared to meet his eye.”— Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre (Chapter 16)
haworth; yorkshire
wuthering heights is essentially an academically acclaimed tea session lmfao. that’s right nelly sis, keep spilling on catherine and heathcliff! the people wanna know!
“Glad was I to get him out of the silk warehouse, and then out of a jeweler’s shop: the more he bought me, the more my cheek burned with a sense of annoyance and degradation. As we re-entered the carriage, and I sat back, feverish and fagged, I remembered what, in the hurry of events, dark and bright, I had wholly forgotten – the letter of my uncle, John Eyre, to Mrs. Reed: his intention to adopt me and make me his legatee. ‘It would, indeed be a relief,’ I thought, ‘if I had ever so small an independency; I never can bear being dressed like a doll by Mr. Rochester, or sitting like a second Danae with the golden shower falling daily round me.’”—jane eyre, charlotte brontë
“Much enjoyment I do not expect in the life opening before me: yet it will, doubtless, if I regulate my mind, and exert my powers as I ought, yield me enough to live on from day to day.”— Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre
— Handwritten poetry notebook of Emily Brontë, composed between 26 July 1837 and 15 October 1839 (x)
Αστραπη
Astrape was the goddess and personification of lightning. She and Bronte, the twin goddesses of Lightning and Thunder, served Zeus as his shield bearers. Astrape stands besides the throne of Zeus carrying his thunderbolts.
Jane Austen really said ‘I respect the “I can fix him” movement but that’s just not me. He’ll fix himself if knows what’s good for him’ and that’s why her works are still calling the shots today.
Meanwhile Emily Brönte just said “We can make each otherworse.”
Mary Shelley said, “I can make him
The dream vs reality of Rochester
Also some nice spoopy witchy stickers are available soon! Stay tuned!
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