tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877766.post3633399680640409869..comments2024-01-07T18:10:32.585-08:00Comments on Books and other things: The Poetic Soul and the Dark Lover: the Haunted Bronte WomenLoretta Proctorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08086372952753615041noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877766.post-36552427624004859172014-07-01T12:47:45.766-07:002014-07-01T12:47:45.766-07:00Hi, R...what better companion than Jane Eyre. Whe...Hi, R...what better companion than Jane Eyre. When my kids were small I used to spook them with the scene of poor Jane alone and friendless, wandering the moors and eating pigswill! Thanks for your comment!Loretta Proctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08086372952753615041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877766.post-44734460907745427222014-06-16T12:03:15.354-07:002014-06-16T12:03:15.354-07:00Jane Eyre has been my companion this week for all ...Jane Eyre has been my companion this week for all the reasons you have suggested in your Thomas Hardy post.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />R.assemblage333https://www.blogger.com/profile/08021592983531302319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877766.post-10694396102541565372014-05-18T11:12:02.835-07:002014-05-18T11:12:02.835-07:00Thanks for following Skyline Spirit (lovely name b...Thanks for following Skyline Spirit (lovely name by the way!)<br /><br />Elizabeth, apologies for slow response to your lovely comments. Been away for awhile! The Brontes never cease to fascinate us, as you say, such bittersweet lives. Loretta Proctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08086372952753615041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877766.post-67463378149538795252014-04-28T07:47:49.534-07:002014-04-28T07:47:49.534-07:00pretty nice blog, following :)pretty nice blog, following :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877766.post-81743990798668826612014-04-10T08:18:18.584-07:002014-04-10T08:18:18.584-07:00I have always been a Bronte fan.This was such a sa... I have always been a Bronte fan.This was such a sad reminder of their difficult lives. Bittersweet lives in the case of Charlotte and Anne. Tragic in the case of Branwell. And Emily was such a force unto herself, it's hard to know if she was ever happy at all.Elizabeth Varadan, Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01708206753256682635noreply@blogger.com