The Howitts, Maria Edgeworth and Sir Walter Scott’s pen
We recently received a donation of books from Irene Wiltshire and two of these were of particular interest to me, Howitt’s Journal Volume 3 and a two volume work Twelve Months in Sweden with Fredrika Bremer by Margaret Howitt (I'll talk about
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Book Repairs Part 2
As we mentioned in Part 1 of this blog, for the past three years we have been able to repair some of the most interesting titles in the book collection thanks to generous sponsorship by Friends and volunteers. Over the course of
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Charlotte Brontë and Elizabeth Gaskell – Your Short Season of Events
Back by popular demand, Elizabeth Gaskell's House and the Brontë Parsonage Museum have a new short season of online events throughout May 2024 looking at the friendship between two remarkable literary women, Charlotte Brontë and Elizabeth Gaskell. The first in the series
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International Women’s Day
We're going all out to celebrate International Women's Day (IWD) this year with local, national and international events (either in person or online) to mark this special day. International Women’s Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements
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Wives and Daughters: An exciting events programme for you in 2024
'Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom.' Wives and Daughters was Elizabeth Gaskell's last, and unfinished, novel. It has been called ‘the most underrated novel in English’. The story centres on young Molly’s response
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