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: Online Reading Workshop – The Gothic – Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë (Repeat)

Take a walk on the wild side with our new reading course looking at horror, mystery and the darker side of the human condition. We’re taking on some giants of the Gothic to explore literature’s supernatural forces, from the terrible monster of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein to the wild and windy moors of Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. Book now Many of your favourite women writers wrote Gothic novels so now is the time to dig a little deeper into the underbelly of

: Silly and Spooky Sill-Haunters: October Half-Term

Join us at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House for some spookily good family fun this October Half-Term. Book Now to Visit Explore the House with our Cranford the Cat trail, where our fluffy familiar will lead you through the rooms with lots of games and puzzles along the way. Then head down to the Servants' Hall, where you can make your own sill-haunter. These little monsters of your creation can guard your window-sills, welcoming the treaters and scaring off the

: Online Event – International Women’s Day: Women of Words

Join our four literary houses in an evening to celebrate women writers who supported each other through female networks and creative collaboration as we mark International Women’s Day. Book now Step into the worlds of novelists the Brontë sisters, Harriet Martineau, Elizabeth Gaskell, Fredrika Bremer and their earlier predecessors for a vivid insight into the literary connections and networks that sustained women’s writing lives. Through letters we glimpse supportive mentorships, introductions between writers, friendly editorial advice, the sharing of

: Online Reading Workshop – The Gothic – Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (Repeat)

Take a walk on the wild side with our new reading course looking at horror, mystery and the darker side of the human condition. We’re taking on some giants of the Gothic to explore literature’s supernatural forces, from the terrible monster of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein to the wild and windy moors of Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. Book now Many of your favourite women writers wrote Gothic novels so now is the time to dig a little deeper into the underbelly of

: Online Reading Workshop – The Gothic – Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey (Repeat)

Take a walk on the wild side with our new reading course looking at horror, mystery and the darker side of the human condition. We’re taking on some giants of the Gothic to explore literature’s supernatural forces, from the terrible monster of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein to the wild and windy moors of Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. Many of your favourite women writers wrote Gothic novels so now is the time to dig a little deeper into the underbelly of nineteenth-century literature.