Mastodawn

I would argue they are equal but for different reasons. #AmReading @bookstodon #ReadingCommunity #Regency #Georgian #EmilyBronte #CharlotteBronte #AnneBronte #Victorian @romancelandia #JaneAusten

Excessively Diverting 2d ago

What do you think of "Jane Eyre?" I have opinions! #AmReading @bookstodon #ReadingCommunity #CharlotteBronte #Victorian @romancelandia #JaneAusten

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Droppie Mar 19

am now about 90% finished reading #Shirley, & am enjoying it, although i really wish she'd have toned down or omitted the overt religiosity, aka, bullshit. a coupla chapters ago, earlier today, i encountered

wutheringwhich totes thrilled me, being only the second novel in my entire existence to deploy that word, the other, & most famous, ofc being her sister emily's classic novel 😮

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Community Broadcasting Network Mar 9

Love That Brooding Feeling? 4 Free Gothic Romances to Watch if you Loved Wuthering Heights

Captivated by the Gothic romance, tragedy, and windswept drama of Wuthering Heights? These public domain classics will satisfy your craving for more tales of doomed love, dark secrets, and emotional intensity. Rebecca (1940) Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine brings Daphne du Maurier's haunting Gothic novel to life. Like Wuthering Heights, it features a brooding male lead haunted by the past. A naive heroine and the ghost of a former love that […]

https://www.communitybroadcasting.network/2026/03/09/love-that-brooding-feeling-4-free-gothic-romances-to-watch-if-you-loved-wuthering-heights/

Andrew Shields Mar 8

Manvir Singh's figure of “the triumphant orphan”: Oliver Twist and Jane Eyre, but surely not Pip. #111Words #ManvirSingh #Orphans #Literature #Novels #CharlesDickens #OliverTwist #GreatExpectations #CharlotteBrontë #JaneEyre https://111-words.ghost.io/manvir-singhs-figure-of-the-triumphant-orphan-oliver-twist-and-jane-eyre-but-surely-not-pip/

Manvir Singh's figure of “the triumphant orphan”: Oliver Twist and Jane Eyre, but surely not Pip

In an article on whether a "key to all mythologies" could be created, Manvir Singh mentions the figure of the "triumphant orphan" and lists examples from Cinderella and Jane Eyre to Harry Potter and Igbo stories from Nigeria. Before I began reading the list, I thought of "Oliver Twist" (1839)

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