I love novels set in Vicrorian England and I enjoy reading romance, in between psychological thrillers and literary fiction, and I’ve found the perfect combination in Lisa Kleypas. She has written various series of historical romance, set in 19th century England, such as The Ravenel Series of four novels and The Wallflowers of five novels.Continue reading “#AtoZChallenge 2019 #Audiobooks ‘K’ is for Lisa Kleypas @LisaKleypas ‘The Ravenels and The Wallflowers’ @Scribd #HistoricalRomance”
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#AtoZChallenge ‘J is for Jane Eyre’ #Haiku #NaPoWriMo #PoetryMonth
Olga, who blogs at Olga Author Translator, took this beautiful photo last year at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. I don’t know if it is supposed to be Jane Eyre, but it certainly reminds me of her! In fact, this sculpture is called Wilsis and belongs to a series of portrait heads by Jaume Plensa, depicting young girls from aroundContinue reading “#AtoZChallenge ‘J is for Jane Eyre’ #Haiku #NaPoWriMo #PoetryMonth”
#CarrotRanch #FlashFiction Challenge ‘The Rat Catcher’ @Charli_Mills
This post was written in response to Charli Mills at Carrot Ranch’s weekly Flash Fiction Challenge. May 11, 2017 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story about trading. Trade away and go where the prompt leads you. Find out more, read other entries or join in here! I’ve returned to Victorian EnglandContinue reading “#CarrotRanch #FlashFiction Challenge ‘The Rat Catcher’ @Charli_Mills”
#CarrotRanch #FlashFiction Challenge: Watching the Hanging @Charli_Mills
This post was written in response to Charli Mills at Carrot Ranch’s weekly Flash Fiction Challenge February 16, 2017 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story that includes a watcher. Respond by February 21, 2017 to be included in the compilation (published February 22). Rules are here. All writers are welcome! Here’sContinue reading “#CarrotRanch #FlashFiction Challenge: Watching the Hanging @Charli_Mills”
Happy Birthday Charles Dickens! #amreading #amreviewing Oliver Twist
Today’s a very special day for English literature. On this day, 7th February, in 1812 , Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth, United Kingdom. On this special day, I’d like to suggest you read one of his novels, so I’m including my ‘special tribute review’ of Oliver Twist, which you can read for free asContinue reading “Happy Birthday Charles Dickens! #amreading #amreviewing Oliver Twist”
Jane Eyre, Europe and #Brexit #SundayBlogShare
Jane Eyre takes place in 19th century rural Yorkshire. It’s a very ‘English novel’, because almost all the characters are English, and the protagonists clearly represent typical traits of Victorian England. Jane embodies an English appearance; she is pale, short, slim, with green eyes and russet hair. She also represents manners generally associated by anContinue reading “Jane Eyre, Europe and #Brexit #SundayBlogShare”
#Book Tour & #Review ‘Her One True Love’ by @RachelBrimble for @BrookCottageBks
HER ONE TRUE LOVE BY RACHEL BRIMBLE Genre: Victorian romance. Release Date: March 15th 2016. Publisher: eKensington/Lyrical Press **** Blurb She Can’t Forget Him… Jane Charlotte Danes has loved the squire of her idyllic country town for as long as she can remember. He is good, kind, and alluring beyond words… and he chose toContinue reading “#Book Tour & #Review ‘Her One True Love’ by @RachelBrimble for @BrookCottageBks”
Today is All Hallows. Find out What Happened at Eyre Hall on That Day #HalloweenBooks
Yesterday was All Hallows Eve, which has come to be known as Halloween. I wrote about how the festivity was celebrated in Victorian England, and what happened on that day at Eyre Hall. Today’s post is about what happened the following day, November 1st, All Hallows or All Souls’ Day. It is no spoiler thatContinue reading “Today is All Hallows. Find out What Happened at Eyre Hall on That Day #HalloweenBooks”
Jenny, Lady Lilith and Celine Varens: Artistic Representation of Prostitution in Victorian England in Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre.
The first manuscript of Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s poem Jenny was buried with his wife, Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal , in Highgate Cemetery, in London, and remained in her grave, reportedly in Siddal’s red hair, until it was exhumed six years later and redrafted several times, before it was finally published in 1869. The poem is aContinue reading “Jenny, Lady Lilith and Celine Varens: Artistic Representation of Prostitution in Victorian England in Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre.”
Rereading Jane Eyre 