Tag: Brontë sisters

EMILY (2022) review – Emma Mackey is exquisite in the reimagined tale of the ‘strange’ Brontë sister

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I always find it intriguing to get a glimpse of what could've been the inspiration for some of the world's classic novels. In Becoming Jane and Shakespeare In Love, Jane Austen's and William Shakespeare's own love stories became the inspiration for their famous works. This time it's Emily Brontë's turn. Now, I don't know much about …

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Pondering the latest remakes of the Brontë sisters’ novels

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I recently saw the trailer for Bright Star (see trailer below), which is about the poet John Keats and his love and poetic inspiration Fanny Brawne. It looks pretty good, especially the fact that it's based on a true story. Being a fan of period pieces — with Ang Lee's Sense & Sensibility being my …

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