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new website about the Bronte Sisters!

topic 75 · 7 responses
~thornfield Thu, Oct 13, 2005 (09:46) seed
Hi all, not sure if this message will be read at all... I feel like John Dunbar arriving at Fort Sedgewick lol... well, just stumbled across this place and thought my announcement might interest you: I created a huge list of links, mainly about the Bronte Sisters (there´s a section about the Victorian Era as well). If you´re interested, visit this site: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BronteSistersLinks/ bye:-), Miss Eyre
~terry Fri, Oct 14, 2005 (08:55) #1
That's a great list. Would you like to become host of this conference? We need a host and we will help support you in this effort.
~thornfield Fri, Oct 14, 2005 (13:35) #2
Well, I took a close look at the board. 1000 messages in 8 years indicates that the members of this board are fairly lazy about writing... The spiritedness of a board is depending on its members, on *each and every one of them*! The Brontes, their lives, their works provide countless topics for further discussion, but as long as people are not taking the time to communicate their thoughts, it is, and will be, a fruitless undertaking... you see, I`m a rather emotional person, and passionate about the Brontes... holding monologues (like the last host did) would make me unhappy. Nevertheless: your offer was kindly meant, I appreciate it & want to thank your for it! :-) bye:-), Miss Eyre
~terry Fri, Oct 14, 2005 (15:06) #3
What, if I emailed all the old users and asked them to come back home? I've been waiting for a new host to do this. Also, I could promote it. You know our http://firth.com site gets quite a few visitors and there may be an overlap in interests. Would firthfans translate to bronte fans?
~thornfield Fri, Oct 14, 2005 (20:51) #4
As I can see from the postings, Amy2, the last host, did her best in keeping the list up & alive - it has not worked out! I don´t have her angelic patience, and therefore, won´t follow in her footsteps... sorry, Terry! Most people got to know Colin Firth from his role as Mr. Darcy in "Pride and Prejudice", I suppose - he did a brilliant job, one could almost say he was born to play Darcy :-) - BTW, there´s a new version to be released soon... the trailer alone sent shivers of horror down my spine, would I survive watching the whole movie? lol! Where was I? well, as always in life, there are people who can coexist peacefully, but I´ve also come across debates of Austen lovers and Bronte lovers who had nothing better to do than verbally tearing eachothers books into pieces! kindergarden is what I call that! ;-) so, it depends on the individual, I think. (IMO, the Austen books are literary masterpieces, yet compared to the Bronte books, they lack some kind of depth of their characters - that is basically the result of the storyline, and has nothing to do with the *quality* of the books) bye:-), Miss Eyre
~terry Fri, Oct 14, 2005 (23:01) #5
If you find anyone, send her/him this way please!
~thornfield Sat, Oct 15, 2005 (05:01) #6
OK! bye:-), Miss Eyre
~terry Sat, Oct 15, 2005 (09:44) #7
Thanks.
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