WELCOME, FELLOW BRONTE FANS! :-)

~thornfield Mon, Mar 20, 2006 (05:29) seed

Welcome, fellow Bronte Fans! I`m your new web hostess :-)... now, as my webproject is nearly complete, I�ve got enough time & patience to do the job properly... First things first: As this list is pretty silent, I thought it was a good idea to inform you, the members, of my web project. My intention was to generally revive interest in the topic, and subsequently, stimulate discussions again... There�s a lot of interest going on in this field of study, for example: it�s very likely that a DNA analysis of the Brontes� hair (taken from the archives of the Parsonage Museum) will be undertaken! how thrilling!! Well, my mistake in the process was that I sent mails thinking that I�d address only those who are subscribed to the *Bronte Conference* (not knowing that the members-list is a general one). I�ve already stated my case to Mr. Walhus, the manager of Spring Virtual Community, and apologized for the mishap. And I will, of course, apologize to everyone who replies to my mail in a negative manner. mea culpa.... Well, I hope that by telling it as it is, I can put things right again... :-) your sometimes overzealous webhostess ;-), Miss Eyre

~etorb Fri, Mar 24, 2006 (13:26) #1

This is a great thing you're doing! Thanks!!!

~thornfield Fri, Mar 24, 2006 (16:48) #2

Hey, thank you, etorb! :-) bye:-), Miss Eyre

~etorb Fri, Mar 24, 2006 (22:02) #3

What's the address of your web project? What are some good starter websites for learning about the Brontes?

~etorb Fri, Mar 24, 2006 (22:28) #4

You might want to add this site to http://members.tripod.com/~AthenaIris/ring.html The Jane Eyre web ring.

~terry Fri, Mar 24, 2006 (23:28) #5

Good idea. I'll bet a lot of the Bronte sites have links pages and it's easy to get them to include your site by asking them to in an email. And it's always nice to reciprocate. The Bronte Conference address to give out is: http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/public/browse/bronte/all

~thornfield Sat, Mar 25, 2006 (06:19) #6

Oh, I thought you�d know anyway, etorb! Here it is: Bronte Sisters Links ( It�s a collection of links about the Bronte Sisters, everything you ever wanted to know about them ;-) .... located at the Yahoo Groups system without being a discussion group.... 1770 links on the Brontes so far! Freely accessible (as if it was a normal website) and non-commercial, of course! Just a labour of love.... ) Tell me what you think of it.... and hey, if you know any webpages which are not yet included, please let me know - I�m on a never-ending search!! :-) PS: The Jane Eyre webring is now called Brontes in performance webring, isn�t it?! I�m already a member of this ring! :-))) bye:-), Miss Eyre

~thornfield Sat, Mar 25, 2006 (06:21) #7

Yes, Terry, most of the Bronte related pages have link-sections! I checked them all and added the links to my page! :-)) bye:-), Miss Eyre

~terry Sat, Mar 25, 2006 (09:22) #8

Have you thought of setting up your great set of links at http://delicious.com Delicious is the hot, trendy new way to display links and they get out to quite an audience.

~thornfield Sat, Mar 25, 2006 (12:31) #9

Thank you for the tip, Terry... it sounds great! :-) bye:-), Miss Eyre

~terry Sat, Mar 25, 2006 (18:42) #10

delicious takes a little bit of getting used to but once you get on with it it's pretty amazing.

~thornfield Sat, Mar 25, 2006 (20:30) #11

okay, I�ll give it a try! bye:-), Miss Eyre.

~terry Mon, Mar 27, 2006 (15:29) #12

You can see my http://del.icio.us/springnet bookmarks at that url.

~etorb Mon, Mar 27, 2006 (19:52) #13

I checked out delicious and it's *great*!

~terry Tue, Mar 28, 2006 (08:29) #14

It's pretty amazing.