The City seems so much more in earnest: its business, its rush, its roar are such serious things, sights and sounds. The City is getting its living – the West-End but enjoying its pleasure.
Charlotte Brontë (1815-18560) Vilette, 1853
The City seems so much more in earnest: its business, its rush, its roar are such serious things, sights and sounds. The City is getting its living – the West-End but enjoying its pleasure.
Charlotte Brontë (1815-18560) Vilette, 1853
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Charlotte got it right, and things haven’t changed much since her day.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I went to the Brontë Parsonage and on my return got a parking ticket. I haven’t read Wuthering Heights since!!
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It was Emily who wrote that, not Charlotte. 😊 You should be ‘not reading’ Jane Eyre instead.
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