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The Brontë sisters: now with interchangeable first names

Today marks the 168th anniversary of Charlotte Brontë and Arthur Bell Nicholls's wedding.

And to celebrate (cue irony) today's newsround is full of blunders as if the Brontë sisters were all interchangeable. Stuff interviews screenwriter Kathryn Burnett.
What books have made you cry?
When God Was a Rabbit by Sarah Winman; Animal Farm by George Orwell; The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich; Jane Eyre by Emily Bronte; Black Beauty by Anna Sewell. (Sharron Pardoe)
We are crying too.

We hope the list of reasons 'Why you should move to Kirkby Lonsdale' provided by Great British Life is more reliable than this one fact:
And for more famous names with local connections, visit Cowan Bridge a short drive away and see the school that Charlotte and Anne Bronte attended. Charlotte immortalised it as Lowood in, ‘Jane Eyre’ and a plaque on the wall will tell you more. (Paul Mackenzie)
Anne Brontë is the only Brontë girl not to have been to Cowan Bridge.

A Cup of Cyanide reviews What Souls Are Made Of: A Wuthering Heights Remix by Tasha Suri.


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