tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19106928.post3760848330979829977..comments2024-02-29T02:37:34.896-06:00Comments on Ivebeenreadinglately: The Brontes at homeLevi Stahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11094919454842047688noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19106928.post-17901903816071330652012-09-09T20:10:37.929-05:002012-09-09T20:10:37.929-05:00Oops--thanks for pointing that out, Flicker. Typo ...Oops--thanks for pointing that out, Flicker. Typo fixed!<br /><br />And Muscato: I had a similar thought--the distance in time seems so much greater than that. (I always feel that way, too, when I see the one well-known photo of Tolstoy from early in the 20th century and realize that with just a bit better health (and living situation!) he could have been alive at the start of World War I--thinking about which nearly melts my brain.)Levi Stahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094919454842047688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19106928.post-28489611183993823132012-09-09T16:11:14.395-05:002012-09-09T16:11:14.395-05:00Charlotte was nearly 39 when she died, not 59 (rem...Charlotte was nearly 39 when she died, not 59 (remember, she was pregnant!). So none of them came anywhere near Emily's dreams.Flickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09109623161658164079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19106928.post-52342720293777774492012-08-31T13:29:12.971-05:002012-08-31T13:29:12.971-05:00How remarkable - to think that the author of Wuthe...How remarkable - to think that the author of <i>Wuthering Heights</i> could have reached not just the 1870s, but the 20th century without even being unreasonably old. Something I've never thought about from that angle before, and somehow oddly unsettling.Muscatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657061324487851341noreply@blogger.com