tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post3716825955136380532..comments2024-03-15T00:20:00.180-07:00Comments on Justine Picardie: Patrick BronteJustine Picardiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16957669049699860596noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-11351486563720735282010-09-15T11:07:07.607-07:002010-09-15T11:07:07.607-07:00I remember this guy, Patrick Bronte because my boy...I remember this guy, Patrick Bronte because my boyfriend <a href="http://www.citratesildenafil.com/" rel="nofollow">Sildenafil</a> always talks about him, he is his admirer and always mentions him in every conversation no matter what the topic is!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-32834208942043483172009-12-18T03:05:03.038-08:002009-12-18T03:05:03.038-08:00The following year (1812) he was appointed school ...The following year (1812) he was appointed school examiner at a Wesleyan academy, Woodhouse Grove School, near Guiseley.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mustuniversity.com/schools-majors/computer-science/web-development-graduate-diploma.html" rel="nofollow">Network diploma</a> | <a href="http://www.mustuniversity.com/schools-majors/engineering/civil-engineering-masters-degree.html" rel="nofollow">Master degree Civil Engineering</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-86140508347956072842009-12-17T07:49:15.080-08:002009-12-17T07:49:15.080-08:00In 1809 patrick bonte became assistant curate at W...In 1809 patrick bonte became assistant curate at Wellington in Shropshire and in 1810 he published his first poem Winter Evening Thoughts in a local newspaper, followed in 1811 by a collection of moral verse, Cottage Poems. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.mustuniversity.com/schools-majors/computer-science/network-management-bachelors-degree.html" rel="nofollow">Bachelors degree Network Management</a> | <a href="http://www.mustuniversity.com/schools-majors/business-and-management/international-business-phd-degree.html" rel="nofollow">PhD international business</a> | <a href="http://www.mustuniversity.com/schools-majors/business-and-management/international-business-bachelors-degree.html" rel="nofollow">bachelors degree international business</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-23639668259872734862008-07-02T07:34:00.000-07:002008-07-02T07:34:00.000-07:00this book hit my desk this morning and I cannot wa...this book hit my desk this morning and I cannot wait to read it. i have posted today about the undiscovered letter, printed in this book, which he wrote to the Bishop of Ripon after the death of charlotte. Quite heartbreaking.<BR/><BR/>http://randomjottings.typepad.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-50897115046043274622008-06-11T14:20:00.000-07:002008-06-11T14:20:00.000-07:00How fascinating. Must get a copy! Glad he didn't...How fascinating. Must get a copy! Glad he didn't get his way over the ending of Villette though!HelenMWaltershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16182100572365505905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-84009359240390045922008-06-10T09:56:00.000-07:002008-06-10T09:56:00.000-07:00Felicity -- welcome to the blog, and thank you for...Felicity -- welcome to the blog, and thank you for your encouraging comments -- I'm so glad you enjoyed 'Daphne', and I'm sure you'll find lots to interest you in Haworth next month. And if you ever return to Fowey, do go and see Ann Willmore at Bookends -- it's a lovely bookshop, filled with treasures. Where did you stay in Fowey as a child? The town remains remarkably unchanged since I first went there as a little girl -- just smarter shops and restaurants.<BR/>I imagine your favourite bookshop in Curzon Street must be Heywood Hill, which I love -- I always go there, whenever I'm passing, and think of the days when Nancy Mitford worked there. I'm not sure if they stock Daphne -- I'm too shy to ask -- but I live in hope that they might do. Do you ever visit the shop, or is it a relationship purely conducted by correspondence? <BR/>Please do stay in touch...<BR/>By the way, I'm re-reading Harold Acton's book about Nancy Mitford, hence Heywood Hill has been much on my mind.Justine Picardiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16957669049699860596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-69354604261845406222008-06-10T07:19:00.000-07:002008-06-10T07:19:00.000-07:00Dear Justine,I discovered your blog today and I th...Dear Justine,<BR/><BR/>I discovered your blog today and I think I have spent the whole day catching up on it - it is just wonderful! You write with an incredible warmth of character and I feel I have learnt so much and I cannot wait to keep following!<BR/><BR/>Childhood holidays in Fowey guaranteed a love affair with Du Maurier. I, therefore, read 'Daphne' when it first came out and needless to say was totally captivated by it - I then came to the Oxford Literary Festival to hear you speak; what an excellent evening! I have since been spreading the word and presenting the book to a number of friends - after all who can resist Du Maurier or the Brontes?!<BR/><BR/>You have also inspired me to organise a trip to Haworth in July - I cannot wait to discover some of the history and atmosphere there and only feel embarrassed that I have not felt the compunction to visit earlier!<BR/><BR/>I am currently working my way through the Virago 30th B'day editions that you have been talking about too - 84 Charing Cross Road really having captured my heart. Not only Helene Hanff’s generosity and humour but also it reminded me that of my own correspondence with a bookshop in Curzon Street. Although my letters are nothing compared to Helene's, it is odd that I live so close by to the shop but have resisted collecting the books by hand, instead preferring to continue, for over a year now, with handwritten letters in response to them successfully feeding my appetite for all books Mitford related. They even include handwritten invoices and the books arrive beautifully wrapped in brown paper and string. Surely something to be said about the otherworldly nature of books – what better way to remove oneself from reality than with a book and moreover one seeped in history and indeed mystery! Where on earth would we be without them??!!<BR/><BR/>With warmest wishes,<BR/><BR/>Happy Blogging!Miss Peckitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18374180740396162879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-48672584699397274382008-06-10T03:35:00.000-07:002008-06-10T03:35:00.000-07:00Yikes, these co-incidences are mounting up!I also ...Yikes, these co-incidences are mounting up!<BR/>I also remember she was great friends with Irish poet George Moore....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-69278662461560777532008-06-10T03:16:00.000-07:002008-06-10T03:16:00.000-07:00I'm going to order that biography of P.L Travers. ...I'm going to order that biography of P.L Travers. Here's another nice coincidence for you -- she was published by Peter Davies, Daphne du Maurier's cousin, and Henri's great uncle, who also appears in my book.Justine Picardiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16957669049699860596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-56608027022690326032008-06-09T17:57:00.000-07:002008-06-09T17:57:00.000-07:00Found my earlier post sent before Cristina's solvi...Found my earlier post sent before Cristina's solving the riddle...not sure why it didn't come up, as it says it did in gmail...forgive me if the other one re-appears....<BR/><BR/>Yes, I find these connections both eerie and exciting...I didn't get to read Wuthering Heights until University, the ghostly Cathy and the broken glass shocked and thrilled me - there is a closet bed at Vaucluse House museum in Sydney, and it is very creepy and reminds me of it greatly ( also apparently in the children's rooms the first smell of the day upon opening is regularly chocolate...which is much less haunting than the closet bed).<BR/><BR/>P.L Travers who wrote Mary Poppins was Australian, and a big theosphist ( not sure how to spell) / Golden Dawn people....very interesting bio of her called, 'Out of the Sky she Fell...." Had massive issues with Disney, particular about the fictional love relationship between Bert and Mary. Travers, is one of those fabulous Australian women who changed their identity to escape....<BR/><BR/>Would love to know why Patrick shot his gun out the window, though I am sure there is a twist to whatever explanation that Cristina can offer....almost heading to the Bronte books on the shelf to scour reference....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-86040220045764914712008-06-09T17:51:00.000-07:002008-06-09T17:51:00.000-07:00thanks Cristina that solves the riddle - I did do ...thanks Cristina that solves the riddle - I did do an earlier reply, but that didn't show up on the comments list...mysterious ( bloody merc retro)....will see if i can refind.<BR/><BR/>Still, it is an odd 'custom' to keep, slightly obsessive...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-75003479398093593742008-06-09T15:15:00.000-07:002008-06-09T15:15:00.000-07:00Thsnk you Cristina! I knew you would have all the ...Thsnk you Cristina! I knew you would have all the right details...Justine Picardiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16957669049699860596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-81919898937449286052008-06-09T10:05:00.000-07:002008-06-09T10:05:00.000-07:00Phew, Justine, I thought the call upon my so-calle...Phew, Justine, I thought the call upon my so-called expertise would be something much, much worse!<BR/><BR/>Patrick Brontë lived practically in the heart of the movement during the Luddite riots and, as he wasn't very compromising with either party, he started keeping a loaded by his bed at night.<BR/><BR/>Things moved forward and nothing happened to him except the custom stuck even after he arrived much later in Haworth and he kept loading the gun every night. Having a loaded gun during daytime was of course quite dangerous so he discharged it out of his window every morning. Some marks on the church tower opposite could or could not have been made by his pistol.<BR/><BR/>Hope I helped!<BR/><BR/>Cristina.BrontëBlog Adm.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15953382272077027748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-71778514444623271792008-06-09T02:29:00.000-07:002008-06-09T02:29:00.000-07:00Gondal-girl -- it's intriguing that we have the sa...Gondal-girl -- it's intriguing that we have the same childhood references, despite living thousands of miles apart. I was haunted as a child from a scene in a television adaptation of 'Wuthering Heights', when a ghostly little hand came in at the window, and was then savagely cut against the broken glass. I used to dream about that, and about Mary Poppins -- the books, which are far darker than the Disney version. <BR/>And yes, apparently Patrick did shoot his gun out of the window every day, but it was for some practical reason that I can't now remember. Cristina at Bronte Blog will know the answer. Cristina! We need your expertise!Justine Picardiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16957669049699860596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-12829402598643281202008-06-09T00:30:00.000-07:002008-06-09T00:30:00.000-07:00It was a fantastic review. It's good to see Patric...It was a fantastic review. It's good to see Patrick Brontë vindicated at last.<BR/><BR/>Cristina.BrontëBlog Adm.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15953382272077027748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-56933558778840590322008-06-08T19:08:00.000-07:002008-06-08T19:08:00.000-07:00That is a good review Justine, it sounds like an i...That is a good review Justine, it sounds like an interesting book...his eccentricities were passed onto his children I think. <BR/><BR/><BR/>I remember seeing a scene in a movie as a kid, which I took to being real - of an older man grilling his children as to what books were best, with the Bible being the most important. To my childish imagination, I decided to remember this, just in case I was grilled in a likewise fashion in future years. Alas I was not. yet a few years ago, in a bout of insomnia, I turned on the t.v and it was the same scene, from a movie about the Brontes...!<BR/><BR/>For all his strangeness ( I think I remember reading he used to shoot the gun out of Emily's window every morning or am I getting mixed up somehow with Mary Poppins????) I think it shows he had a real strength of character to feed his children's imaginations, letting them read what they could...<BR/><BR/>His birthdate is interesting too, all those 7's....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com