157 years ago today, Charlotte Brontë died in an agony of nausea thought to be caused by hyperemesis gravidarum, or severe morning sickness. During the course of her short life (she died at 39), she was a teacher, governess, and author. She was a not-so-patient daughter, a discontented lover, and
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“November is the most disagreeable month in the whole year,” said Margaret, standing at the window one dull afternoon, looking out at the frostbitten garden. “That’s the reason I was born in it,” observed Jo pensively, quite unconscious of the blot on her nose. Now that November is coming to
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November is an illustrious months for my literary heroines, since so many of them were born in it! First up, Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell, born on this day in 1900. Here are some fun facts about the fearless Peggy: ~ Like me, Peggy was a Smithie who didn’t graduate from the
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Whenever I’m asked which heroines The Heroine’s Bookshelf includes, I try to go through the list and inevitably miss one or two authors. Humiliation! Shame! Anyway, a lot of you have asked me who I talk about and in what context, and I figured I’d just tease you with the
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This is the story of a woman whose work was lambasted as unchristian, immoral, anything but the work of an upstanding lady. She was nervous in temperament and given to moody depression and moments of utter despair, sadness that the unfettered moors of her childhood home heightened. She wore spectacles
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