WHAT EMILY BRONTË MEANS TO ME | Making Thunder Roar

I talk about what Emily Brontë means to me, as part of the Making Thunder Roar exhibition!
This video is sponsored by the Brontë Society and Brontë Parsonage Museum as part of my role as Young Ambassador. All opinions are my own!
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[robinlouise]

I love how passionate you are about the brontës, I can’t imagine a better choice for the young ambassador.

[DanaFromAlaska]

Hi Lucy! This was a wonderful video! I'm old enough to be your mother, but your passion for the Brontes, especially Emily, is something I've had since my high school and university days in the 1980s. I wrote several papers in those years of schooling on Emily and her work, and I always felt a little worried about my "obsession" with her. But those were worries of a young gal who had finally found someone with whom she identified and admired. It makes me so happy to see someone at your age working with that passion you have, and making it into a wonderful opportunity to work so closely with the Bronte Society and their projects. You are fulfilling my dreams! I will probably never have the chance to go and visit The Parsonage or walk on the moors, and it's the one place I'd like to visit before I die. What Emily means to me is hard to explain and to quantify. She's been with me for over half of my life, and I'm grateful for the connection I've felt to her. So watching your video, and seeing your love for Emily and her family, and knowing you're a kindred spirit, really touches my heart. I hope you thoroughly enjoy your experiences with this project and in your continued involvement in all things Bronte in the years to come. Sorry so longwinded! Cheers, Dana

[eleaj.]

Hi Lucy,
First of all I wanted to tell you that I am French so my english may be a bit poor to express what I am feeling, please don't pay attention :) I always wanted to read something from the Brontë's sisters and it's only in December that I have discovered Jane Eyre which I really loved. Then I found your channel and discovered your love for classic literature and your Brontë Book Club. I started reading Wuthering Heights in the french translation because I am not fluid enough in english but your videos have been so motivating that I bought Shirley and Agnes Grey in the original version. What I wanted to say is that I don't really know Emily, Charlotte or Anne yet but they are all three, and especially Emily, linked to your passion about them and to your videos. That image will change as I discover them but I wanted to thank you because I think the best way to meet an author is by the words of someone who loves him and you definitely love Emily a lot. I loved watching you talking passionately about her and I wanted to thank you for your videos, they are such a good way to meet classics!
Lots of love,
Éléa

[AFrolicThroughFiction]

I'm visiting the Bronte Parsonage for the first time on Saturday, I'm so glad it coincided with this exhibition!! I can't wait!

[missdsflippedclass]

I love Emily Brontë, ever since I was a teenager and all the more so since I have been teaching English literature. I am always amazed at how skewed a picture people have of Wuthering Heights, and only focus on the "amazing love story". It is fascinating to read through the book and try to uncover the truth at its heart, if there is one. I had read an article a while back where it was suggested that Emily may have had Asperger or a syndrom of the sort. I found it super interesting, not that it would sum her up, but as a key to this paradox and mystery in her you mention, and it made me feel how lucky she was that her father fostered so much creativity in her
Wonderful video, really makes me want to go to Haworth again!

[isobelduncan]

Although I admire all the Brontë girls, Emily is by far my favourite too.

[tessavery]

I have just started getting into the Bronte works, and I absolutely adore bow feminist and fantastic they are. I am so glad I found your channel, because you have recommended so many amazing classics to me.

[beckycann]

Tonight is opening night of my theatre company's production of Bronte by Polly Teale. I'm playing Charlotte ❤ I adore the books and these wonderful sisters!

[OldBluesChapterandVerse]

I’ve long wanted to visit the Bronte Parsonage Museum, but living in America, it may never happen. I spent three weeks in London in 2004, and am visiting London again later this year, but as my comfort with public transport is nil — who can say?

This is a lovely, impassioned tribute video. You’re a rare young reader — and the community needs more readers who are rarities. One or the other of the three sisters seem to be cornerstones in the reading histories of many of us. Charlotte was mine.

[mariaemcelmesa]

This is really beautiful Lucy! It's been a while since I started studying and reading about the Brontes. And Emily's my favorite. I wish I could get such enthusiasm you have... Because one day I wanna wander around the windswept moors that haunt me!!! :-D Great video!

[bellathereader]

Hi Lucy,
I appreciate you sharing about the thrill of seeing the artifacts of Emily Bronte. I had a similar thrill once when visiting the Chicago area, and the C.S. Lewis interpretive center. Being able to see his desk, the wardrobe which was the idea behind "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe", and his actual hand written papers was an experience of a lifetime! I live in the United States, in Washington state, and a visit to the Bronte exhibit, although not impossible is not likely for me. But I think the link to the museum and the exhibit are excellent, as well as following other links, I found one that actually recreates a computer generated Wuthering Heights, the rooms, and where different scenes take place. I had fun looking at maps and the surrounding countryside. The Moors seem so desolate! I hope readers who live in Europe visit the exhibit, since it would be well worth it. Have fun being the Young Ambassador! The museum is lucky to have you in that role.
Elizabeth

[Carlosfp]

Hi!
I would say that this video is an excellent tribute to the wonderful Emily Brontë. Let me start by saying that despite the fact that I've never been in the Brontë Parsonage Museum, I would love to go.
For me Emily was a true genius, but at the same time she was a down to earth person. It seems to me that her writing was superb, and she had that natural talent to write prose and poetry outstandingly well.
To sum up, I want to encourage you not to be shy, reserve and to make an effort in order to like people; it may be a hard task to do, but you are very young and I can tell you that you will meet a lot of people in your life, and one day you will find the people who were meant to be found by you.
Best regards!

[philippaine]

Read Stevie Davies' book "Emily Bronte - Heretic". An awesome and critical book which takes Wuthering Heights to pieces and subjects the book to intense scrutiny .... buy it for Xmas ...it is superb.
My friend lives thirty yards from Emily's grave so I get to Haworth quite often.

[Janstone]

Nice video Lucy. Could you please tell me which book you were reading from? Thank you.

[tymanung]

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[jimburke]

I enjoyed your piece on Emily, really really good. I too am interested in her. I know she wouldn't see the household tasks as mundane. She enjoyed being in her own world so much that if she was here today she would not like it. She, I feel, would not like to follow the crowd and I think there is more of that these days. Ellis Bell I'm told was meant to be a name where you could not tell if it was male or female. Was that because people would think that a violent book like Wuthering Heights would not be usually written by a woman, not really a Jane Austin. Anyway she wanted nothing to do with publishing as far as I know. They say it's not certain if she actually did die on the old sofa. I see her as an early Victorian almost Regency period and quite different from the late Victorians. I don't think she would want to be claimed by any group as nowadays people like to do. Back in 2010 there was talk of opening the Bronte crypt. I felt your opinions were very balanced and that you didn't try to make her modern as we often see now in films. You will be great in the parsonage. Let me know if any of the Brontes are still hanging around!!

[muskndusk]

It's very difficult to find a good picture of Emily's writing box.

[deblawrence]

I hope to some day make it over the ocean to England and visit the Bronte Parsonage Museum, but for now I must content myself with books and books and books. :) I wanted to ask you, since you are so closely linked with everything Bronte, if you've ever read the essay written by their mother Maria: "The Advantages of Poverty, In Religious Concerns." I am looking for a copy of it and have not been successful. ~Debbie in Rochester, NY