I escaped to Haworth to read the Brontës | a Yorkshire solo trip

I’m leading a Wuthering Heights Literary Pilgrimage with Common Ground 6th-11th September 2024! I’ll be the Faculty Leader on the staff and will be hosting all the classes. We’ll do daily walking, visit Haworth and the Brontë Parsonage and much more. (ad)

Full breakdown of the cost of trips:

▶︎ Chapters:

0:00 My goal for the trip
1:17 What I want to read
3:07 Walking to the Brontë waterfall
6:22 Wuthering Heights Pilgrimage announcement! (AD)
8:20 What I bought in Haworth + Villette update
12:12 Morning mist and the Brontë Parsonage Museum
13:20 Another Villette update
14:35 Wuthering Heights filming location
15:15 The Brontë Myth
19:09 Final thoughts

▶︎ The books:

Villette by Charlotte Brontë
The Brontë Myth by Lucasta Miller
Walking the Invisible by Michael Stewart
Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë
Yorkshire: A Literary Landscape

► My Book Club Journal
I created this beautiful journal for anyone who is in a book club or wants to track their reading.
Featuring:
- luxurious finish, including thick paper and bookmark ribbon
- 50 book journal templates to fill in
- 200 book recommendations in 20 themed reading lists
- chapters with tips and advice for running your book club
- reading log
- book wish list
- books lent/borrowed page

► Find me here!

► About Me
Hoi! I'm Sanne. Ten years ago I moved from the Netherlands to London, where I'm currently working as a freelance social media producer in the publishing industry, event host and content creator. I've been making videos for 13 years and on my channel I talk about books, translation, the publishing industry, London, travel, plus career and creativity advice. If you're looking for your next book to read, need a confidence boost before starting your internship/new job or want to follow my journey trying to reach new creative and freelance goals, you're in the right place!

► Frequently asked questions
◦ Where is your accent from?
I was born and raised in the Netherlands, studied English Lit at Leiden University (also in the Netherlands), studied in the US for 3 months and have lots of American friends. Now that I live in London, I still mostly have my American accent, but with lots of British vocab mixed in.

◦ Where do you live?
I currently live in St Albans, just North of London.

◦ Where do you work?
I’m a Freelance Social Media Producer, public speaker and YouTuber/blogger. Before that I was an Audience Manager at Penguin Random House UK.

◦ How did you get your job in the publishing industry?
I did publishing work experience on 3 different occasions, did a lot of networking and learned everything I know about social media from creating and running my YouTube channel for 8 years. P.s. you don't necessarily have to study Publishing or English to get a job in publishing.

[booksandquills]

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[hadesandpersephonebook]

Wow such a lovely tribute to the talented Bronte sisters! Their writing and artistry are truly amazing. I really enjoyed watching this. 😍

[leenanorms]

Finally got a chance to sit down and absorb this whole thing in all it's glory and loved it! So beautifully shot and hearing more about the sisters makes me love the film Emily even more! x

[booksandquills]

This was my absolute dream trip to Yorkshire and an excellent first step in my Brontë reading challenge! If you have any requests for my future 'Guide to Haworth' video, leave 'em below. - Sanne

[ebsfamily]

You can hide the stains on the handkerchiefs by dyeing with black tea and you'll have that lovely old off-white lace colour.

[jacquelinemcgowan]

Hi there
Thank you for sharing the lovely views, I love Howarth I live in West Yorkshire and so I do visit alot, for those that do not know this but Howarth isn, t very big and so you can do alot in one day, plus if you are on your own its a lovely place to visit by yourself, there are so many places to eat and lots of lovely shops and the parsonage too, with a ittle garden and you can go for nice walks and a huge park to visit, once agin this was lovely and thank you for sharing Howarth with us xxxx

[lauraharmour]

I found Villette hard-going and I've a degree in English literature. I really enjoyed The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and also Agnes Grey. Anne Bronte deserves to be much better known as a writer.

[lauren]

That place looks so beautiful. I can't wait to visit one day. I'm from Australia and it's on my bucket list :)

[godsbuckets]

I had no idea that area would be so beautiful. I had something rather bleak in mind. That was long ago though, when I read Wuthering Heights. Time for a reread.

[RebuildRetreat]

Lovely! We listened to the audiobook of Hound of the Baskervilles for the first time in Dartmoor. You're right the place brings it to life. And the South West is stunning 😍

[kon]

Thank you for sharing your beautiful experience :) If I were to visit England, I definitely want to visit Yorkshire!

[_megmxx]

oh my goodness this is so beautiful🥹!! I’m from Yorkshire and visited Haworth a few months ago. keep being you and appreciating the beauty of books 🤍✨📖

[allisonh]

I almost chose Wuthering Heights for my English degree seminar paper because I love it so much but ended up choosing The Tenant of Wildfell Hall to give Anne some love. I loved that book-you can see how unshy Anne really was about her thoughts!

[robertazanibelli]

I'm a huge fan of the Brontës sisters; I read and studied all of their work during my Bachelor's Degree in Foreign Language and Literature and even wrote my dissertation on their stylistic way of writing. I can only say I love your video, this is a trip I will definitely do sometime in the future!

[shaunam]

This was so interesting was so thoroughly engaged and I really haven’t felt that for years. Thank you for this content! Absolutely subscribed ❤

[martha]

i absolutely LOVE it in haworth. my absolute favourite place in the world, wuthering heights is also my favourite book i loved this video.

[garillimg]

Hi! I'm traveling UK next year, and your video really helped me to decide to go to Haworth! Thank you sooo much! Hope I can have a wonderful time there as you did <3

[patricialazzara]

A lovely video! I was just in Haworth on my own Brontë pilgrimage a few weeks ago, such a magical special place and it was wonderful to see your video, thank you! 🩷

[GotAClueL]

I read Villette as part of a Narcissism in Literature class and it was exactly the book I needed at the time. I was going through growing pains very similar to the main character so I found the book riveting. However, I recognize that that was probably an unusual way to read the book so it is interesting to hear your take! Thanks for this video!

[LisaDeviYoga]

Your video is the best one I've found about Haworth. I would love to visit someday and considering your trip for my 40th birthday if the stars align.