It's a Classical Life

  Hello, there! I'm so glad you're here. Today I'm sharing another fun and free word search; this time on the life and works of the incomparable Charlotte Bront ë. Jane Eyre is one of my all time favourite novels, and the Bront ë sisters are responsible for some of our best loved classics. I really hope you enjoy these word searches. I tried (in vain) to get them out at the same time each month, but that sort fell by the wayside. Instead, I am just aiming to get one out each month.  Take a load off this weekend and relax for a few moments with this fun and free word search. Please let me know if you have any ideas you would like to see in these word searches in the future. Simply click on the image above and then print the jpeg image or click on the link for the PDF.  Charlotte Bront ë  Word Search. All the word searches I create are in large print, with twenty hidden words to find. I also include a water paint image, painted by me. Let me know how you go w...

Part of my little Victorian literature collection I started this month on Instagram participating in what is lovingly called #victober. This tag celebrates the diverse and rich history, literature and society of the Victorian era during the month of October. I started the month by reading Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, then followed that with The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte and A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett (the latter is not technically a Victorian novel, but it is certainly imbued with many facets of Victorian ideals, values and social norms.) It has been a while since I have done a History post, and thought I would love to revisit Victorian Britain in a bit more detail here on the blog. I hope to explain here some of the history of this time that has influenced those books, artists and poets that we know and love from this time. There is a lot to love about this time, but there is also a lot that might shock or sadden our modern...

Who is Jane Eyre? Ask her and she will tell you, for she knows exactly who she is. Don't ask Mr Rochester, because he has his own, blinkered view of her. Don't ask Mr St. John Rivers, because he doesn't understand her either, or recognise her for her true worth. Ask Jane; she will tell you that she will not be swayed by the opinions of others, nor will she conform or try to be someone she is not.  These days when I read or reread a book, I do it with the mind of not only entertainment but also, as a source of influence or inspiration. How can the book help me to live a more refined life? A classically, simple life full of pleasure, contentment and overall satisfaction. For these are my goals: to be satisfied with how I am living my modest, modern life;  and by having true confidence in who I am and what I believe  without being swept away by societal trends and the current zeitgeist. As I read Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre  it didn't take me long to see what aspect o...