Emily Bronte - full documentary

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MrTBrearley

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@poetryjones7946
@poetryjones7946 11 ай бұрын
Heathcliff was a dangerous, repulsive psychopath. I never understood why he was fluffed into a “romantic hero”. Must have been all those movie versions.
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley 11 ай бұрын
It's puzzling isn't it, and I agree that films have played a significant role. It's pretty much impossible not to read the book through the prism of Wyler's 1939 film - even if you haven't seen it - because it left such a mark on popular culture. As for Heathcliff - he's no Olivier in Emily's description which is unsparing. For some reason I jib slightly at the word 'psychopath' and yet there's the unflinching portrait of his annoyance when he realises he's accidentally, on a reflex, saved the falling baby being dashed onto the stone flags of the floor.
@poetryjones7946
@poetryjones7946 8 ай бұрын
Same here - Heathcliff was frightening & repellent , he had the personality of a serial killer in Emily’s novel, but never in the movies. When people claim to “love Wuthering Heights” I’m betting 89% are talking about the movie incarnation. And at least 30% have ONLY seen the movie & never actually read the book. 🙄
@Karusevic23444
@Karusevic23444 Жыл бұрын
Emily Bronte was the most brilliant of the sisters. There is something fascinatingly mystical in her poems. Charlotte is great, but Emily is brilliant.
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley Жыл бұрын
Like you, I love her poetry and feel that it sometimes doesn't get the attention it deserves because the novel is so immense and powerful and perhaps distracts people from the beauty and mystery of the seemingly simpler verse. I was glad we managed to include just a small hint of the poetry but I would love to have had more if we'd had time.
@carollund8251
@carollund8251 Жыл бұрын
I love Anne's novels the best.
@1stEarlOfSurrey
@1stEarlOfSurrey Жыл бұрын
Throughout the decades of my life, I keep returning to Jane Eyre every so often, and each time, I am still surprised by its brilliance.
@Pigletpronto
@Pigletpronto Жыл бұрын
Nope, Charlotte is my favourite jn brilliance.
@Olga_Efremov
@Olga_Efremov Жыл бұрын
Totally agree 💯
@amandavanheerden7980
@amandavanheerden7980 Жыл бұрын
Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights stands head and shoulders above any other novel written then and since. Her poetry is mysterious and beautiful. Often Rebuked Yet Always Back Returning or The Visionary - who writes with that refinement? I hold her in the highest regard. She is iconic in the world of literature.
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley Жыл бұрын
Agree with all your points! The poetry is wonderful and perhaps sometimes gets overshadowed by 'Withering Heights'. Thanks for watching and commenting, Best Tim
@pamtufnell6751
@pamtufnell6751 Жыл бұрын
Can't stop reading wuthering heights love her poetry too
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley Жыл бұрын
I agree - on both points. I was so glad we managed to fit some of Emily's poetry in the programme, even though time was limited. And I was just thinking that I haven't read the novel for a while which is an exciting prospect because each re-reading brings something new.
@NEVILLEGROVE
@NEVILLEGROVE Жыл бұрын
Fascinating and brilliantly put together documentary. Emily had a more interesting and complex reality than I could have imagined.
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley Жыл бұрын
Thanks Neville, I'm glad you enjoyed it
@jenrutherford6690
@jenrutherford6690 Жыл бұрын
On a serious note poor Emily lost her mother two sisters, an aunt and her brother. That must have been devastating .
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley Жыл бұрын
I think you make a very important point here, and it's something that Stevie Davies explores in her book on Emily. She takes issue with those who lazily assume that children would be somehow be more resilient in Victorian times, simply because the death of relatives was a more common experience. From memory, Stevie quotes the developmental experts on the crucial importance of the age of the child. Even though Emily was very very young when her mother died, it doesn't mean that she would have felt the loss any less, indeed it may have been far more traumatic than it would have been, say, at the age of seven or eight. Thanks for watching, and for your comment, Best Tim
@thisiswater9457
@thisiswater9457 Жыл бұрын
She lost four sisters.
@MercurialRed9
@MercurialRed9 Жыл бұрын
@@thisiswater9457Wasn’t Charlotte the last remaining sister?
@stoneoffarel
@stoneoffarel 5 ай бұрын
​@@MercurialRed9yes
@tonkabeancat1117
@tonkabeancat1117 2 ай бұрын
…and Keeper, her devoted dog, mourned her for days after her death.
@marianasteluta
@marianasteluta Жыл бұрын
Cât de mult seamănă domnișoara cu Emily Bronte, este colosal ! Mulțumim ! 🌠
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley Жыл бұрын
Thank you! (And thanks to Google for the translation!). Yes, Claire's resemblance to the portrait is extraordinary and her interpretation of Emily's writings was mesmerising.
@amanda-clairebennett6132
@amanda-clairebennett6132 Жыл бұрын
Greetings from Perth Western Australia. Thank you for a beautiful tribute to a remarkable person. You certainly did it justice, I enjoyed it very much. Beautifully presented and spoken.
@darkgotham3449
@darkgotham3449 Жыл бұрын
You are so welcome
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley Жыл бұрын
This is so kind of you to say, Amanda. Much appreciated. I'd loved the novel and her poems for many years and the process of researching the documentary and talking to Lucasta and Stevie just enriched my appreciation so much and I wanted to try to get some of that across.
@aprilsky8474
@aprilsky8474 Жыл бұрын
Enjoyed this so much. My most favourite novel ever. Thank you.
@darkgotham3449
@darkgotham3449 Жыл бұрын
You are most welcome
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley Жыл бұрын
Thanks - that means a lot and it's great to know. Best Tim
@quebecscott3266
@quebecscott3266 Күн бұрын
I count myself doubly fortunate-first, to have just finished reading Wuthering Heights, unmarred by the distorted visions of Hollywood adaptations, and without any prior knowledge of what others claim the novel to be about. And second, to now discover this exceptional documentary, freely available on KZbin. My heartfelt thanks for your labor and generosity in sharing it with us; your efforts are deeply appreciated. Through your work, I’ve unearthed much to ponder further. The similarity of Schopenhauer's and Emily’s thoughts, for instance, strike me as a fascinating thread to explore-a kinship that seems to resonate within the very pages of her novel. Emily Brontë’s life and artistry remain an abiding enigma, one that captivates my imagination more with every discovery. How splendid it would be to discuss these mysteries and exchange perspectives with fellow admirers of her genius! I hope all is progressing well with your hospital recovery and wish you strength and good health.
@amberspecter
@amberspecter Жыл бұрын
I have to confess that I didn't think twice about the church falling apart in the novel. I glossed right over it. In my defense, it is mentioned during a pretty heated passage and my attention was elsewhere, but, still, I missed an important bit of symbolism and, now, I agree it couldn't be random
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley Жыл бұрын
Me neither! The documentary came about when I picked up a copy of Stevie Davies's book "Emily Bronte - Heretic" and was captivated by her insights. Like you, I found that there's so much in the book that you miss on first reading - simply because it's so intense and there's so much going on. Thanks for watching, Tim
@kwallace6uk
@kwallace6uk Жыл бұрын
A beautifully put together video. Have always been fascinated by the backstory of this lady and her family, having visited the Parsonage in Howarth on a number of occasions.
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your kind comments. Glad you enjoyed the piece.
@Differential2
@Differential2 Жыл бұрын
A true work of art that will probably outlive its producer - well done!
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for your kind words, Tim
@herlastvoyage
@herlastvoyage Жыл бұрын
Well done! There is so much here that hardly anyone knows.
@helendeacon7637
@helendeacon7637 Жыл бұрын
Excellent documentary! Many thanks.
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley Жыл бұрын
Thanks Helen. Kind of you to say so, and thank you for watching, Tim
@c.a.savage5689
@c.a.savage5689 16 күн бұрын
Well done. Most enjoyable and instructive. Thank you .
@lancelotdufrane
@lancelotdufrane 11 ай бұрын
Thank you. This was excellent.
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley 11 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for your kind words - Tim
@SarahLouiseA
@SarahLouiseA Жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting, I missed this when it was first broadcast.
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley Жыл бұрын
And I missed your kind comment! Thanks and apologies for my late acknowledgment, Tim
@troydaum4728
@troydaum4728 Жыл бұрын
What a splendid documentary! Excellent work - it revealed so many things I didn't know about the Bronte's. Very fascinating!
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for your kind comments. I experienced the same sense of revelation when making the documentary. Do feel free to share it!
@monsieurbono
@monsieurbono Жыл бұрын
To live in such an isolated place must have taken great inner strength and belief that despite all the hustle bustle that life depends less on what is going on close-by, but rather what you share and the personality one projects and the understand one gains from the human condition. Not just to others but to everything. Thank you for an incredible coverage of a fascinating person who has contributed a much underappreciated novel of our times.
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your very kind comments. Despite the scepticism about "Bronte Country" that comes over in the film, I can't help wondering about the profound effect of the moors around the parsonage on Emily. The landscape has such a powerful effect on a visitor, even in the 21st century, that it must have been even more intense nearly 200 years ago.
@Jebbie1976
@Jebbie1976 2 ай бұрын
So interesting! I could've stood for a longer delve ... at least an hour.
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley 2 ай бұрын
So could I - originally it was five minutes longer and went into more detail about the fascinating parallels between Emily and Darwin. 3:06 there was a bit of a Faustian pact with the broadcaster who liked the piece so much they wanted to show it in the prime time slot (great); however that was the half hour with a news bulletin in it (not great!). Ah well! Glad you enjoyed it though.
@daolieu4261
@daolieu4261 Жыл бұрын
I have read this book countless times since I was a young adult
@darkgotham3449
@darkgotham3449 Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it young adult
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley Жыл бұрын
Same here! It was fascinating to come back to it in my early forties when I put this piece together and to see how my view of it changed. Thanks for watching, Tim
@ezy3916
@ezy3916 Жыл бұрын
Fascinating, thank you.
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley Жыл бұрын
I'm so glad you enjoyed it. Many thanks, Tim (and do feel free to spread the word!)
@CurtRowlett
@CurtRowlett Жыл бұрын
Very nicely done. I've always felt that out of all the Bronte sisters, Emily was the more interesting one, at least to my own romantic soul. Thank you for posting this.
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your kind comment. Much appreciated! Tim
@Artemis-goddess
@Artemis-goddess Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this documentary!
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley Жыл бұрын
Dear Artemis - I'm glad you enjoyed it, and thank you for taking the time to post a comment. Best, Tim
@jaminavestajugo3456
@jaminavestajugo3456 Жыл бұрын
These French-language essays actually throw some interesting light on Wuthering Heights. I don't see much contradiction between their more brutal view of Nature and the moor-worship of some characters in the novel. Yorkshire life as shown in the novel keeps people stuck in remote places with few companions, so they form very intense, often toxic interactions. The Lintons, who are actually fairly nice people, go there hoping for a quiet life close to Nature. That is...definitely not what happens and they would have been better off staying townies. Heathcliff and Catherine are very attached to their landscape, but that doesn't make them sweet and pure like some more conventional novels of the time would have portrayed them. Isabella marries Heathcliff expecting that kind of Romantic temperament, and readers know very well how that turned out.
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching, and for posting this interesting comment! Tim
@christallaktorides6904
@christallaktorides6904 Жыл бұрын
Emily Bronte is to also be found in the poetry she wrote
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley Жыл бұрын
How very, very true. I've always loved the poetry and was glad we managed to fit some of it within the very cramped time allowance of this documentary, , Best, Tim
@piripi40
@piripi40 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the upload. It's a magical moment when you morph the portrait into the actress. By the way, autistic people often are very creative and different thinkers. Maybe that helps in understanding her.
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley Жыл бұрын
Thank you. I met Claire quite by accident through a friend and was immediately struck by her resemblance of her profile to Branwell's famous portrait. Even so, nothing quite prepared us for the extraordinary shock of the video transition. I'm biased, of course, but I also felt it was more than a superficial resemblance when Claire was speaking Emily's words. She seemed to capture her rigour and intelligence. What you say about autism is very interesting. ASD has been on my mind for other reasons through the experience of a good friend. I hadn't considered it in relation to Emily before, and it's thought provoking. Thanks for the comments. Tim
@piripi40
@piripi40 Жыл бұрын
@@MrTBrearley Absolutely, I felt her recital of High Waving Heather moves us a bit closer to Emily.
@steveplattify
@steveplattify 7 ай бұрын
What a wonderful film - and, for me, discovery. I came to the Brontes in their own words (as opposed to films, plays, museum displays or whatever based on their work) late in life. But over the past couple of years I have read all their novels and taken much from each of them. So to come across this, featuring Chris Smith, who I knew (and worked with on housing and other issues) as a local councillor 40-odd years ago, was a treat. Thank you.
@geminil2415
@geminil2415 Жыл бұрын
Everyone who has read Withering Heights has a picture in their mind of Heathcliff. Dark rugged scowling. Oliver Reed sums him up perfectly for me.
@johnroche7541
@johnroche7541 Жыл бұрын
I thought Ralph Fiennes was fantastic as Heathcliff in the 1992 film adoptation. From the physical description in the novel I thought Adrian Paul(Duncan McCloud in the "Highlander" TV series) would be a good candidate for Heathcliff. I remember reading in a Leeds newspaper a good number of years ago that Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie were going to play the star crossed lovers but obviously that never came to fruition. I also read a number of years ago that Natalie Portman(Star Wars,Black Swan & Thor) had signed up to play Cathy but became pregnant and again this proposed project never came to be.
@johnroche7541
@johnroche7541 Жыл бұрын
Oliver Reed was sensational as Bill Sykes in "Oliver". It was as if he jumped off the page from the great Dickens classic the way he was described by the great author.
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley Жыл бұрын
@@nancyfox9999 It's curious isn't it? Given that both Heathcliff and Mr Rochester are both described by their creators as not being conventionally handsome. Have you ever read Olivier's own account of working with the director William Wyler on WH? It's rueful and funny. He arrived in Hollywood with the arrogant belief that film was a second-rate medium and proceeded to deliver a full on theatrical interpretation of Heathcliff and after each take, Wyler's terse response was "Do less!". After days of this, Olivier exclaimed histrionically, "If I do any less, I won't be doing anything AT ALL!!". "Larry", Wyler replied, "you're beginning to get the idea!" To his credit, Olivier credited Wyler with teaching him how to act to a film camera and I think you can see the result - eg in his superb late-career portrayal of the shy and introverted Air Marshall Dowding in 'Battle of Britain' - where he practically does 'nothing at all'. And for me - maybe not for everyone - his great Shakespeare films haven't aged.
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley Жыл бұрын
@@johnroche7541 Absolutely! Thank you for reminding me of that great performance and the huge sense of danger and menace he brought to the screen. I was lucky enough to meet Ken Russell not long before he died and he described Reed as the most naturally talented actor he'd ever worked with. Terrifying too! He openly confessed this to Reed who suggested that he reduce his directorial input to a 1-3 number system, proceeding to demonstrate what he meant with three progressively more menacing versions of the same speech. Henceforth, he'd turn to Russell before a scene and ask what he wanted and Russell would say something along the lines of "I think two, and maybe two-and-a-half at the end". I wonder if he might have made an interesting Heathcliff as Gemini2415 suggests above? That urbanity he could display alongside the danger might have worked
@afterlate8866
@afterlate8866 Жыл бұрын
Heathcliff is violent, vengeful and heartless; he is selfish and neither he, nor Catherine know what love is - certainly not sacrificial love.
@joannicholson3051
@joannicholson3051 7 ай бұрын
The tenant of Wildfell Hall was my favourite novel. Anne Bronte.
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley 7 ай бұрын
A truly great novel and underrated!
@marchellabrahams
@marchellabrahams 5 ай бұрын
@@MrTBrearley I completely agree! It has all the force of 'Wuthering Heights' allied to stark realism. It's my favourite Brontë novel.
@madsleonardholvik3040
@madsleonardholvik3040 Жыл бұрын
Can I just say that I'm happy the House of Lords in England has such a wonderful member as the narrator of this documentary. It makes me happy.
@Massev6871
@Massev6871 Жыл бұрын
Really interesting. Thank you.
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley Жыл бұрын
Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
@phillipjones8099
@phillipjones8099 Жыл бұрын
Greetings! I found your program about Emily Bronte to be of great personal interest to me, most of all the segment on The Belgian Essays. I've studied about the Bronte sisters and their lives and works, and your program helped me gain a better understanding of her because of the three sisters she and her novel stood out the most to me. I've been on my own journey with the Brontes just like you've been on yours. Please write back sometime, I'd like to talk about it. Thanks, Phillip!
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your very kind comments. Yes, those essays were a revelation to me when I began research for the film, and my interest was prompted most by one of the many books written by Steve Davies who features in the film. I think more attention is being paid to them now. Have you read anything new?
@LilaCerullos
@LilaCerullos Жыл бұрын
My favorite Bronte, i adore her ❤
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley Жыл бұрын
I'd go along with that too. Perhaps Ann in second place? Or is that too controversial? Thanks for taking the time to comment, Tim
@krissyk9767
@krissyk9767 Жыл бұрын
I saw a documentary that suggested Emily may have been autistic as she she didnt fit in, was very shy in social situations and was always wanting to be at home away from people. Perhaps this also could account for the different and honest way she saw and described the world?
@RiaLake
@RiaLake Жыл бұрын
Sounds as though she was an introvert, hardly autistic and after all the deaths in her life not surprising she wanted to stay at home where she felt safe.
@readstorieslearnenglish
@readstorieslearnenglish Жыл бұрын
More likely Highly Sensitive. Many genius writers are.
@Verschlungen
@Verschlungen 5 ай бұрын
Well, yes, I saw that documentary too, but this video is so much more insightful, I think.
@irenebrewer8911
@irenebrewer8911 Жыл бұрын
A superior analysis of Emily traits I’m sure the minds eye sees in oneself
@Teukel-gy7gy
@Teukel-gy7gy Жыл бұрын
Most enjoyable and sublime pondering.
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your kind comment. I must say it didn't feel very 'sublime' when we were struggling to fit in everything we wanted to say in a very short timespan! More time to ponder would have been great I felt, so it's good to know that you enjoyed it. Thanks again, Tim
@funjuror
@funjuror Жыл бұрын
A note on the water supply: the Brontes drank from a well behind the Parsonage above the graveyard, so their store did not pass through it. Her death is more likely to result from nursing the ailing Branwell and contacting tuberculosis, etc, from him.
@midnightchannel111
@midnightchannel111 Жыл бұрын
Her view of life inspired Wuthering Heights. The ruins might have served as tiny catalyst, but she didnt need the ruins to write the book. People like Emily carry a great deal with them from past lives, inhabit the world in a very strong and particular way... People like Emily do not have to experience deep love in a given life to understand what it is, to have it inside, carry as part of themselves. But they do need an anchor or they would float away, or, soak into the land (in her case). Her family was her anchor, imho, her brother and her sisters... All Imho. Of course.
@richardedenfield5167
@richardedenfield5167 Жыл бұрын
Like Emily Dickinson I think.
@EmilyGloeggler7984
@EmilyGloeggler7984 Жыл бұрын
There is no such thing as past lives.
@salvatore5553
@salvatore5553 Жыл бұрын
@@EmilyGloeggler7984 probably not, but who can tell?
@midnightchannel111
@midnightchannel111 Жыл бұрын
@@EmilyGloeggler7984 yeah. There is. ❤️
@LynnKsCouture
@LynnKsCouture Жыл бұрын
It appears that isolation, death, and morbid thinking, too much imagination can warp a mind such as Emily Bronte.
@PlanetImo
@PlanetImo 4 ай бұрын
I really enjoyed this. Thanks :)
@isleofmist-music
@isleofmist-music Жыл бұрын
Well done! 💜
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley Жыл бұрын
Oh thanks for the feedback - it means a lot, Best Tim
@IncompetentKlutz
@IncompetentKlutz Жыл бұрын
Thankyou so much ❤
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley Жыл бұрын
Your kind comment is much appreciated! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Tim
@karenashworth5743
@karenashworth5743 Жыл бұрын
Living in that area I find nothing odd or strange in Emilys views on nature, I feel much the same way myself at times and delight in watching the changing seasons. The sky , so turbulent at times , seems like a vast ocean breaking on the shore of the moors. Dancing cotton grass, purple heather, and waving rushes lure you in. I do wonder though, if she had lived longer , would she have produced even greater works.
@johnroche7541
@johnroche7541 Жыл бұрын
Hi Karen. I literally made a similar point to you in an earlier post. All us Bronte enthusiasts and fans will always wonder how Emily would have developed as a novelist if she had lived longer. In my earlier post I stated that in my humble opinion if Emily was prolific as her sister Charlotte,Jane Austen or George Eliot all her follow up works would be compared to "Wuthering Heights" as this was her first novel which was a complete masterpiece. Goodness me how could she follow up such a magnificent literary work of genius? We will always wonder. "Wuthering Heights" is probably the second greatest love story in English literature only behind Shakespeare's "Romeo & Juluet".
@johnroche7541
@johnroche7541 Жыл бұрын
Hi Karen. As you know some modern novelists take a classic novel from English literature and either write a sequel or prequel to it. Have you read "Nelly Dean" by Alison Case which is her prequel to "Wuthering Heights"? It is a clever concept just like "The Wide Sargossa Sea" was a prequel to Jane Eyre.
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley Жыл бұрын
She was so young when she died, I can't help thinking that she would have written more. I envy you living in that area! Thanks for watching, Tim
@johnroche7541
@johnroche7541 Жыл бұрын
@@MrTBrearley No doubt Emily would have written more had she lived but goodness me she got it so right first time with a masterpiece in "Wuthering Heights". This would be the novel that any further novels that Emily wrote would be judged against had she lived and wrote more. We Bronte fans and enthusiasts will always wonder "what if Emily had lived and wrote more novels" but alas it was not meant to be. Remember the great English poet John Keats was only 25 when he died and Mozart just 35.
@karenashworth5743
@karenashworth5743 Жыл бұрын
@MrTBrearley it's often wet, gloomy, and overcast ☁️ but when the sun shines, there is nowhere I would rather be.
@philippaine
@philippaine Жыл бұрын
Most interesting.
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your kind comment, and for watching the film, Apologies for the delay in replying but I had to have a hospital operation and am only now catching up. Incidentally, I've just added a bit in my intro, noting that Sarah Class who scored the music for the documentary was commissioned by King Charles to write a piece for his coronation and it's beautiful) Best Tim
@annereidy7981
@annereidy7981 Жыл бұрын
Most interesting, thank you.
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley Жыл бұрын
Thanks Anne. Much appreciated, Tim
@JRB-e1y
@JRB-e1y 10 ай бұрын
Wuthering Heights is a story that haunts me to my core. It portrays an unrelenting ugliness in humanity and I guess Emily understood such characterization natural in light of man being not much more than beast when whittled down. I actually prefer Charlotte's steadfast loyalty to grace and goodness as the overarching supernatural quality which enables man's transcendence over beast. Emily's sheer talent is otherworldly though, and a testament to a transcendence as well. Wow.
@alexis5721
@alexis5721 6 ай бұрын
I read Wuthering Heights, it is an exciting novel that shakes our thoughts and shows us the most violent emotions until we feel them real in us. Emily Brontë's poetry is peculiar, so infused with a burning love for life, for the minute descriptions of the wind through the trees, the rivers, death
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley 6 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching, and for leaving your thoughtful comment
@reginawhitlock4227
@reginawhitlock4227 Жыл бұрын
Charlotte may have much to answer for. Emily was writing another book. What happened to it? It's obvious Charlotte considered herself the superior writer. Anne and Emily were unlearned? They were governess, and Emily both studied and taught abroad. And I know one thing, Emily never would have married a curate and quit writing.
@terencebennison6275
@terencebennison6275 Жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed chloe pirrie's performance of Emily in the film 'To walk invisible'
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your comment, which I've only just picked up. I'm going to check this film out!
@trohannycottageireland
@trohannycottageireland Жыл бұрын
I like her even more after watching this. I think we would be very good friends
@quiquemariachi
@quiquemariachi Жыл бұрын
Ah! could my hand unlock its chain, How gladly would I watch it soar, And ne'er regret and ne'er complain To see its shining eyes no more. But let me think that if to-day It pines in cold captivity, To-morrow both shall soar away, Eternally, entirely Free.
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley Жыл бұрын
Yes! So simple when set out - and so beautiful
@bayreuth79
@bayreuth79 11 ай бұрын
No mention of all of her overt mystical poetry. She was no anti-Christian.
@creolelady182
@creolelady182 Жыл бұрын
I certainly understand Emily's persona
@creolelady182
@creolelady182 Жыл бұрын
I understand how nature can have an influence of your soul
@tanaquilz2842
@tanaquilz2842 Жыл бұрын
The profile portrait is not of Emily but of Anne
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley Жыл бұрын
Thanks for commenting. Interested in what you say, and I immediately checked other apparent images of Anne which made me wonder. The National Portrait Gallery have always claimed this to be Emily, but on what basis I don't know. Frustrating that an early photographer didn't make it to Haworth and take a daguerrotype!
@lilyschaff2112
@lilyschaff2112 Жыл бұрын
Emily I belive after watching this that she was a free spirit trapped within her home her soul untethered lose in the moors itself
@patriciajrs46
@patriciajrs46 Жыл бұрын
Loose.
@fraumahler5934
@fraumahler5934 Жыл бұрын
All three sisters possessed genius. Branwell didn’t develop his.
@kevinjmartin1444
@kevinjmartin1444 5 ай бұрын
Branwell, being a man during England’s height, was a man who desired to be creative, but was forced to be a provider. This is the reason why he did not develop genius. He was stuck being two worlds and it drove him mad.
@johnroche7541
@johnroche7541 Жыл бұрын
Emily's "Wuthering Heights" is by far the most superior of all the Bronte novels a fact acknowledged by the great English novelist William Makepeace Thackeray. It is probably the second greatest love story in English literature only behind Shakespeare's "Romeo & Juliet". Obviously all us Bronte enthusiasts and fans wish that Emily wrote more novels after "Wuthering Heights" and will always wonder how she would have developed as a novelist. However in my humble opinion I think if Emily was prolific as her sister Charlotte,Jane Austen or George Eliot all her works would have been compared to "Wuthering Heights" as her first novel was a complete masterpiece. Goodness me how could she follow "Wuthering Heights"? We will always wonder. I thought Ralph Fiennes was superb as Heathcliff in the 1992 film adoptation. I remember reading a piece in a Leeds newspaper a good number of years ago that Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie were going to be Heathcliff and Cathy in an adoptation but obviously that never came to fruition. I also read a number of years ago that Natalie Portman(Star Wars,Black Swan & Thor) was also going to be in an adoption as Cathy Earnshaw but she fell pregnant and again this proposed adaptation never came to fruition. Does anybody else remember reading or hearing about those proposed adoptions?
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley Жыл бұрын
Ah! DID she write another novel? I remember researching the documentary and picking up the tantalising hints that she may have completed another manuscript and that Charlotte may have suppressed it. Tantalising! Thanks so much for watching, Tim
@johnroche7541
@johnroche7541 Жыл бұрын
@@MrTBrearley We will never know how Emily would have developed as a novelist but her one & only novel "Wuthering Heights" was an absolute masterpiece and it would have been extremely difficult to follow it up. As you know some modern novelists have taken s great novel from English literature and have either written a prequel or sequel to it. Have you read "Nelly Dean" by Alison Case which is her prequel to "Wuthering Heights"? It is a clever concept just like "The Wide Sargossa Sea" was a prequel to "Jane Eyre".
@cornelisjacobus2083
@cornelisjacobus2083 Жыл бұрын
Please note that we can only assume that Nelly tells Lockwood the truth about Heathcliff and Catherine.
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley Жыл бұрын
What a very good point - thank you for making it. It made me reflect that Emily Bronte could almost be credited with creating the modern idea of the unreliable narrator with the many layers within the novel. Thanks for watching, Tim
@heatheralice89
@heatheralice89 Жыл бұрын
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your kind emojis! If I could find one representing 'take a bow' then I'd send it...
@stevec1192
@stevec1192 3 ай бұрын
The poem No Coward Soul would seem to fly in the face of the ‘heretical’ version of Emily promoted here. It doesn’t even get a mention.
@richardlopez2932
@richardlopez2932 Жыл бұрын
I remember hearing the names of the Bronte sisters years and ages ago but I never really read any of them. I've recently stumbled upon them again by way of the Almighty KZbin and its forever unerring strategy of recommendation that never tells me about video games and safety-surveillance over and over and over again, and now I'm thinking of seeing if I can find a copy of Wuthering Heights anywhere. Even if it is meant for girls and that I'm a boy.
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley Жыл бұрын
Hi Richard, I think you may find Wuthering Heights works for boys as well as girls! Would be interested to know your reaction if you do give it a go. Thanks for watching, Tim
@jenrutherford6690
@jenrutherford6690 Жыл бұрын
So like so many exceptional people, Emily was batshit crazy.😂
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley Жыл бұрын
"To be normal is the ideal aim of the unsuccessful!" (Carl Jung). I just offer the thought.....! Thanks for watching, Tim
@patriciajrs46
@patriciajrs46 Жыл бұрын
It's intetesting, people's views of Ms. Bronte. I never had to read that book, and didn't want to, once I heard all of the reviews. Far too deep and abstract.
@markhodgson2348
@markhodgson2348 8 ай бұрын
Very interesting opinions 🤔
@rubabmirza4354
@rubabmirza4354 2 ай бұрын
Emily wasa great writer
@pamtufnell6751
@pamtufnell6751 Жыл бұрын
I had my first kick from my daughter when I was pregnant in the graveyard at howarth
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley Жыл бұрын
Wow. That must have been a moment!
@josephinemiller68
@josephinemiller68 10 ай бұрын
I’m sure the death of her mother and sisters as well as the experience at school contributed to some of her cynicism and darkness seen in her writing cited here in this documentary. It is ironic because what becomes of them is so tragic.
@carolinemacrae6227
@carolinemacrae6227 5 ай бұрын
Emily and Charlotte both were very pleased when their brother accepted God as his redeemer on his death bed. They cried for joy. Perhaps Emily was not a heretic but capable of thinking her own way to god. You have to rebel to find your way to the truth firsthand. She believed in contuwtion of life, hence the ghosts hunting but Perhaps she was struggling with human hypocrisy as the Church only believed in men's importance znd that the world was very young. She took as she found the bible was written by humans that were as flawed as they are now.
@wudangmtn
@wudangmtn Жыл бұрын
Unwise is the wayfarer that traverses the moors on a full moon.
@מרגריטהרוזנשטיין
@מרגריטהרוזנשטיין Жыл бұрын
Спасибо. Замечательно.
@creolelady182
@creolelady182 Жыл бұрын
Their father out lived his children
@simonschreyer4559
@simonschreyer4559 6 ай бұрын
Gosh, Clare Barrett is ravishing. Can't take my eyes off her, her features are somewhere between Alexa Chung and Patricia Arquette.
@denovo3949
@denovo3949 Жыл бұрын
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley Жыл бұрын
Thanks - glad you enjoyed it, Tim
@ronnyskaar3737
@ronnyskaar3737 16 күн бұрын
My cat got something to think about.
@pamtufnell6751
@pamtufnell6751 Жыл бұрын
I also love Emily Dickinson's poetry
@LawrenceBottorff
@LawrenceBottorff Жыл бұрын
Of course, as do I. They go together. Keats and Poe are their footmen.
@jlg375
@jlg375 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic book. But just a book. A musing of a woman who wanted to set herself free from God. Heaven is heaven, hell is hell. There is no changing that.
@tenorsfan7492
@tenorsfan7492 5 ай бұрын
kudos to all you say but surely Emily's main theme is, "Don't be a bitch like me." The daughter learns but the mother didn't. Read Mrs. Leavis.
@LawrenceBottorff
@LawrenceBottorff Жыл бұрын
Runway Emily. LOL!
@feliciemignon4107
@feliciemignon4107 Жыл бұрын
*Nelly
@EmilyGloeggler7984
@EmilyGloeggler7984 Жыл бұрын
Not surprising that family was corrupt and warped - their father was a false teacher.
@AdDewaard-hu3xk
@AdDewaard-hu3xk 7 ай бұрын
?
@lola.44.77
@lola.44.77 Жыл бұрын
Charlotte had a dubious character...
@feliciemignon4107
@feliciemignon4107 Жыл бұрын
"Nemmy Dean to tell us the truth"... Seriously?
@MrTBrearley
@MrTBrearley Жыл бұрын
Fair point! That slipped through in the script writing and shouldn't have done. She's a fascinating character in her own right and almost an early version of the unreliable narrator.
@AdDewaard-hu3xk
@AdDewaard-hu3xk 7 ай бұрын
You don't even get her name right.
@jhje1139
@jhje1139 Жыл бұрын
One f*ng thing about Britain: They gave to the world: the Bronte Sisters, Jane Austin, Elizabeth I, yes, much to my chagrain: Thatcher!!!; the suffragettes, Agahat Christie, Princess Diana, okie okie Betty II, Julie Christie, the spice girls, Victoria Beckham (ok she is an spice, but..); NAOMI CAmpbell; Jane Austen, Miranda Hart!(of course there are many more, but, for now, my enebriated mind is all I can ....AMY Winehouse!!
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