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SUMMARY:Monthly Talk: Helen MacEwan "The Brontës in Brussels"
DESCRIPTION:\n\nThe Brontës in Brussels\n\nSpeaker: Helen MacEwan\n\nDate:
  Tuesday 14 April 2026 via Zoom at 18.30\n\nIn 1842\, a few years before b
 ecoming bestselling authors\, Charlotte and Emily Brontë travelled to Bru
 ssels to improve their French. For Charlotte\, her two years as a pupil an
 d then teacher at the Pensionnat Heger were pivotal for her\, both as a wr
 iter and personally. Life in a foreign city and the influence of her liter
 ature teacher Constantin Heger\, for whom she developed something of an ob
 session\, shaped her intellectually and emotionally and gave birth to two 
 novels\, Villette and The Professor. Drawing on Charlotte’s letters and 
 novels\, Helen MacEwan will look at her experiences in the Belgian capital
  -both positive and negative - and how these fed into her writings.\n\nHel
 en MacEwan is a retired translator and former teacher who has lived in Bru
 ssels for the last 20 years. Shortly after moving to the Belgian capital\,
  she re-read Villette and became fascinated in Charlotte and Emily’s tim
 e in the city and the novels that came out of it. Helen is the author of T
 he Brontës in Brussels and of Through Belgian Eyes: Charlotte Brontë's T
 roubled Brussels Legacy. She has also written the life of Winifred Gérin\
 , the renowned Brontë biographer. Her book Down the Belliard Steps: Disco
 vering the Brontës in Brussels recounts her adventures as founder of the 
 Brussels Brontë Group\, which has been promoting interest in the Brontës
  through talks and guided walks since 2006.\n\nThis talk will take place o
 ver Zoom\, no in person option will be offered. A link will be sent out to
  ticket holders prior to the event with a link to join the zoom live\, and
  a recording of the talk will be provided to all ticket holders a few days
  afterwards. If you are experiencing technical difficulties\, or have not 
 received a link within 24 hours of the event please email us at bookings@b
 rontebirthplace.com.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nTicket price: £6\n\nLink to buy ticket
 s here 
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