Emily Jane Brontë (1818-1848) was 27 jaar oud toen ze begon aan Woeste Hoogten, een van de belangrijkste romans van de negentiende eeuw. Drie jaar later was ze dood.  Meer

Nineteenth-century Britons treasured objects of daily life that had once belonged to their dead. The love of these keepsakes, which included hair, teeth, and other remains, speaks of an intimacy with the body and death, a way of understanding absence through its materials, which is less widely felt today.  Meer

Nineteenth-century Britons treasured objects of daily life that had once belonged to their dead. The love of these keepsakes, which included hair, teeth, and other remains, speaks of an intimacy with the body and death, a way of understanding absence through its materials, which is less widely felt today.  Meer