South Manchester Book Group: Charlotte Brontë

South Manchester Book Group

We're a friendly and open South Manchester pub-based reading group, and we share a love of books and discussing them with other people. We meet every fortnight, but you don't have to come to them all. It's dead simple; choose a book you like the sound of, read it (or even part of it) beforehand and turn up with a few ideas and money for beer / wine / flirtinis. It's very informal, and we're quite a friendly bunch. We meet at a pub in Didsbury around 8.30 pm, and can usually be found on the table with the books and flirtinis.

We've become rather popular recently so unfortunately aren't accepting new members just at the moment. But please drop us a line on the Contact Us form and we'll add you to our mailing list.

Our reading list, past, present, and future, appears here and a short version of what we’re reading next is here.

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Thursday, 11 January 2024

Villette — Charlotte Brontë

No mockery in this world ever sounds to me so hollow as that of being told to cultivate happiness. What does such advice mean ? Happiness is not a potato, to be planted in mould, and tilled with manure. Happiness is a glory shining far down upon us out of Heaven. She is a divine dew which the soul, on certain of its summer mornings, feels dropping upon it from the amaranth bloom and golden fruitage of Paradise.

This week's book is Villette by Charlotte Brontë and we'll be meeting at Ye Olde Cocke on Wilmslow Road in Didsbury — contact us for details.

Thursday, 12 November 2020

Jane Eyre — Charlotte Brontë

“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.”

Orphaned, Jane Eyre, grows up in the home of her heartless aunt, enduring loneliness and cruelty. Her troubled childhood strengthens her natural independence and spirit — which prove necessary when she finds employment as governess to the young ward of Mr Rochester. As her feelings for Rochester develop, Jane gradually uncovers Thornfield Hall's terrible secret, forcing her to make a choice.

Should she stay with Rochester and live with the consequences, or follow her convictions — even if it means leaving the man she loves ?

This week's book is Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë and we'll not be meeting at The Fletcher Moss on William Street in Didsbury but will be meeting online — contact us for details.

Currer, Acton, and Ellis ... which ~~Bell~~ Brontë is which ? If you're confused our Brontësaurus will offer unquantifiable amounts of help.