Top Literature Spots in England
| November 3, 2015
The Brontë Parsonage Museum and Haddon Hall (Brontës)
Up by Leeds, you can find the Brontë Parsonage Museum, a historic home done up as it would have been when the Brontës lived there. This is a wonderful place to learn more about the Brontë sisters’ lives, works, and surroundings.
If you’re a fan of Jane Eyre, consider going south to Haddon Hall in the Peak District. This location was used as Thornfield Hall in several versions of the movie, and is considered by some to be the actual manor that inspired Charlotte Brontë’s setting. As you wander the rooms and grounds, it’s easy to imagine a brooding Rochester angsting about his wife hidden in the attic.
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