Virginia Woolf: There are spirits who never enter the drawing room of public approval, and yet their presence haunts the world more intimately than those who do. Emily Brontë was one such spirit. She did not seek our eyes. She barely sought our understanding. And still, she wrote a book that shook the walls of the English novel, as if the moors themselves … [Read more...] about Emily Brontë’s Secret Sorrows: A Healing Companion Story
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If Lewis Carroll Could Speak Freely: A Tender Rewrite
Christina Rossetti:In a world where logic often fails the soul, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, whom the world knows as Lewis Carroll, crafted a mirror of nonsense so that truth might slip through undetected. He was a man of paradox—mathematician and poet, deacon and dreamer, solitary and beloved.He walked gently beside children, not to teach but to listen—offering … [Read more...] about If Lewis Carroll Could Speak Freely: A Tender Rewrite