Lake District

The View from Briery Close, where Charlotte Bronte holidayed and met Elizabeth Gaskell.

Charlotte Bronte & Elizabeth Gaskell: Writer’s Edit Abroad

Though Writer’s Edit only got a peek at Briery Close, the estate in the Lake District where Charlotte Bronte (the author of Jane Eyre) holidayed, its significance to the literary world is too great not to note. Charlotte Bronte became interested in the picturesque Lake District after exchanging letters with William Wordsworth, Robert Southey and Samuel …

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Wray Castle, Lake District, UK. Where Beatrix Potter holidayed.

Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost – Writer’s Edit Abroad

With its dipping fells, vast and green open spaces, foreboding mountains and thousands of miles of dry stonewalls, it’s no wonder why the Lake District has played inspiration to some of the literary greats. On our journey here, we wandered through the estates of Beatrix Potter, sat by the lake that moved Wordsworth to write Daffodils, …

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