Posted on Sunday, 30 October 2011

peltthetreewithlaughter: Charlotte and Branwell Brontë’s homemade books. Charlotte and Branwell crafted dozens and dozens of these little (4x5-cm) books. Since paper was expensive back in the day, they made the books by sewing together scraps of newspaper lying around the house. One of the best things about the books is the handwriting, which is so small that you need a magnifying glass to read it. Some books have short stories inside, like Charlotte’s “The Poetester,” about an aspiring poet who tries to off one of his critics after a bad review. Others are parodies of popular Victorian literary magazines. Have you ever babysat for a 12-year-old who spent his free time making 2-inch replicas of The New Yorker, complete with cartoons and a 12-year-old’s “Talk of the Town”? Me neither, but that was basically Branwell Brontë. (via Tiny DIY Books by Victorian Tweens | The Hairpin)

peltthetreewithlaughter:

Charlotte and Branwell Brontë’s homemade books.

Charlotte and Branwell crafted dozens and dozens of these little (4x5-cm) books. Since paper was expensive back in the day, they made the books by sewing together scraps of newspaper lying around the house. One of the best things about the books is the handwriting, which is so small that you need a magnifying glass to read it.

Some books have short stories inside, like Charlotte’s “The Poetester,” about an aspiring poet who tries to off one of his critics after a bad review. Others are parodies of popular Victorian literary magazines. Have you ever babysat for a 12-year-old who spent his free time making 2-inch replicas of The New Yorker, complete with cartoons and a 12-year-old’s “Talk of the Town”? Me neither, but that was basically Branwell Brontë.

(via Tiny DIY Books by Victorian Tweens | The Hairpin)

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    little Brontës were the shit
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    I love this. My sister and I used to do something similar, but with little scrolls of paper rather than a codex.
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