Brussel

Sue Lonoff is the editor and translator of Charlotte and Emily Brontë's "Belgian essays" – their French "devoirs" written under the direction of their Brussels teacher M. Heger, who was to be so important to Charlotte's personal and literary development.

Charlotte and Emily reacted very differently to Heger's teaching. Sue Lonoff will compare some of their essays and consider the influence of their Brussels studies on their future writings.

Sue Lonoff is a member of Harvard University's continuing education division. Apart from the Belgian Essays, her Brontë publications include Approaches to Teaching Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights (co-editor), and she has also written on Wilkie Collins and Marguerite Yourcenar.