I take it you are not familiar with the Brontës' collective tendency towards weird race issues, then.

Tom Payne does an awfully good whiny wussy Linton, too. 

Tom Payne does an awfully good whiny wussy Linton, too. 

Made all the more interesting because "Brontë" was originally spelled "Brunty" and was an Irish name.  Emily, Charlotte, and Anne's dad was both a tad pretentious and also interested in putting some distance between himself and his Irish origins, so he changed the spelling to something vaguely Continental. 

Made all the more interesting because "Brontë" was originally spelled "Brunty" and was an Irish name.  Emily, Charlotte, and Anne's dad was both a tad pretentious and also interested in putting some distance between himself and his Irish origins, so he changed the spelling to something vaguely Continental. 

"April in Paris" is wonderfully sweet and happy.  Granted, it's also a short story, so it's a small dose of sweet and happy.

"April in Paris" is wonderfully sweet and happy.  Granted, it's also a short story, so it's a small dose of sweet and happy.

If you want to re-experience AWiT in a really good way, Hope Larson's graphic novel (just came out on Tuesday!) is fabulous.

If you want to re-experience AWiT in a really good way, Hope Larson's graphic novel (just came out on Tuesday!) is fabulous.

She was indeed: http://www.slate.com/articl…

She was indeed: http://www.slate.com/articl…

I was happy to see Tenar show up again later in the series, especially since it seemed as though she had a quiet, pleasant, boring life in between helping to save the world and finally getting it on with Ged.  Lord knows she deserved one, at least for a little while. 

I was happy to see Tenar show up again later in the series, especially since it seemed as though she had a quiet, pleasant, boring life in between helping to save the world and finally getting it on with Ged.  Lord knows she deserved one, at least for a little while. 

Team Arha, all the way.  At age nine, I really needed to read a book with a female protagonist who has that much power but also that much responsibility.  It is probably responsible for a good third of my worries about earthquakes, too.

Team Arha, all the way.  At age nine, I really needed to read a book with a female protagonist who has that much power but also that much responsibility.  It is probably responsible for a good third of my worries about earthquakes, too.

Her short story collections are excellent too.  The Wind's Twelve Quarters has some of her very best stories: "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas," "Semley's Necklace" and "Vaster than Empires and More Slow."

Her short story collections are excellent too.  The Wind's Twelve Quarters has some of her very best stories: "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas," "Semley's Necklace" and "Vaster than Empires and More Slow."

Quite a few WWI veterans (mostly British, but a few Americans) wore masks like his.
 
Apparently, the writers based Harrow's character in part off of this article from 2007: http://www.smithsonianmag.c…

Quite a few WWI veterans (mostly British, but a few Americans) wore masks like his.
 
Apparently, the writers based Harrow's character in part off of this article from 2007: http://www.smithsonianmag.c…

And the stained glass!  And the floors!