EPISODE · Dec 19, 2025 · 45 MIN
Episode 33 A Conversation with Stephanie Cowell, author of The Man in the Stone Cottage
from Women are Reading: a book club podcast · host Margaret and Katie Roarty
Take a trip back in time to 1844, to the wild and mysterious moors of Yorkshire, England, where Emily, Anne, and Charlotte Brontë begin writing Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall — classic works of literature we still love today. In this episode, author Stephanie Cowell tells us how she came up with the idea for her latest historical fiction novel and what her experiences were visiting the Brontë family home in Haworth, West Yorkshire. Plus, she shares with us how much the publishing industry has changed since the three women first published their work 180 years ago. Also, Katie and I explore how it felt to read a story about the incredible bond of sisterhood — something we know very well.
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Take a trip back in time to 1844, to the wild and mysterious moors of Yorkshire, England, where Emily, Anne, and Charlotte Brontë begin writing Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall — classic works of literature we still love today. In this episode, author Stephanie Cowell tells us how she came up with the idea for her latest historical fiction novel and what her experiences were visiting the Brontë family home in Haworth, West Yorkshire. Plus, she shares with us how much the publishing industry has changed since the three women first published their work 180 years ago. Also, Katie and I explore how it felt to read a story about the incredible bond of sisterhood — something we know very well.
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