All the Single Ladies: Love and Independence

Being single — whether it's a temporary identity or permanent — is valid life choice, but it doesn't often feel that way in our society. Living a romantic life can mean being part of a couple, and also includes being unpartnered, child free, parenting a pet, and falling in love with yourself. Some brave real life artists and fictional characters of the 19th and early 20th century managed to create this type of life, and while you shouldn't need to be a courageous soul to pull it off, these romantic stories and movies about their lives are encouragement to live our lives out loud.

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Movies/Shows

The pace of this movie is glacial at first and the frames and acting very mannered, but you quickly fall in love with Cynthia Nixon as Emily Dickinson in A Quiet Passion.

The Brontë sisters Confidential! Tarnish and all.

This is a very corny trailer from way back in the early 90s but it really sums up the Edith Wharton story well.

My Cousin Rachel is all sorts of suspenseful and intense and Rachel Weisz is utterly compelling in her role as an independent widow trying to find her way in 19th century England.

A Quiet Passion and the real Emily Dickinson

Wild nights — Wild nights! Emily Dickinson's love life

Of course if you're lucky you can visit the Brontë parsonage in Haworth.

What Edith Wharton taught me about marriage