“In the darkness of my dreaming
the light of you will stay.”
R. Ryan, If I Could Be Where You Are
To every person of good will who contributed to this site, helping me carry the lamp of memory about Ewa throughout the ‘dark night of the soul’ — I thank you from the bottom of my heart — in particular:
- Professor Grażyna Bystydzieńska from the Institute of English Studies of the University of Warsaw — for her kindness, empathy, time devoted to me, help in collecting a lot of valuable information, and heartfelt patronage over the whole project.
- Jakub Niedziela — for constant and invaluable support, translation of texts into English, calligraphy of the logotype, help in preparing Ewa’s book for publication, and for creating a spiritual space where thoughts about Ewa can be shared like daily bread.
- Barbara Sobczyńska — for meeting the challenging mission of creating one-of-a-kind artwork for the website and the cover of Ewa’s doctoral dissertation, thus making her their unique Heroine.
- Director of the Institute of English Studies, University of Warsaw, Professor Agnieszka Piskorska — for good will and declared readiness to publish Ewa’s doctoral dissertation by the Institute.
- Ms Dorota Traczewska and Ms Dr Lucyna Krawczyk-Żywko from the research group From Queen Anne to Queen Victoria — for donating three volumes with Ewa’s articles, and for the heartening words that worth their weight in gold.
- David Robertson from Brontë Adventures — for his kindness and help in fulfilling the idea of a bench with a plaque commemorating Ewa in magical Haworth, and for his great enthusiasm in promoting the works of her life.
- All media Patrons: Jacqueline Banerjee of Victorian Web, Clare Stainthorp of the British Association for Victorian Studies, Lucyna Krawczyk-Żywko of From Queen Anne to Queen Victoria Research Group, Małgosia of Pozdrowienia z Polski, Mr Adrian Piontek and Mr Dariusz Kowalski of internet bookstore Poltax, Mr Mariusz Dyszczyński of MD Creative, David of Brontë Adventures in Haworth and Stanbury, Górowianka.
- Professor Anna Kędra-Kardela and Professor Katarzyna Molek-Kozakowska — for sharing two articles by Ewa.
- Publishers and Editors listed in the Articles section — for permission to publish Ewa’s texts online on this website.
- Justyna Madeła (Karczmarczyk), Joanna Taraszkiewicz, Katarzyna Winiarska-Dudek, Aleksandra Stańczyk, Joanna Melon — for sharing and permission to use Ewa’s photos.
- Magda — for being my Good Spirit.
Małgorzata Ewa Skibińska
translated by Jakub Niedziela