http://www.wikio.com/search=Jane Eyre Wikio - Jane Eyre http://www.wikio.com/search/Jane+Eyre?rinfoid=63071587 Alex Clark will have a double Proust to go, please, and no cake… Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:22:27 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Jane+Eyre?rinfoid=63071587 2008-07-04T23:22:27Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Jane+Eyre?rinfoid=62917729 Dear Readers, Last month we received an unusual request at Dear Author. We were asked to review something other than a book — a DVD set called “The Romance Collection: Special Edition.” The 14 DVD set, which can be found here, retails for $99.95 and contains nearly 30 hours of programming (not [...] Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:00:31 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Jane+Eyre?rinfoid=62917729 2008-07-03T17:00:31Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Jane+Eyre?rinfoid=62829796 First, from the double trademark infringement department, there’s Excel®RainMain®, who says: Whether it’s your homework, day job, or just a new idea, let the Excel Rain Man make your life easier! Submit a Request, inquiries are free! (see How it Works for further details) Pay for homework service? For a fee, I’ll read your lit homework [...] Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:09:30 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Jane+Eyre?rinfoid=62829796 2008-07-02T16:09:30Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Jane+Eyre?rinfoid=62667605 A couple of new audiobook releases by Tantor Media Audiobooks: Includes Bonus eBook Containing the Full Text of the Book JANE EYRE By Charlotte Bronte Narrated by Wanda McCaddon This classic story shows how a young woman can overcome adversity and find true happiness. It is a story of passionate love, travail, and final triumph. 15 Audio CDs (Retail UnikeepL Pkg) EAN: 9781400106356 15 Audio CDs (Library BinderL Pkg) EAN: 9781400136353 2 Mp3-CDs (Retail SlimlineL Pkg) EAN: 9781400156351 April 2008 — 18 hrs 30 min MP3 Audio Sample Includes Bonus eBook Containing the Full Text of the Book WUTHERING HEIGHTS By Emily Bronte Narrated by Anne Flosnik Set amid the wild and stormy Yorkshire moors, Wuthering Heights, an unpolished and devastating epic of childhood playmates who grow into soul mates, is widely regarded as the most original tale of thwarted desire and heartbreak in the English language. 11 Audio CDs (Retail Unikeep Pkg) EAN: 9781400106882 11 Audio CDs (Library Binder Pkg) EAN: 9781400136889 2 Mp3-CDs (Retail SlimlineL Pkg) EAN: 9781400156887 July 2008 — 13 hrs Categories: Audio-Radio , Jane Eyre , Wuthering Heights Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:31:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Jane+Eyre?rinfoid=62667605 2008-07-01T22:31:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Jane+Eyre?rinfoid=62571378 What was the 28th now the 29th Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:48:02 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Jane+Eyre?rinfoid=62571378 2008-07-01T08:48:02Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Jane+Eyre?rinfoid=62569452 My friend/colleague Elliot recently did the exercise over on his blog and I thought I’d follow suit. The rules are: 1) Look at the list and bold those you have read. 2) Italicize those you intend to read. 3) Underline the books you LOVE. 4) Strike out the books you have no intention of ever reading, or were forced to [...] Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:40:08 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Jane+Eyre?rinfoid=62569452 2008-07-01T08:40:08Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Jane+Eyre?rinfoid=62507738 Publishers Weekly reports some details about Syrie James's new book , The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Brontë: AVON (from Harper-Collins) Secret Diaries of Charlotte Brontë (January, $13.95) by Syrie James reveals the passionate soul of Jane Eyre 's author. 40,000 first printing. The East African (Uganda) has an article on the internet (it is rather a pre Web 2.0 kind of article preaching about the dangers of too much information) which the professional web surfers will find all too familiar: It starts with the innocent “googling” of such big topics as Imperialism, Loss, Memory and Art. Soon you are on Rudyard Kipling and Blues music, then to Jungle Book and animation. You are attracted by the personality of Sher Khan, the tiger, but rather than reading the link on Wikipedia, you are seduced by that drawing of Mowgli and the Tiger done by Rudyard’s father, John Lockwood Kipling. Really, was Rudyard’s dad that good an artist? You open a window on him, then recall that Emily Bronte’s novel, Heathcliff, has a Lockwood in it. ( David Kaiza ) The Michigan Daily talks about summer reading. The description of The Time Travelers's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger closes with this gratuitous and quite absurd comment: The novel is touching without being too sappy, tragic while somehow uplifting and never irritating for its strange, sci-fi premise. And, honestly, it's a lot less trouble than Charlotte Bronte. ( Ben Vanwagoner ) The Telegraph & Argus publishes an article about Rubina Khan founder of Yarn Spinners Tours which is expanding its business: Rubina is adding new tours to her regular programme. She recently successfully organised her first bus tour based on literary shrine Haworth for a group of Bronte enthusiasts from Ireland. ( Chris Holland ) The Orange County Register interviews Micca Hecht, who was able to get a perfect SAT score and offers her advice: I read a lot of books and write down words that I don't know and look them up. In context, they stick a lot better. Out of the books I read, Jane Eyre had the most SAT words. My favorite study guide was the Barron's SAT workbooks which I used to work on speed. Speed is really important. Elizabeth Gregory writes on Suite101 on Nelly Dean's realiability as a storyteller in an article worth reading. Kate reads books talks about discussing The Tenant of Wildfell Hall at her book club and Les livres chez Miss Cece reviews Jane Eyre in French. Categories: Books , Haworth , Jane Eyre , The Tenant of Wildfell Hall , Wuthering Heights Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:46:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Jane+Eyre?rinfoid=62507738 2008-06-30T17:46:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Jane+Eyre?rinfoid=62484598 Shatnerian tagged me (he tagged me on Facebook, what’s that all about'). The following is a list compiled by the BBC of books we’re supposed to have read. Bold means I’ve read it, underlined means I love it and italics (red) means I started it but didn’t finish. 36 is part of 33 so I’m not [...] Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:47:50 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Jane+Eyre?rinfoid=62484598 2008-06-30T12:47:50Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Jane+Eyre?rinfoid=62251965 An alert from Salem, Oregon. From The Salem News : The Theatre of Light's Student Theatre Ensemble, a community children's theater, will present "Broadway in Salem" with songs and scenes from favorites including "West Side Story," "Beauty and the Beast," "Narnia," and "Jane Eyre," 3 p.m. matinee, St. Peter's Episcopal Church, St. Peter Street, Salem. Dinner Theater at 7 p.m. on Saturday and 4 p.m., matinee on Sunday, June 29. mag08066@gmail.com or 978-922-3092. Categories: Jane Eyre , Music , Theatre Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:23:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Jane+Eyre?rinfoid=62251965 2008-06-27T23:23:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Jane+Eyre?rinfoid=62083795 The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reviews (very) briefly Wide Sargasso Sea 2006 DVD : Less sensational than the 1993 film version, "Sea" manages to be sensual and harrowing as Antoinette descends into madness. You'll never guess what is mentioned in a new review of the Arena Stage's performances of The Mystery of Irma Vep : The three men [Patrick Noonan, Brad dePlanche and John Helsinger], describe the show as a comical blend of such films as "Rebecca," "Wuthering Heights," "Jane Eyre" and "Gaslight," along with such horror films as "The Mummy" and "Dracula. ( Jay Handelman in the Sarasota Herald Tribune ] [Brad DePlanche] noted further that Ludlam's work depends heavily on Daphne DuMaurier's novel Rebecca as a source of satire. "People will recognize passages that are almost directly lifted from Rebecca , Jane Eyre , Wuthering Heights " -- and classic poetry by Lord Byron and Percy Shelley. And he thinks that the play has a serious subtext: "Of course, we want you to laugh; and it's primarily a laughfest. But what we're hoping is that on some level, every bit of humor comes from a very truthful place. ... We're really hoping that you will see three-dimensional, fully fleshed-out characters that have feelings, and hopefully we'll evoke some feelings in you." ( Mark E. Leib in Creative Loafing Sarasota ) Playwright Charles Ludlam has borrowed liberally from the classics of the genre. Principal among these is Hitchcock's "Rebecca," but there are also touches of "The Hound of the Baskervilles," "Wuthering Heights," "Count Dracula" and films like "Gaslight" and "The Mummy's Curse." ( Lucia Anderson in the Fredericksburg Free-Lance Star ) Catherine Townsend writes in her column in The Independent about the wonders of a drama-free relationship: I feel that I'm in a dilemma: I've read way too many love stories that involve conflict, and this one seems far too easy. But thinking about it, how many of those ended happily? In Wuthering Heights both of the main characters ended up dead, and Jane Eyre only got her man after he was blind and broke. But the other Independent , the Irish one, carries an article about just the opposite. Why women love bastards... sorry, bad guys. Guess who is mentioned: Of course, we have seen this for generations reflected on the big screen -- villains we can't help loving, like Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights, Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind, hell, even Mr Big in Sex in the City. ( Siobhan Cronin ) Another radically different columnist, John Mark Reynolds on the On Faith Newsweek blog also happens to mention Jane Eyre: If passion is what you want, read "Jane Eyre". It is my "borrowed" book, since my wife had to force me to read it. Because she loved it, I opened it out of love's obligation and haven't stopped reading it since.Jane is an antidote to at least two diseases. The book helps those for whom love is a fever justifying wickedness and those who are too cold to know love's importance. Against both excess and defect, Jane posits a romantic vision which hasn't stopped teaching me yet. Ecataromance interviews Penelope Marzec who can be classified as Brontëite: What authors inspire you? PM: I get inspired by well-written books–and in my search for entertaining reads I often try new authors. (...) However, I continue to read some very old novels and find them delightful. My favorite book will always be Jane Eyre. Much Madness is Divinest Sense has read Wuthering Heights. History and Women posts about Charlotte Brontë. The Seacost of Bohemia reviews Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea. We have no idea what this Vietnamese post says about Jane Eyre. Finally Suite101 begins what they announced as The first in a series looking at Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights: this article looks at the context of the novel's publication and provides an overview of the plot. ( Elizabeth Gregory ) Categories: Brontëites , Jane Eyre , Movies-DVD-TV , References , Theatre , Wide Sargasso Sea , Wuthering Heights Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:55:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Jane+Eyre?rinfoid=62083795 2008-06-26T16:55:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Jane+Eyre?rinfoid=62069544 This is a 2006 BBC production of the erotically charged novel by Jean Rhys. A "prequel" to Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre," it features Timothy Spall as the young Englishman Edward Rochester, who travels to Jamaica in the 1830s to find his fortune. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:42:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Jane+Eyre?rinfoid=62069544 2008-06-26T16:42:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Jane+Eyre?rinfoid=61886310 Film.com reviews the recent DVD edition of Wide Sargasso Sea 2006 : I don't care what anyone says, Wide Sargasso Sea is Jane Eyre fan fiction. Literary critics can play up Jean Rhys's classic 1966 novel however they want: it's a critical re-imagining, it's a feminist takedown, whatever. It can be all those things, it can be a great novel, but it's still fan fiction. And now it's been made into a second movie (the first one was in 1993), a made-for-the-BBC affair that aired in 2006 and is just out on DVD from Acorn Media. And "affair" is a good word for it: it's a very sexy adaptation of the tale of the doomed romance between Edward Rochester -- yes, Charlotte Bronte's Mr. Rochester -- and Antoinette Cosway in steamy, exotic Jamaica in the 1830s. He's the handsome second son of an aristocratic family forced to make his own way in the world; she's a beautiful heiress with a fat dowry just waiting for some down-on-his-luck second-son aristocrat to come along and take it. After some of the ol' hot-'n'-heavy and a few brief moments of happiness for the sad, innocent, dreamy, Antoinette, can there be anything other than disaster in the making? You've guessed, haven't you? Antoinette is the first Mrs. Rochester, the madwoman of Thornfield, of course. And Wide Sargasso Sea is the story of how Rochester, the cad, betrayed her and drove her mad (though she might well have been halfway there on her own already), how she ended up being called Bertha, and other deliciously melodramatic Jane Eyre goodness. Oh, sure, there is indeed all sorts of modern reevaluation of such cultural conundrums as British colonialism in the Caribbean, with a feminist overtone of marriage as a kind of colonialism, and that's all fine and good and lets you pretend you're enjoying this for its high-mindedness. But honestly, we just want to know how Antoinette goes mad, and if there's some good sexy bits along the way, so much the better. Rebecca Hall (she plays the title character in Woody Allen's upcoming film Vicky Cristina Barcelona) as Antoinette is spectacular, drifting through the movie in her nightgown like a specter of herself. Rafe Spall (Hot Fuzz) as Rochester makes a wonderful bastard. And the pair of them have some pretty hot chemistry early on, but it gets even more intriguing later, once their romance starts to fall apart, and then it's all spitting and hissing at each other. Metaphorically speaking, of course. These folks are British, and this is a British production. There's no actually spitting or hissing. There's a lot of groaning, though. Enjoy. ( MaryAnn Johanson ) Publishers Weekly highlights something curious. Wuthering Heights in a retailer mail order catalog: While I don't exactly live on an Anthropologie-friendly budget, I do sometimes browse the sale rack of the retailer known for its off-beat, elegant clothing inspired by vintage wear, and I do thumb through their mail order catalog whenever one arrives. Their May catalog took me by surprise this year because several pages of it had a "Summer Classics" theme in which EVERY photo showed a female model doing what? READING! And one page in each of five reading-themed spreads includes a quote from some famous work of literature ( Breakfast at Tiffany's , The Awakening , Mrs. Dalloway , Wuthering Heights , Ethan Frome ). ( Alison Morris ) The quote from Wuthering Heights (the final paragraph) can indeed be found in the page 29 of the May catalog . More Magazine recommends Justine Picardie's Daphne for this summer: Based on the life of Dame Daphne du Maurier (author of the gothic classic Rebecca ), the story opens in 1957, when the 50-year-old novelist's marriage is failing. On the verge of a breakdown, she focuses totally on her work, researching the life of Branwell Bronte, tormented brother of the famed literary sisters. The novel simultaneously follows two other protagonists: an editor of the Brontes' manuscripts and a grad student working on a thesis about du Maurier's life. Merging fact and fiction, all three narratives come together brilliantly in the end. ( Carmela Ciuraru ) Book Reviews and Author Interviews interviews Ruth Sims . Another Brontëite: When growing up, did you have a favorite author, book series, or book? Ruth Sims: I detested Shakespeare in school but fell in love with his tragedies when I got out of school and read them on my own. I’ve always loved the works of John Steinbeck, the Bronte sisters, Jack London, Thomas Hardy. Weltanschauung goes beyond Terry Eagleton's Marxist reading of the Brontës and publishes a Marxist interpretation of Wuthering Heights. By Moon and Candlelight has read the novel. Off and Running and Pitite Nou (in French) post about Jane Eyre. Finally Linda Lister's blog presents her chamber opera How Clear She Shines! (2002) like this: How Clear She Shines! (2002) Music by Linda Lister Libretto by Linda Lister based on the writings of Anne, Emily and Charlotte Brontë. Narrated by Charlotte Brontë, How Clear She Shines! is a chamber opera celebrating the accomplishments of her sisters' writings and recounting the tragedies of their early deaths. Charlotte pays tribute to Anne and Emily and also reveals her own strength of character and sisterly devotion. Categories: Books , Brontëites , Jane Eyre , Movies-DVD-TV , Music , Opera , References , Wide Sargasso Sea , Wuthering Heights Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:47:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Jane+Eyre?rinfoid=61886310 2008-06-25T09:47:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Jane+Eyre?rinfoid=61871105 I stole this from coldclimate . The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed. Here are mine - anything in bold I've read: 1. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen 2. The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien 3. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte 4. Harry Potter series - JK Rowling 5. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee 6. The Bible (I've read the Children's Illustrated, does that count') 7. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte 8. Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell 9. His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman 10. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens 11. Little Women - Louisa M Alcott 12. Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy 13. Catch 22 - Joseph Hellier (I've read about 2/3rds) 14. Complete Works of Shakespeare (okay I haven't read every single play and sonnet but I've read the majority so I'm counting it) 15. Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier 16. The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien 17. Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks 18. Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger 19. The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger 20. Middlemarch - George Eliot 21. Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell 22. The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald 23. Bleak House - Charles Dickens 24. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy 25. The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams 26. Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh 27. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky 28. Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck 29. Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll 30. The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame 31. Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy 32. David Copperfield - Charles Dickens 33. Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis 34. Emma - Jane Austen 35. Persuasion - Jane Austen 36. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis (isn't this included in 33?) 37. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini 38. Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres 39. Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden 40. Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne 41. Animal Farm - George Orwell 42. The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown 43. One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez 44. A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving 45. The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins 46. Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery 47. Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy 48. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood 49. Lord of the Flies - William Golding 50. Atonement - Ian McEwan 51. Life of Pi - Yann Martel 52. Dune - Frank Herbert 53. Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons 54. Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen 55. A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth 56. The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon 57. A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens 58. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley 59. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon 60. Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez 61. Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck 62. Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov 63. The Secret History - Donna Tartt (I own this but haven't read it) 64. The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold 65. Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas 66. On The Road - Jack Kerouac 67. Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy 68. Bridget Jones' Diary - Helen Fielding 69. Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie 70. Moby Dick - Herman Melville 71. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens 72. Dracula - Bram Stoker 73.The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett 74. Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson 75. Ulysses - James Joyce (I think I read the first chapter and then gave up) 76. The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath 77. Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome 78. Germinal - Emile Zola 79. Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray 80. Possession - AS Byatt 81. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens 82. Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell 83. The Color Purple - Alice Walker 84. The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro 85. Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert 86. A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry 87. Charlotte's Web - EB White 88. The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom 89. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 90. The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton 91. Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad 92. The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery 93. The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks 94. Watership Down - Richard Adams 95. A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole 96. A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute 97. The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas 98. Hamlet - William Shakespeare (again, isn't this part of 14? Stupid list) 99. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl 100. Les Miserables - Victor Hugo 54! I am chuffed with that. Although I did do a degree in reading so it's no surprise really. Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:11:30 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Jane+Eyre?rinfoid=61871105 2008-06-25T09:11:30Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Jane+Eyre?rinfoid=61801933 I don’t care what anyone says, 'Wide Sargasso Sea' is 'Jane Eyre' fan fiction. Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:43:17 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Jane+Eyre?rinfoid=61801933 2008-06-24T17:43:17Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Jane+Eyre?rinfoid=61724430 Classical Comics , which as we have been publishing will publish a Jane Eyre comic adaptation this fall prepares also a Japanese version: Against the tide of Japanese inspired graphic novels hitting western shores, Classical Comics have signed a deal with Ittosha Incorporated of Japan to translate and publish their series of graphic novel adaptations of literary classics in Japanese. The influence of Manga on western media art is unquestionable, and the style is hugely popular amongst British teenagers in particular. This trend is not new - even Monet was influenced by Japanese artwork that he saw exhibited in the late nineteenth century. With the popularity of series like Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh! that have helped form multi-media standards amongst today’s youth, it’s easy to see how the Manga phenomenon has taken hold in the UK. Although the word “Manga” is merely the Japanese word for comic book art, it has come to represent a style of drawing, typified by abstract features of large eyes and small mouths, so often seen across the globe in today’s media-rich society; which makes this particular deal all-the-more interesting as it goes against the established east-to-west culture flow. Chairman of Classical Comics, Clive Bryant said, “Our multiple text versions of well-loved classic literature have already proven to be a huge success around the globe, particularly with students and teachers who welcome this vibrant, colourful way of introducing these wonderful books. Language translations are a natural extension to this. Not only are we exporting Great British literature, but we’re also delivering part of our deep culture at the same time. Just as westerners nd the Japanese culture intriguing, we think that there are many people in Japan who will be equally fascinated by our heritage.” Terumasa Hirano, Chairman and Executive Editor of Ittosha Inc. added, “When we first came across the Classical Comics range, we immediately saw the potential for a Japanese translation. While the artwork is very different to what we see over here, that is part of their appeal and helps to deliver these famous stories. " Ittosha Inc will launch the winter 2008 season with the first two Shakespeare books in the series: Henry V and Macbeth. Jane Eyre (Brontë), Frankenstein (Shelley), Great Expectations (Dickens), and A Christmas Carol (Dickens) will follow, as will all of the titles published by Classical Comics in the UK and the US. Greater Kashmir publish an article about the reliability of narrators in literature. The author of the article knows his Brontës: For example a Nelly Dean of Wuthering Heights, the novel by Emily Bronte, is unable to understand fully the relationship between Heathcliff and Catherine. She is so prejudiced towards Cathrine that she once remarks while catherine is ill: “She is fainted or dead I thought so much the better. Far better than she should be dead than lingering a burden and a misery maker to all about her”. It is the ideology of Nelly Dean that prompts her to voice her feelings like that and she does not understand Cathrine and Heatcliff (sic) the way we do. (...) Charlotte Bronte was once asked why she and her sisters resorted to pseudonyms. She replied that it made their work the focus of attention of a critic rather than their personal life which amounts to true literary criticism. ( Tanveer Ahmad ) Près de la plume... au coin du feu talks about Wuthering Heights (in French). Incurable Logophilia reviews The Professor: The novel stands on its own. Taken as a whole, I didn’t find The Professor as well-constructed as Jane Eyre, nor its main characters as fascinating – but broken up into scenes and ideas, it’s a wonderful study. And its supporting cast are quirky and wonderful – Mr. Hunsden, Mlle Reuter, Mr. Pelet. I could see a lot of Rochester in Hunsden. Categories: Comics , Jane Eyre , The Professor , Wuthering Heights Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:27:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Jane+Eyre?rinfoid=61724430 2008-06-24T06:27:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Jane+Eyre?rinfoid=61518366 The Times carries an article about literacy levels in Scotland and use a Charlotte-to-Charlotte reference: Rankin has pointed out that he spent much of his childhood reading comics, and it wasn’t until he was older that he progressed to books. But there doesn’t seem to be a great deal of thought about how to encourage children to make the transition from Charlotte Church to Charlotte Bronte. ( Gillian Bowditch ) The Huddersfield Daily Examiner proposes a quiz to their readers with a non-trivial Brontë question: Which English county was Maria Branwell, mother of the Bronte sisters from? ( Phil Brown ) The answer at the end of this post :p. The San Antonio Express-News carries an article about the signs of social decay through the ages. The author seems to have read his Brontës: The barbarized court of the Lower Roman Empire would have made Caesar Augustus throw up, and I doubt if the fictional Jane Eyre could stomach some social gatherings today. ( T.R. Fehrenbach ) Diário de Nordeste (Brazil) interviews Spanish writer Rosa Montero. Her book Historias de Mujeres appears in Brazil: Retornando no tempo, você escreveu sobre as irmãs Brönte (sic). Elas também foram capazes de tomar as piores atitudes? São outros exemplos de mulheres fascinantes e de vidas terríveis, acometidas por doenças, falecidas muito jovens. Mulheres geniais, fortes, ambiciosas, complexas. Também gosto de pessoas assim: com certeza foram capazes de cair em erros e paixões, como todos nós, mas não são totalmente obscuras. ( Google translation ) Le Devoir has an article (just for subscribers) about Charlotte Brontë and Jean Rhys's possible points in common: En cherchant un peu, on peut trouver des points de similitude entre les oeuvres de Jean Rhys et de Charlotte Brontë. Ces mondes littéraires, séparés par le temps et la géographie, se rejoignent en partie par la sensibilité exacerbée de leurs créatrices. ( Google translation ) ( Gilles Archanbault ) Le Figaro discovers another Brontëite. French actress Virginie Ledoyen: Elle dévore aussi avec passion les sœurs Brontë, Henry James, Edith Wharton, Virginia Woolf, et se verrait bien, en bonne fan de Tanizaki et de Mishima, finir ses jours à Kyoto, en vieille femme hantée par la présence éblouissante du Pavillon d’or. ( Google Translation ) ( Justine Foscari ) The Belgian Weekend interviews Cécile Ladjali whose latest novel Les vies d'Emily Pearl is compared to the Brontës. Davesdistrictblog posts a nice picture of Haworth's churchyard. Poethead's Weblog discusses Wide Sargasso Sea. In Which our Hero discusses Geraldine Fitzgerald's performance as Isabella in Wuthering Heights 1939. Answer: Cornwall. Categories: Books , Brontëites , Haworth , Jane Eyre , Movies-DVD-TV , References , Wide Sargasso Sea , Wuthering Heights Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:50:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Jane+Eyre?rinfoid=61518366 2008-06-22T08:50:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Jane+Eyre?rinfoid=61454094 Howard Jacobson remembers in The Independent a personal anecdote using Jane Eyre in order to make his point: For me to appear in public with my face unwashed, let alone my tie askew, was a disgrace not to be borne. Imagine Jane Eyre being forced to do a stint lap-dancing at Stringfellows and you will have some idea of the moral revulsion I experienced. Only I was primmer than Jane Eyre. Today's Zaman reminds us of the figure of the Turkish singer Zeki Müren and describing her cinematographic career slips this Jane Eyre reference: It is interesting that people in Greece, for example, know one of Müren's best-known songs, " Beklenen Şarkı " (The Long-awaited Song), by heart. So coming across a radio recording of this famous Müren composition brings about nostalgia. One instantly remembers the Jane Eyre-esque scenes in the 1954 film of the same name in which Müren sang this song. The film was the story of a young musician (acted by Müren) becoming famous through the help of a wealthy woman. Caitlin Moran begins her review of Snowdon and Margaret: Inside a Royal Marriage (Channel 4) for The Times like this: When I was 13, I made one of the biggest changes of my life. I switched my literary tastes from the romantic novels of the 19th century (Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, Shirley, Anna Karenina, Far From the Madding Crowd) to the shagging novels of the 20th century (Valley of the Dolls, Bitch and, in particular, the almost literally seminal works of Jilly Cooper). At the time, I thought that I was making a gigantic mistake, vis-à-vis my formative conceptions of the outside world. In my previous reading matter, I had been dealing with raw, human emotion and struggle - albeit with a higher proportion of house fires and drownings than one would normally expect in the lifetime of a single, unfortunate governess. Associated Content has a brief essay about Christian Religion in Jane Eyre, The Dragonfly Workshop and Sunnybrook Farm Designs have read Jane Eyre and share a few thoughts on it. Editor Eric is not very impressed by Wuthering Heights. Musings from a Muddy Island reviews Justine Picardie's Daphne . Frisbee discusses Rachel Ferguson's The Brontës Went to Woolworths. Categories: Books , Jane Eyre , Movies-DVD-TV , References , Wuthering Heights Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:31:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Jane+Eyre?rinfoid=61454094 2008-06-21T08:31:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Jane+Eyre?rinfoid=61435655 Posted earlier this week was a picture of Tom Jane in full costume as Jonah Hex, an upcoming DC Comics adaptation of the supernatural Western series. However, the Punisher actor is not involved in the project it seems, as he personally contacted Film School Rejects with the following statement: “Yeah, the pic is real all [...] Sat, 21 Jun 2008 07:58:34 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Jane+Eyre?rinfoid=61435655 2008-06-21T07:58:34Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Jane+Eyre?rinfoid=61413583 Life's a talent contest. Darwin told us that, though I suspect we knew it well enough already. "In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment." Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:00:01 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Jane+Eyre?rinfoid=61413583 2008-06-20T23:00:01Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Jane+Eyre?rinfoid=61341217 Scholar and non-scholar journals: THE (SLAVE) NARRATIVE OF JANE EYRE Julia Sun-Joo Lee Harvard University Victorian Literature and Culture Published online by Cambridge University Press 12 Jun 2008 In Imperialism at Home, Susan Meyer explores Charlotte Brontë's metaphorical use of race and empire in Jane Eyre. In particular, she is struck by Brontë's repeated allusions to bondage and slavery and wonders, “Why would Brontë write a novel permeated with the imagery of slavery, and suggesting the possibility of a slave uprising, in 1846, after the emancipation of the British slaves had already taken place?” (71). Meyer speculates, “Perhaps the eight years since emancipation provided enough historical distance for Brontë to make a serious and public, although implicit, critique of British slavery and British imperialism in the West Indies” (71). Perhaps. More likely, I would argue, is the possibility that Brontë was thinking not of West Indian slavery, but of American slavery. “AN INFERNAL FIRE IN MY VEINS”: GENTLEMANLY DRINKING IN THE TENANT OF WILDFELL HALL Gwen Hyman Victorian Literature and Culture Published online by Cambridge University Press 12 Jun 2008 Drinking was a serious preoccupation for mid-century English Victorians, and Anne Brontë's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is a novel sodden with drink. This startlingly explicit novel is a troubled and troubling anatomy of upper-crust drunkenness, obsessed with issues of control and productivity, of appetites and class, as they play out across the body of its prime sot, the wealthy playboy Arthur Huntingdon. In telling her drinking tale, Brontë is doing more than simply crafting a prurient morality story, meant to scare drinkers straight. Arthur's fall into the bottle is emblematic of the increasingly untenable role of the landed gentleman in Victo rian culture, and the dire consequences of his appetites suggest the possibility of a radical social revisioning across that gentleman's prone, overstuffed body. The Reader Issue No 30 I Live and Write June 2008 includes Readers Connect is reborn with a panel of five readers giving us their ratings for Anne Brontë’s The Tenant of Wildfell Hall . Not to be missed. Which judge will turn out to be the Simon Cowell figure? Categories: Journals , Scholar Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:06:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Jane+Eyre?rinfoid=61341217 2008-06-19T22:06:00Z