Here, as in Taylor’s 1946 novel Palladian, we watch a hapless orphan girl live out her Jane Eyre fantasy. Stoked by romantic notions, determined to fall in love with the first Mr Rochester who can fog a mirror, Hester Lilly succeeds in snagging the attention of the bored, middle-aged Robert.The Christian Science Monitor recommends books you can read for free:
Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Journal (Ireland) publishes the results of a public poll choosing Ireland’s favourite number 1 single of all time. Number 10 is:
This is often known as a romance novel, but it’s actually a revenge story. The book tells the story of Heathcliff, a rather strange child who is adopted by a family and is later made to be their servant. Eventually, he runs away after being jilted by a lover, and when he returns, he’s obtained wealth and refinement, but also has a burning desire to destroy both of the families he believes has done wrong by him. (Trent Hamm)
10. Kate Bush – ‘Wuthering Heights’We wonder what kind of Brontë biographies (if any) are the ones read by the journalist writing this article for the Diario de Mendoza (Argentina):
Las hermanas Brontë, Charlotte, Emily y Anne, fueron internadas por su padre en una horrible casa de beneficencia cuyas terribles condiciones sanitarias enfermó de tuberculosis a sus otras dos hermanas, Elisabeth (sic) y Marie (sic), quienes murieron muy jóvenes; esta pérdida hizo que las sobrevivientes se refugiaran en la literatura, escapando de los rigores de la época victoriana. (Patricia Rodón) (Translation)
The Brontë sisters in a poor house? Cowan Bridge was terrible indeed, but not a poor house.
The Boston Globe talks about the substitution of the Gideon Bible by Fifty Shades of Grey in an England hotel:
It’s a publicity stunt, of course—Bartholomew was previously a star of “The Hotel,” a British reality show. Apparently there has been a backlash from local churches, and the owners have received angry letters from the United States, where, they say, “people feel much more strongly.”
Even if you don’t quite get the whole “Fifty Shades of Grey” thing, the idea of replacing the Gideon Bible opens up a world of possibility. Maybe with Tolstoy’s “Calendar of Wisdom”? Or, if sexy romance is what you’re after, how about “Wuthering Heights”? “Interview with the Vampire”? “Portnoy’s Complaint”? “Lady Chatterley’s Lover?” (Joshua Rothman)
Il Referendum (Italy) talks about feminism and important women figures in the eighteenth century:
I paesi anglofoni, nell”800, vedono un gran numero di scrittrici donne: è questo il primo momento in cui esse cominciano ad avere successo come romanziere e letterate. Le sorelle Brontë (Charlotte, Ann ed Emily) scrivono dei libri destinati ad essere conosciuti in tutto il mondo e ad arrivare ai giorni nostri. Le protagoniste sono tutte femminili: Charlotte scrive Jane Eyre, Emily Cime tempestose ed Ann (sic) Il segreto della signora in nero. Tutte e tre, nel primo periodo, si firmano con pseudonimi maschili per superare i pregiudizi dell’epoca: esse diventano così Currer, Acton ed Ellis Bell. (Chiara Gagliardi) (Translation)Bloggers Central interviews the novelist Demetra Fisher:
When you go out to the movies, what type of films are you drawn to? Mostly films about human experiences or the trials of life. I am a sucker for romance, so I love epic love stories, especially the classics, like Wuthering Heights, or Pride and Prejudice, but the modern day romantic comedies will entice me as well.
The Briarfield Chronicles explores "Why the Passion is Pure in Charlotte Brontë"; Swiat Rosemary and Kto czyta książki, żyje podwójnie (both in Polish) review Agnes Grey; The Poiesis Journal has rebounded a paperback copy of Wuthering Heights; CineCritique (in French) and kur vaizduotė keliauja (in Lithuanian) review Jane Eyre 2011; Ei vain mustaa valkoisella (in Finnish) reviews Kotiopettajattaren romaani (Jane Eyre in Finnish); A Winning Touch gives away a copy of Wuthering Heights 2011 DVD (deadline in five days).
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