All about Jane Eyre

Today everything is about Jane Eyre.

About the book. We can read how thrilled the author Catherynne M. Valente is because she has been asked to make a new introduction to a new edition of Jane Eyre by Norilana Books:

Though Ms. Bronte is practically the definition of "needs no introduction," I can't begin to overestimate how honored I am to be asked to do it. This is one of my favorite books, the reason this blog was called The Red Room for a year and a half. I've never been asked to write an introduction before, and this is a Canon book. Feminist canon, western canon, you name it. (...)

And I'll do you proud, O shade of Charlotte, O ghost of Jane, I promise.

We can find on Brontëana pictures of a quite unknown Czech version of Jane Eyre, 1972 Jana Eyrová:

Everyone else has had their names translated, it seems, in this very rare find brought to you by the indefatigable biedroneczka. This adaptation was produced in 1972 in Czech.

Jana Eyrová CSSR 1972
A miniseries in four parts Directed by: Věra Jordánová
Cast: Marta Vancurová - Jana Eyrová
Jan Kačer - Edward Rochester

And all the other news concern the recent BBC Jane Eyre adaptation.

The Guardian highlights it in its 2006 TV Review:

There there has been some excellent drama (Prime Suspect, Jane Eyre, The Line of Beauty, Life on Mars, the aforementioned Dr Who) (Sam Wollaston)

The Times offers you the chance to name your favourite show of the year. And of course there are several mentions to Jane Eyre. For instance, this one:

I would definitely say, without a shadow of a doubt, that BBC's Jane Eyre far outstripped anything on television this year. I would like to congratulate the two leads, Ruth Wilson and Toby Stephens, on their amazing portrayal of the literary icons, Jane Eyre and Rochester. I had never read Jane Eyre but after watching this series, i positively ran to easons to buy a copy and just could not put it down. (...) (Sarah Connolly) (Read more)

And the C19 board is full of new and interesting entries. Here you can find an interesting post by Sandy Welch herself. We highly recommend its reading.

Where did the impetus come from to make Rochester more complex than in the book …? I heard there was ... (Read more)

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