Brontë Biography and more

Today, December 19, appears on DVD (Region 1, US and Canada) a new edition of the The Brontë sisters documentary, part of the Biography series edited by by A&E Video.

PRODUCT DETAIL:The Brontë Sisters DVD
1 DVD(s) / 50 Minutes

How could a trio of bored country sisters create some of the most dramatic and timeless literature of the 19th century? Who were they and how did such genius arise in the isolation of the English countryside?
This illuminating DVD tells the fascinating story of Emily, Charlotte, and Anne Bronte: three sisters from a tragic family who, between them, wrote some of literature's most enduring classics. Trace their growth from the easily-dismissed early poetry - written under the pen names Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell - to the triumphs of Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre. Discover the unlikely environment that allowed their precocious talents to flourish. Anguish as the sisters' lives prove as tragic and tempestuous as those of the ill-fated characters in their novels.

If you think that "bored country sisters" is, being diplomatic, not very appropriate, wait to read how A&E describes the same documentary that will be aired again next week. If you want to know our opinion, read this post, because this is not the first time it happens. Just pathetic.

Continuing with the misunderstandings, we read the following in an interview to the actress Sarah Parish in The Times:

After two years she got a place in the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts, where she was told by one of the teachers that she wouldn’t get any big roles until her early thirties. Was she right? “Yes. I didn’t make any money, or really have a career as such, until I hit 30, because I looked and sounded a bit more weighty, I suppose. I never got to flounce around in a corset being the lovely little Jane Eyre.” (Louise Cohen)

Lovely? Well, we don't know if this is the adjective that Jane would chose for herself.

If you liked our post on the Brontë samplers and French blogs, you can follow their evolution on these two Tempus Fugit (1) posts (2).

Finally, if you want to include a beautiful video with the best (in the humble opinion of this blogger) scene of the recent Jane Eyre version, embedded on your web, just check this entry by dairygalpal on Dailymotion.

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