St John Rivers in High School

Victorian and High School values today.

The Daily Mail talks about the so-called Victorian values, a synonymous for celibacy it seems, of writer Julia Wood. Apparently,

While her friends harboured the usual girlhood dreams of a fairy-tale romance and a white wedding, Julia dreamt of being a famous novelist like Charlotte Bronte. (Alice Douglas)

Reading the article we suppose she is a real fan of St. John Rivers.

Some months ago we presented Wuthering High (A Bard Academy Novel), a novel by Cara Lockwood. Now, the second book of the series appears: The Scarlet Letterman. And Heathcliff seems to be still present:

(...)I could deal with the stares. What I can't deal with is the fact that Heathcliff is MIA. I haven't seen him since last semester. This from the boy who told me I was his whole life. The only evidence I have that he exists at all is the necklace he sent me, the one that I wear around my neck.

The necklace reminds me that there's another problem with Heathcliff: He's not even real. He's a fictional character from Wuthering Heights who happens to be stuck in this world. That's right. I'm obsessing about a fictional character from 1847. Where do I start with what's wrong with that? Not to mention the minor detail that him being here at all makes our dimension unstable. Confused? Welcome to my world.

"Is that a new necklace or something?" Hana asks me, as she leans over, catching me fumbling with the locket that Heathcliff sent me. Inside, there's a single piece of a page of the original copy of Wuthering Heights, which is the only thing keeping him in this world, as far as I know. Should it be destroyed, he'd be sent back to 1847. (Read more of this excerpt)

Jasper Fforde meets John Hughes ?

Categories: Books, In the News, References, Wuthering Heights