The reliability of Lockwood

The Seattle Times publishes an interesting article about the (un)reliability of narrators in fiction. Lockwood in Wuthering Heights is listed:

(...)And what about more traditional, earthbound narrators? The voice-equivalents of sensible shoes? What good, if any, are they?

Take Lockwood, the narrator of Emily Brontë's "Wuthering Heights." As a new tenant of surly "Mr Heathcliff," he grows deeply curious about the troubled household his landlord presides over. So he snoops around and gets the scoop from servant Mrs. Dean, who got it from her mother, who used to be ...

But the details aren't important here. The thing about Lockwood is: He hardly matters, except as a quiet lens through which to watch the story's operatic characters act out larger-than-life emotions that most of us will experience only vicariously. (Michael Upchurch)

Jane Eyre is narrated by the (very :P) reliable Jane, OpenDoorDesign gives you the chance to download a pdf of Jane Eyre with a nice design:

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Jane Eyre Design by Melissa Dos Santos

Some days ago we introduced Ancsa's blog where she displayed her artwork related with the Brontës and specially Jane Eyre. Now we have noticed her new blog, in Hungarian, entirely devoted to Jane Eyre: theatre, movies, the last BBC series, Paula Rego... Check it here.

Finally, a couple of Brontë-related posts in the blogosphere: Ratty Blue Stockings is reading and enjoying Lucasta Miller's The Brontë Myth and withoutreason12 has seen the 1996 version of Wuthering Heights. Her comments are not very positive.

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