The Independent publishes a selection of extracts from the letters from the
Albin Schram's collection that will be auctioned next week at Christie's. Charlotte Brontë's letter is, of course, quoted:
Charlotte Brontë on critical reaction to her recently published novel Shirley. Letter to her literary adviser, William Smith Williams, dated 9 November, 1849. "I perused all the newspapers attentively. The Spectator and Athenaeum amused me. The critics of these papers are, I doubt not, acute men in their way - theirs is not the shallow weakness of The Observer and the Daily News. But when called on to criticise works of imagination, they stand in the position of deaf men required to listen to music, or blind men to judge a painting. The Practical their minds can grasp; of the Ideal, they know nothing."
More information about this letter in
this post of ours.
The Daily Mail also publishes some information about the collection. But, frankly, no collection can compete with
the illustration that accompanies the article. Charlotte Brontë (in the beautified version of Evert A. Duyckinck, loosely based on George Richmond's portrait) in the company of Napoleon and Newton. Don't you see how Charlotte looks at Napoleon? Is the Daily Mail suggesting something? :P
The Brisbane Times deals with the
Dickens Theme Park. The journalist has some ideas for a Brontë Park:
Or imagine a Bronte World, where Heathcliff and Catherine appear, where panels and films describe the sisters' lives and children are invited to write about or paint the mad woman in the attic. If it brings new readers, it need not provoke a sneer.
Monsters & Critics reviews the recent Jane Eyre 1944 DVD:
Though it loses some portions of the novel, Robert Stevenson’s version of Jane Eyre is still entertaining. It features an interesting performance from Orson Welles and an excellent one from Joan Fontaine. Fox loads up the disc with a delightful selection of special features and comes highly recommended. (Jeff Swindoll)
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