Funny Jane

Barbed Lyre is maintaining an interesting discussion on Jane Eyre. Check it out, it's worthwhile:

- I didn't quite remember how funny the book is -- although I think it's sort of more Charlotte Bronte being funny than Jane Eyre being funny, the way Esther Summerson is funny beyond what we sense as her capacity. But Jane is amusing, too. (...) (Read more)

The last post is focused on some of the readings mentioned in Jane Eyre: The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia by Samuel Johnson (a favourite of Helen Burns) and Walter Scott's Marmion (a favourite of Charlotte herself).

Summer Glau, ex-Firefly and upcoming Sarah Connor in The Sarah Connor Chronicles, reminds us one more time about her Jane Eyre passion. This is what she said at the Comic-Con 2007:

Glau laughed as an audience member asked about all the "ass-kicking" roles she plays, such as River and now Sarah Connor's Cameron. She said "I came to L.A. thinking I would do Jane Eyre!" and said her dance background had served her well when it came to fight scenes. (Eric Goldman)

On a shorter note: Pamela Roller interviews Pamela Kinning/Sapphire Phelan, author of Iridescent Invasion. She names Emily Brontë as one of her influences. NovelReviewer briefly comments Villette. The Dewey Divas and the Dudes talks about Jane Eyre 1944.

Categories: Brontëites, Jane Eyre, Movies-DVD-TV, Villette