Everyone is miserable and crazy

Few Brontë mentions on the net today:

The Oregonian reviews Maureen Adams's Shaggy Muses:

"Shaggy Muses" is readable and interesting but has a somewhat scholarly tone. It's not brimming with sentiment, but it is full of facts and insights. Adams goes beyond the superficial and provides real information. (Deborah Wood)

Wet Asphalt recommends Douglas A. Martin's Branwell: A Novel of the Brontë Brother:

Soft Skull Press is currently experiencing a financial crisis. As a result, they're offering their entire catalog at 40% off.
If you'd like to take advantage of this, may I recommend Branwell: A Novel of the Brontë Brother by Douglas A. Martin? Full disclosure: Martin was my writing teacher at the New School; in fact he's the best writing teacher I've ever had. Branwell is a lyrical and beautiful novel, biographical fiction done in a sparse, almost poetic style. It's a novel in the tradition of Marguerite Duras, gradually building character and mood out of striking images, unattributed interlocutors (which often seem to be within Branwell's head) and startling juxtapositions of sentences and words that speak volumes. (Eric Rosenfeld)

Christina from book-o-rama has alerted us to this entry on Tripping Toward Lucidity where the author has finally read Wuthering Heights (at the fourth attempt!) and liked it!:

Yes, the "Everyone is miserable and crazy," bit is a fair assessment of this novel, but it really is worth the read in spite of the miserable horribleness. In all honestly, what would a Victorian, gothic, creepy novel be without crazy people? (...) Emily Brontë had quite the deft hand for storytelling even if her subjects were a bunch of nutters. (Andi)

Wuthering Heights is also the subject of this post in Meine Bücher, albeit in German.

Categories: Books, Branwell Brontë, Wuthering Heights