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Monday, November 26, 2007

Jane Eyre borrowing from Family Guy

Monday, November 26, 2007 3:59 pm by Cristina in , , , , , ,    5 comments
A couple of sites from Down Under bring news of the reception of Jane Eyre 2006 as the first two episodes were broadcast yesterday. The Sydney Morning Herald reports it as having had 890,000 people glued to their TV sets. Lorem Ipsum Dolor Sit Amet, a blog, writes an interesting, insightful review on it.

The Times (South Africa) interviews artist Frances Goodman, who is asked about her favourite book.
What is your favourite book?
That would have to be books, plural. Ian McEwan’s “Atonement”, “Skin” by Joanna Briscoe, Patrick Suskind’s “Perfume”, “Wuthering Heights”.... That’s only scraping the surface; there are many books I love.
Risky Regencies talk to author Syrie James, who has just released her book The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen. She reveals a little more about her forthcoming project.
What's next for you?
I’m busy maintaining my website at http://www.syriejames.com/ … and I'm researching and writing my next book for Avon: a love story for Charlotte Brontë (another one of my favorite writers.) As you can imagine, I’m having a fantastic time “being” Charlotte!
The Dramatic Surgeon adds Jane Eyre: the Musical to its Broadway Gems list. This very encouraging review includes a brief background, several clips, links to lyrics of his favourite songs and not-so-subliminal hints to recommend getting the CD, something we happily endorse.

Also interesting is Vdesigns' post on creating a new edition of Wuthering Heights as an assignment, taking care of everything from text-formatting to the cover design. We must say that we wouldn't hesitate to give this 'new edition' - at least its cover - top marks.

Colours of Life writes about a visit to Haworth and includes info on the place, the siblings, the novels, etc. And Los Libros de Vanadis reviews Jane Eyre - the novel - in Spanish.

Let's finish with a smile, or just plain laughter. E Block Raiders has made up a synopsis of Jane Eyre with bits and pieces taken from the Wikipedia article on Family Guy. A random quote:
Jan…Air
stay-at-home…teacher
well-intentioned … collar worker.
wealthy Protestant socialites
Mr…Rho…sche…stern
who lusts after
overly submissive domestic behaviour
their relationship quickly turns into a traditional marriage
Do read the whole thing!

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5 comments:

  1. Anonymous11/26/2007 05:53:00 pm

    I love Frances Goodman's taste in books! She names three of my favourite books: Atonement (I love McEwan's work); Suskind's Perfume is a great read, and of course our very own Wuthering Heights!

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  2. Anonymous11/26/2007 08:57:00 pm

    a love story for Charlotte Brontë

    And after that...The Very Secret Diary of Virginia Woolf. ;-)

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  3. Anonymous11/26/2007 09:08:00 pm

    Tattycoram - I must hang my head in shame at Wuthering Heights being the only book Ms Goodman and I have in common. But Atonement has been tempting me for ages now though.

    Mags - That would be a good one. We were just laughing out loud at a possible title such as 'Gaskell and Dickens - more than friends?' (when the truth is, Mrs Gaskell didn't like him much, but you know how these things get construed).

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  4. Anonymous11/27/2007 11:09:00 pm

    I'm actually trying to figure out why Charlotte "needs" a love story. All things considered, she would have been better off remaining an old maid!

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  5. Anonymous11/28/2007 12:03:00 am

    Oh, I suppose people are found to be more interesting when they have some big love story to 'tell'. She actually doesn't "need" a love story - more or less romantic she definitely had one at least.

    It's a controversial subject but I'm glad Charlotte decided to get married and died happy. But it obviously saddens me that her life was cut short. But who knows what would have happened had she remained an old maid.

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