If Charlotte Brontë had read the Scum manifesto

The Guardian highlights some of the forthcoming novels for 2008. Among them, one that has been already mentioned on BrontëBlog:

Justine Picardie's Daphne (Bloomsbury, March) investigates Daphne du Maurier's fascination with the Brontë sisters' reprobate brother Branwell, in a literary mystery of stolen manuscripts. (Justine Jordan)

The Oklahoman best TV bet for this weekend is the PBS re-airing of Jane Eyre 2006:

SUNDAY
BEST BET
•"Masterpiece Theatre,” 8 p.m., OETA-13.
Did you swoon over Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy in "Pride and Prejudice”? Meet Toby Stephens, whose portrayal of Mr. Rochester in this four-part "Jane Eyre” drew raves. Ruth Wilson gives an equally inspired performance as Jane, the plucky orphan he hires as a governess, in what many are calling the best screen take on Charlotte Bronte's classic. Even if Toby's not your type, you'll enjoy it.

The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reviews the best theatre seen in the Twin Cities area and Alan Stanford's Jane Eyre at the Guthrie Theatre is mentioned:

Outstanding play, larger theaters: Director Peter Rothstein and his cast sharpened Noel Coward's wit in "Private Lives," which bested a provocative "Merchant of Venice" -- both Guthrie productions -- and an incisive "Speed the Plow" at the Jungle. Honorable mentions to "Jane Eyre" and "The Glass Menagerie" at the Guthrie. (Tom Wallace)

And well, we have another Brontë mention in an article by Tanya Gold in The Guardian. Yes, the same person who wrote this and this. It's a pity that Charlotte Brontë gets mixed into this article where Ms Gold plays the missing link between Valerie Solanas and Bridget Jones.

Why does the loneliness never end (© Charlotte Bronte 1855)?

We don't know if Tanya Gold is quoting from Charlotte Brontë or - as is her wont - just making fun of her. In any case it's quite improbable that Charlotte Brontë would have written such a thing in 1855, months into her happy marriage and shortly before her death.

On the blogosphere, Bokmania talks about the upcoming airing of Jane Eyre 2006 in Sweden among other Brontë-related Swedish stuff, CataRomance interviews author Michelle Douglas who chooses Emily Brontë as one of her favourite writers (for her passion). O Muro das Lamentações briefly discusses Wuthering Heights in Portuguese. Girlebooks reviews Anne Brontë's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall:

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is a story that will stay with you, perhaps requiring subsequent readings. Another common theme among reviewers was astonishment that such an accurate portrayal of marital strife should come from a young woman who never married. (Laura McDonald)

My temporary tree posts a beautiful picture inspired by Wichrowe wzgórza, i.e. Wuthering Heights in Polish.

And finally, a post from The Victorian Peeper about Joshua Cawthra, the Man with Handel on His Monument. Its author, Richard Wilcocks, former chairman of the Brontë Society and current editor of the Brontë Parsonage Blog.

Categories: Art-Exhibitions, Books, Branwell Brontë, Brontëites, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Movies-DVD-TV, References, Theatre, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Wuthering Heights