Mrs Rochester returns

The Times quotes the Schott’s Almanac 2008 summarizing the new concepts and key works that have entered the language of politics this year. And Mrs Rochester, aka Gordon Brown (check these previous posts), is mentioned:

Mrs Rochester • description of Brown, coined by Frank Field, and deployed at PMQs by David Cameron. [In Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre, Mrs Bertha Rochester was Mr Rochester’s first wife, whom he kept in secret at the top of his house.]

Newsday reviews The Golden Compass film and finds some Wuthering Heights echoes:

The truth is that "The Golden Compass" is half of a rip-snorting kid's adventure (the first half) in need of a more compelling kid at its center. Dakota Blue Richards, a 12-year-old Brit making her screen debut, is a natural actress with a clean-scrubbed look and an earthy energy that suggests the adolescent Cathy in "Wuthering Heights." Whether she has the magnetism to hold all the pieces of Philip Pullman's complex allegorical scenario in place is another story. (Jan Stuart)

On the blogosphere: Did you know that there's a musical about Branwell? On Christina Croft's blog (its cowriter) you can find some information about it. ricklibrarian reviews Maureen Adams's Shaggy Muses (check our own review here). Book Rater's Literature Reviews talks about Cara Lockwood's Wuthering High.

Categories: Books, Jane Eyre, References, Wuthering Heights