The long shadow of the pine tree

It looks like the news of the felled tree has taken the Brontë slot in the news departments today. Many sites relay it but nothing new is added. 24 Hour Museum, though, posts another picture of the tree being felled.

The Chicago Tribune looks at accomplished siblings in the same trades and of course the Brontës get the mention de rigueur.

• Authors Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte. Best-selling writers of their times who have gone on to literary legend: Charlotte ("Jane Eyre"); Emily ("Wuthering Heights"); Anne ("Agnes Grey").

We like the 'best-selling' adjective. While this may be true of the novels, we're sure the sisters wouldn't regard their poetry venture quite in the same light, seeing as they sold - uh - two copies.

With an eye set on Valentine's day, Creative Loafing teaches its readers the art of 'Wooing with wine' while showing off they know their Brontës (not!):

[...] and the sexual tension feels like an Emily Bronte movie when the proper yet horny Brits get steamy under their frocks. (Taylor Eason)

Emily Brontë movie? That must be why she only wrote one novel - she moved on to cinema afterwards and filmed something with that otherwise unrecognisable kind of plot. Our advice? Stick to the wine but please don't try and impress anyone with your knowledge of literature - or cinema for that matter - if it's non-existent.

A few blogs now. Quoi de 9? and Sam's Space (in Italian) do know what they're talking about when it comes to Wuthering Heights. The Paper Drunkards asks which Brontë novel is the best introduction to the works of the sisters (Jane Eyre or Agnes Grey in our opinion. Villette too.). And finally and only slightly Brontë-related: Uncle Ernie's Creature Ink has a post on the illustrations by Fritz Eichenberg for Tales of Edgar Allen Poe, published by Random House in 1944. If you liked his wonderful illustrations for Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights, you might like to look at that post and see more of his artwork.

Categories: Brontë Parsonage Museum, Illustrations, Weirdo, Wuthering Heights