Emily Brontë's fashion week

First of all, we must lament once again that Jane Eyre didn't get to carry home one more awards: the PGA Award.

The book So Spirited A Town. Visions and Versions of Liverpool by Nick Murray is reviewed in The Independent. Heathcliff's origins are again mentioned:

Murray quotes liberally from other writers who visited or lived in the city: a surprisingly varied lot. Emily Brontë's Heathcliff was brought as a boy from the city, "speaking an incomprehensible gibberish". (William Palmer)

The New York Daily Mail covers the Fall 2008 Fashion Week taking place in New York and - not surprisingly anymore - Wuthering Heights is a useful, cultured resource:

Tracy Reese brought on the drama big-time. Set against a "Wuthering Heights" backdrop - cliff, clouds and all - Reese staged a dark and stormy show. Misty blue prints gave way to bright, rich florals on circle skirts, off-shoulder expansive frocks and heavily sequined tops. Blazers and jackets were cropped high in shimmering jewel tones. Staging aside, Reese's forecast is anything but gloomy. (Colin Bertram)

We're still waiting to see someone really follow Emily's 'I-wish-to-be-as-God-made-me' style by launching a line which includes big gigot sleeves and white dresses with lilac lightning and thunder patterns.

The Irish Times interviews Andrew Trimble, rugby player and theology student. He's interestingly described as

The man can quote Scripture like old Joseph in Wuthering Heights, but he manages to sound conversational in doing so. (Keith Duggan)

See, that's something good ol' Joseph never did quite accomplish.

The Guardian reveals singer Laura Marling is a Brontëite, and the girl sure knows what she's talking about.

She gets a lot from books; her favourite authors are Jane Austen and the Brontës. "They're always made out to be so sweetly romantic, but they're not - they're brutal. I love the way you can fall in love with a piece of literature; how words alone can get your heart doing that." (Jude Rogers)

Hear, hear!

DVD Verdict reviews the Val Lewton: Man in the Shadows collection, which includes I Walked with a Zombie, which - as you know - borrows elements from Jane Eyre.

As for blogs. Both Brandizzle Reads and El Corazón de la Coloquíntida (in Spanish) review Wuthering Heights. And Dreams and Memories brings to our attention a nice 1907 edition of Jane Eyre.

Categories: Books, Brontëites, Movies-DVD-TV, Weirdo, Wuthering Heights