A modern Jane Eyre who reads Vogue

The Telegraph and Argus posts an appetizer of the upcoming biography of Patrick Brontë, Father of Genius, by Dudley Green, who recently edited his letters as well. The biography is to be released April 1 (no joking!).

A new biography of the father of the Bronte sisters will be published next month.
Father of Genius is described as the first serious biography of Patrick Bronte for more than 40 years.
Writer Dudley Green believes Patrick, who survived his daughters, was a fascinating man in his own right.
The clergyman was born into poverty in Ireland, won a scholarship to Cambridge and was ordained into the Church of England.
Publicity for the book said Patrick was often portrayed as a forbidding figure. But it adds: "He was an opponent of capital punishment, a supporter of limited Catholic emancipation and a writer of poetry."
Father of Genius will be published by History Press at £20. (Clive White)

After editing his letters, we are confident that Dudley Green has reached the necessary knowledge of Patrick Brontë to try and bring down the persistent myths who blur Patrick's real personality. Legends are hard to eradicate, though.

One more addition to the ever-growing collection of the Brontës and fashion references. From the Daily Mail:

Emma Elwick, Vogue [...]
"I've chosen this shirt-waister for the same reason. For the evening, I'd button it right to the top like a modern Jane Eyre." (Julia Robson)

We wonder, though, whether people think they're being enormously original by linking the Brontës to the latest trends. Are they even aware of what an ordinary remark it actually is?

Three of Charlotte's four novels are discussed in some way or other on the blogosphere:

Arte y Literature has a very perceptive article on Jane Eyre - in Spanish - particularly concerning the first encounter and first conversations between Jane and Rochester. Europrogocontestovision suggests an alternative to the famous 'Reader, I married him' for the cannibal version of Jane Eyre (!). And Doe-eyed critic finds similarities between Laura Restrepo's Delirium and Jane Eyre.

In the Pantry quotes from Shirley when talking about linen presses. And Bribes reviews Le Professeur (The Professor) in French.

Finally, The Pointless Ramblings enthusiastically reviews Wuthering Heights.

Categories: Books, Jane Eyre, Patrick Brontë, Weirdo