The Wuthering Heights dynasty

The Charlottesville Daily Progress reports an alert for Friday (November 21st) in Charlottesville, Virginia, organised by the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library:

The Literary Masterpiece Book Group will meet 10 a.m. Friday at Gordon Avenue Library to discuss “Agnes Grey” by Anne Bronte.
Call 979-7151 Ext. 211.

Author Pam Rosenthal talks to Risky Regencies about her new book, The Edge of Impropriety. Here's what she says when asked about the models for one of her characters:

RR: Is Jasper also based on a historical figure?
PR: No, not really. I patterned his upper-class prejudices (he initially resists taking money for writing) after Lord Byron; his opposition to the looting of Mediterranean art treasures also after Byron; his extensive Cambridge classical education after, of all people, the Reverend Patrick Bronte (father of Charlotte, Emily, Anne, and Branwell); his intellect after any number of guys I've been attracted to, including my own husband; and his love for his niece on my husband's fantastic fathering skills. While as for his looks (a younger, hotter version of his looks, anyway), I drew inspiration, you might say, from this photo of Daniel Craig from the movie of The Golden Compass, especially the stance, the posture. All-in-all, I think that dreaming up Jasper Hedges might have been the most fun I've ever had creating a romantic hero, and I was gratified that one of the reviewers from DearAuthor.com -- who gave EDGE an A! -- called Jasper her favorite of my heroes. Pretty cool given that he's 47 and sometimes feels his age. Oh, and he also owes a lot to Risky writer Janet Mullany's Adam Ashworth in Dedication, so thanks are in order to Janet.

An impressive combination, that's for sure.

The Toledo Blade has an article on the exhibition Language: The Art of the ‘Comic’ Book, 'an exhibit through Wednesday in the Bryan Gallery at the Fine Arts Center at Bowling Green State University'.

In the early 1990s, graphic novels and comic compilations filled just a few shelves in bookstores. That’s expanded to eight to 10 book cases at Barnes & Noble Booksellers in Toledo, says Jennifer Habrych, the store’s community relations manager.
Subject matter continues to expand, says Habrych, noting new versions of the classics (Wuthering Heights, Moby Dick, Call of the Wild). (Tahree Lane)

We suppose they have in mind the upcoming Classical Comics' edition, slated for early 2010.

Something else in connection with Wuthering Heights. The name of the magazine alone will give the subject matter away: Horse Talk.

Viewed was out of Lovers Knot, the same mare that produced Decency. It also turned out that this mare was a direct female descendent of Wuthering Heights, whose family founded a New Zealand racing dynasty. (Neil Clarkson)

We have indeed heard about this dynasty quite recently too.

A stroll around the blogosphere leaves us with the following: Justine Picardie writes very eloquently about Wuthering Heights. This novel is also the subject - in French - of a post at The L Café, and Mrs Giggles writes about it in connection with the Twilight series. Jane Eyre is reviewed by both A Guy's Moleskine Notebook and Matt's Bookshelf. Simon in England writes in German about Haworth as does - with a picture of the view from Top Withins - Dalesman Editor's Week.

Categories: Agnes Grey, Alert, Books, Patrick Brontë, Weirdo, Wuthering Heights