In the meantime...

While more reactions on the first episode of the new Wuthering Heights keep on coming, we can't overlook other Brontë mentions which, granted, don't abound these days.

The Telegraph reminds us that the lot in which Charlotte Brontë's dolls' house is included is being auctioned at Christie's today and tomorrow:

The house, complete with its miniature furniture and dolls, is one lot in a two-day auction of the private collection of antique dealer Roger Warner, whose shop in Burford, Oxfordshire, attracted an impressive list of visitors and customers including Queen Mary, Princess Margaret, Walt Disney, Peter Ustinov, Bruce Chatwin and the Mitford sisters during its 50 years of service between 1936 and 1986.
The Christie's auction, which also features a piece of lace torn from a church altar by Oliver Cromwell and a desk chair used by William Wordsworth, has attracted 150,000 visitors to the online catalogue - the highest ever for a sale.
Arranged inside a cabinet, the George II four-room "baby house" dates back to 1750 but is said to have been redecorated by Bronte during summer 1839 when she worked as a governess for the Sidgwicks, a wealthy family living at Stonegappe in Skipton, Yorkshire.
Mr Warner is thought to have paid around £400 for it in 1974, and its auction guide price is set for between £5,000 and £8,000.
Andrew Waters, Christie's' director of private collections and country house sales, said: "I am not aware of any other recorded item that has been decorated by Charlotte Bronte, which gives this piece a unique and charming personal connection with such an iconic figure." (Aislinn Simpson)

We are quite curious as to what price it will finally fetch.

The Badger Herald reviews Sam Savage's Firmin and comments on one of its Brontë connections:

But it is also in this bookstore where Firmin, the youngest of 13 rat babies, begins to satisfy both a physical and mental appetite for literature and knowledge. After eating a great many of the books (“Jane Eyre,” “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” and “Huckleberry Finn,” to name a few) housed in the store, the protagonist’s inquisitive nature bests him, and he begins reading these very novels with a voracious appetite. (Sarah Probst)

Not all blogs talking Brontë are buzzing about Wuthering Heights 2009: Rosebud in Niles, for instance, talks about a previous screen version of the novel: Wuthering Heights 1939. And both Williams and Livet enligt Sofie (in Swedish) enthuse about Jane Eyre, the novel.

Categories: Books, Brontëana, References