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The Little Professor posts an interesting review of The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Brontë by Syrie James:

We are once again in the midst of a minor spurt of Brontë-inspired fiction. Syrie James' The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Brontë (2009) purports to be Charlotte's "lost" retrospective journal, mostly penned while she thinks over Arthur Bell Nicholls' marriage proposal. While there are some flashbacks, the narrative deals primarily with the period after 1845, when Nicholls arrive, and ends (after, of course, the necessary setbacks) with Charlotte and Arthur enjoying a blissful marriage and lots of passionate sex. (Read more)

Brontëana has also posted about it:

This novel is especially appropriate for someone who is not familiar with the circumstances of life in the Bronte family as the first two chapters include enough biographical details to set anyone up for what is to come.

Another interesting post today on the blogosphere comes from Vulpes Libris who makes a summary and personal evaluation of several Wuthering Heights film and TV adaptations:

The trouble with turning Wuthering Heights into a film, or a television serial, or even a radio play is that it’s just so – well – improbable. It works fine on the printed page when your own imagination provides the dramatis personae, scenery, props and vocal delivery, but transfer it to the screen and you immediately hit a snag. It’s encompassed by Harrison Ford’s famous complaint to George Lucas: “You can write this shit George, but you can’t say it.” (Moira) (Read more)

Precisely, Media Research Asia announces that Wuthering Heights 2009 (.. factual imagining.. also has a post about the original locations) is available on one of the new pay-on-demand channels of the platform Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel), British Drama (CH318) (by the way, Jane Eyre 2006 also appears in their selection). The Russian blog ДраКонья Прерия posts briefly about Wuthering Heights 2009. Associated Content has an article about literary and film pilgrimages which includes some Brontës of course, the San Antonio Sex and Relationships Examiner posts about romance novels and mentions Wuthering Heights. El Gabinete del Dr. Mabuse reviews Jane Eyre 1944 (in Spanish) and Kirjanurkkaus posts about Agnes Grey.

Categories: Agnes Grey, Books, Fiction, Jane Eyre, Movies-DVD-TV, Wuthering Heights