Vampires, vampires (or ghosts) ...
As vampire fans thirst for more well-written stories about rebellious men and mysterious forces, they're turning to authors such as Emily and Charlotte Bronte.
“Yes, vampires help sales,” said Elda Rotor, editorial director for Penguin Classics. “In a down economy, the paranormal does well. People want an escape either through literature or movies, and they can find that in the classics as well.”
Last month, Penguin debuted its Couture Classics, a collection of classic books with modern, illustrated covers by Ruben Toledo. The fashion artist redesigned “Wuthering Heights,” “Pride and Prejudice” and “The Scarlet Letter” to make them look edgy and modern. Almost like a piece of jewelry for your bookshelf.
Beyond the cover, readers are finding parallels between “Twilight's” Edward and Heathcliff from Emily Bronte's “Wuthering Heights,” giving the 1847 novel a new audience with teen girls.
“There's something about the classic bad boyfriend,” Rotor said. “Books like `Wuthering Heights' and ‘Jane Eyre’ have complicated love stories that deal with feelings of alienation. These are themes that teens really understand.” (Nina Garin in the San Diego Union-Tribune)
Emily Brontë's "Wuthering Heights," from 1847, had a reference. A housekeeper in the novel suspected Heathcliff of being a vampire. A century-plus of exploiting their neck-biting habits followed. (Douglas Brown in the Denver Post)
Writing a ghost story doesn't mean you're slumming. Many great works of literature are just gussied-up ghost stories: "Hamlet" and "Macbeth," of course, but also "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte and "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. (Julia Keller in the Chicago Tribune)
The
Yorkshire Post talks about
Chatsworth House, one of the locations of Jane Eyre 2006.
Damsel in Distress continues posting about Jane Eyre.
RetroChannelUK uploads to YouTube a scene from
Grange Hill where Justine Dean discusses Wuthering Heights with an airport cleaner.
Welshsoprano has uploaded a performance of the soprano
Holly Hoyoake covering Kate Bush's Wuthering Heights. Finally
Adrian McO-Campbell has uploaded to
Flickr several studies for graphic poster/cover design for Jane Eyre.
Categories: Art-Exhibitions, Jane Eyre, Movies-DVD-TV, References, Wuthering Heights
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