Incredible sophistication and emotional depth

Lucasta Miller, who is one of the five judges of this year's Man Booker Prize, speaks to BBC News:

Bookers aside, what one novel do you have a close relationship with?
Probably Jane Eyre. It's an absolutely extraordinary novel. I wrote a book about the Bronte sisters [The Bronte Myth] because I'd always admired Jane Eyre so much.
It withstands re-reading, if you want to read it as an escape it's got that slightly fairytale aspect to it. But it's also got such incredible sophistication and emotional depth. Charlotte Bronte has such a strong individual voice.
With the Booker I think that would be one way of summing up what we were looking for: Writers that had a strong individual voice. (Tim Masters)

Lorrie Moore's A Gate at the Stairs is once again likened to Jane Eyre, this time in The Buffalo News.

In her new novel’s Tassie Keltjin, Moore has created a highly intelligent but naive young woman—on her own for the first time and, like a modern-day Jane Eyre, seeking work as a “childcare provider.” (Karen Brady)

Bookslut brings up the 'angel in the house' in a review of Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House.

Virginia Woolf came up with this idea of “The Angel in the House.” Women, up through the Victorian Era were expected to exist solely in the domestic realm as sweet angels who did what they were told: shut-up, keep house, and help their men be the best they can be. And who can forget Jane Eyre? Thinking she’s hearing the moans and screams of a ghost, Jane eventually discovers her boyfriend’s current wife walled up in the attic! And what does Jane do? She marries the guy. Predictable! There’s a similar trope happening here in The Haunting of Hill House -- except the spirit that beckons to Eleanor is no angel. Perhaps Jackson is trying to warn women not to place all their eggs in the domestic basket: the foundation and shelter you stand upon can contribute to your downfall. (Jessica Ferri)

We must say that we find it a little disturbing to see Rochester referred to as Jane's 'boyfriend'.

The Augusta Chronicle editorial is about sequels and wonders,

How about a sequel to Wuthering Heights, where Catherine and Heathcliff magically come back to life and run away together?

To which one of the commenters replies:

Oh god, if they make a Wuthering Heights sequel it needs to be along the lines of "Pride and Prejudice: and Zombies" or "Sense and Sensibility: and Seamonsters"... I can see it now.. "Wuthering Heights: and Werewolves". Seriously though, Emily Bronte SUCKS. This is one of the more bizarre editorials ya'll have thrown out here. I like.

Of course, there are already a few sequels of Wuthering Heights not to mention the fact that Wuthering Bites is on its way. Oh, and Emily Brontës does NOT suck.

The London Evening Standard has an article on the latest Heathcliff, Tom Hardy, and a few comments discuss his performance.

Also the magazine RománTicaS, in Spanish, featured Jane Eyre on its July-August issue. The magazine can be read online.

Before we move onto other blogs, we must first introduce Northern Ballet Theatre's very own blog, where things concerning their Wuthering Heights are posted, such as the latest working casting.

Steph & Tony is reading Jane Eyre and Alita Reads writes about the 1983 adaptation. Yellowroses and Just my imagination post about Wuthering Heights in French and Portuguese respectively.

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