HAL 9000's favourite novel

It's been a while since we heard anything about Peter Webber's Wuthering Heights (supposedly starring Gemma Arterton and Ed Westwick). Variety reports something in connection with this production:

Spain's film and TV company Vertice 360 will merge its two distribs, Notro and Manga, to create Vertice Cine. [...]
At the American Film Market, Vertice bought romantic comedy "The Baster," which stars Jennifer Aniston, from Mandate Intl.
Other recent acquisitions include Rodrigo Garcia's "Mother and Child," bought from WestendFilms; Massy Tadjedin's Keira Knightley starrer "Last Night," which is sold by Gaumont; and Peter Webber's "Wuthering Heights," sold by HanWay Films. It has also acquired Aniston romancer "Love Happens," directed by Brandon Camp. (Our bold) (Emilio Mayorga)

The BBC has just announced a new series to be broadcast in the Spring: The Secret Diaries Of Miss Anne Lister.

Anne Lister, 1791-1840, was a Yorkshire landowner, industrialist, traveller and diarist.
She was a lesbian, who, despite needing to keep her orientation secret from society at large, in private defied the conventions of her times by living with her female lover.
Anne Lister kept a detailed account of her life, her loves and her emotions in a fascinating and painfully honest four million word journal.
A sizeable portion was written in code and the recent deciphering of these diaries provides an astonishing insight into the life of the woman who has been called Britain's first modern lesbian.
Anne Lister's remarkable diary and her truly extraordinary life form the basis of The Secret Diaries Of Miss Anne Lister. [...]
Janice Hadlow, Controller of BBC Two, adds: "This is the world of the Brontes, with an unexpected twist".

There's more than just that mention to perhaps connect Anne Lister and the Brontës. Emily's teaching period at Law Hill might or might not have made them at least remotely acquainted with each other (the degree of acquaintance varies from speculation to speculation). Nothing is actually known except for the fact that Law Hill and Shibden Hall are not very far from each other.

Also, a few years ago Brontë Studies included an article that traced parallels between Anne Lister and Charlotte Brontë's Shirley.

To conclude with the Brontës-on-screen section, The Austin Chronicle reviews the film An Education:

It seems all girls have their moment to undergo a certain education, and the woman who teaches them about Jane Eyre and Mr. Rochester may know that better than most. (Marjorie Baumgarten)

The Meath Chronicle talks about Fiona Melady's new single, Love in the Movies:

Composed, arranged and produced by Fiona, it is an upbeat song with a killer hook. As the title and refrain suggest, it is a rose-tinted spectacles scenario about perfect love that we are led to expect from watching the classics on the big screen, from 'Casablanca' and 'Dangerous Liaisons', to 'Wuthering Heights' and 'Gone with the Wind'. (John Donohoe)

The Daily Weekly - a Seattle Weekly blog - looks into the Kindle read-aloud feature:

Even though it's incongruously creepy to hear an 19th-century Victorian novel like "Jane Eyre" read by HAL from 2001: A Space Oddysey, it's still an improvement over the current technology. (Caleb Hannan)

The Frisky has an article 'in defence of Twilight'.

I never wanted to see perfection—I wanted someone gawky and in love with Wuthering Heights and Shakespeare. (Erica Maxwell)

Reading Rocks gives and A+ to Jane Eyre and JustAudio2008 has uploaded to YouTube Emily Brontë's poem Come, Walk with Me read by Eve Karpf.

Categories: Books, Jane Eyre, Movies-DVD-TV, Music, Poetry, Weirdo, Wuthering Heights