Dating Jane at a Bal Masque

A Jane Eyre reference in a review of The Sea Captain's Wife by Beth Powning. As read in the National Post:

The dominant sea captain becomes more than a man with a job to do, and something of a metaphor for those dominant men who cannot listen to anyone, man or woman. He therefore will suffer the consequences of his pride, just as Mr. Rochester does in Jane Eyre, just as all those dark brooding men do in women’s romantic fiction. (Katherine Govier)

Simon Heffer's enthusiasm for second-hand bookshops and Victorians is portrayed in this article in The Telegraph. A mention of the Brontës is unavoidable:

Once a writer is adopted by television and given the "interpretative" early 21st-century treatment (as the Dickens brand so often is, and as from time to time happens with George Eliot, Mrs Gaskell and the Brontës), he or she becomes just about comprehensible, in a superficial sort of way.

The Argus Leader writes about memories associated to objects:

On a personal level, items from thrift stores and flea markets have more sentimental value: the copy of Jane Eyre I found at the Guildhall Market in Bath, England, a butterfly pin from a thrift store, a black-and-white cat figurine my grandpa bought at an auction sale. (Bryann Becker)

And the Times & Transcript talks about a teen rebellion act:

Before you commence your gasping and tutting and huffing, let me assure you that this heinous act of revolt was purely accidental. Well, in a sense. In fact, in order to strengthen my assurance that this act was indeed fortuitous, keep in mind that this is coming from a girl whose biggest acts of rebellion in her life have involved eating a Popsicle before supper-time or staying up late to read another chapter of Wuthering Heights. (Tess Allen)

The New York Post's Meet market features

Megan is a 22-year-old college grad who loves Victorian literature. She’s looking for romance that'd make even Catherine of “Wuthering Heights” jealous. (Calla Salinger)

Rabid Doll reviews the latest episode of The Vampire Diaries (S01E11: Bloodlines):

Starting right back where the show left us two months ago, we witnessed the aftermath of Elena’s (Nina Dobrev) car accident. Just as the shadowy figure began to approach, Damon (Ian Somerhalder) arrived in the nick of time. It was a Heathcliff-ian rescue as he ripped off the door of Elena’s car and took her sweepingly into his arms checking anxiously to see if she was okay. (Tiffany Vogt)

Not a charade but a bal masque celebrated in New Orleans featured a Jane Eyre (!):

"Those Famous Words" was the theme of the Krewe of Cleopatra's 37th annual Rendezvous Bal Masque, staged Saturday evening in the Grand Ballroom of the New Orleans Marriott. (...)
Royal Jewels of the court were Ms. Jessie D. Carle, representing "Jane Eyre"[.] (The Times-Picayune)

The Boston Globe mentions Michael Fassbender's attachment to the Jane Eyre project directed by Cary Fukunaga, Caitlin Moran runs with Kate Bush's Wuthering Heights music in The Times, Bookish Banter posts about the original novel and Ballet News interviews Hannah Bateman, First Soloist of the Northern Ballet Theatre still touring the UK with the Nixon/Schönberg Wuthering Heights ballet.

Categories: Dance, References, Weirdo, Wuthering Heights