"Brontë wrote like a poet, but in prose"

Jacquelyn Mitchard writes on AOL News about the influence of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird and makes the following statement about her personal writing career:

That was when my writing career was new. I never aspired to stand on the steps of the same federal building as Harper Lee. I did think it possible, then, that my work might outlive me. These days, I wonder if I will instead be more like Mrs. Gaskell than Charlotte Brontë.

Well, Gaskell's writings have also most certainly outlived her.

Next (Nigeria) interviews the poet and journalist Eddie Aderinokun:

Further on his poetic influences, he is of the opinion that British poetry birthed Nigerian poetry. He extols Charlotte Bronte, author of ‘Jane Eyre', among many other classic works. "Brontë wrote like a poet, but in prose, he says". (Olushola Ojikutu)

Tom Hardy and Charlotte Riley's alleged engagement invites all kind of Wuthering Heights playwords. The Daily Mail cannot resist the temptation:

This time Heathcliff and Cathy will marry
They were passionate lovers and eternal soul mates as Heathcliff and Cathy in the ITV adaptation of Wuthering Heights – and now actors Tom Hardy and Charlotte Riley are to marry in real life.
The couple, who have been dating for a year, are engaged and have told friends they are already busy planning their wedding. (Katie Nicholl)

Austin American-Statesman recommends watching one of the screenings of Wuthering Heights 1939 at the Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas (see our sidebar):

'Wuthering Heights'
Today, Sunday, July 11 5:00p
at Paramount Theatre, Austin, TX
Laurence Olivier, Merle Oberon, David Niven. Directed by William Wyler. The first of four film versions of Emily Bronte’s classic tale of doomed love in pre-Victorian England, and by far the best. Olivier, at his romantic leading man peak, gives one of his best performances as the brooding Heathcliff.

Karen L Hardison on Bella Online traces a profile of the career of William Hurt stating that "he revitaliz[ed] Rochester in Jane Eyre (Franco Zeffirelli, 1996)". Classic Literature Podcast has yet another chapter of Jane Eyre to be downloaded. Tes and Une Fille, un blog. Et Après? (in French) post about Wuthering Heights and Lune Rambler has uploaded to Flickr a picture of the present location of what used to be Cowan Bridge School.

Categories: Jane EYre, Movies-DVD-TV, References, Wuthering Heights