Curled up on the Sofa, Reading Wuthering Heights

The Highline Times reviews the performances of Withering Heights in Burien, WA:

"Withering Heights" is an affectionate parody of the beloved novels by Jane Austen and the Brontë sisters. The more you know about their stories, the more you will enjoy this show.
Miss Clarity Fugue (Adrienne Grieco) is a newly-orphaned debutante who finds herself saddled with her late father's (Martin J. Mackenzie) enormous debt. How large is his debt? Well, according to the bankers Mr. Kneckerbreaker (Eric Hartley) and Mr. Sponge (Doug Knoop), it is monumental. World famous. Legendary. Off the charts. You get the picture.
So it is left to Miss Clarity to find a way to live without being sent to debtor's prison. One possible solution is to marry well.
Thus, Miss Clarity and her best friend Darcy (Amber Rack) must insinuate themselves into proper society in order to meet eligible, wealthy gentlemen. Among those they befriend are the dashing Dashwood (Steven Schenck), the quiet Eustace (Brenan Grant) and the handsome but vacuous Janeway (David Roby).
Add to the mix the man-hating Miss Fedora (Laura Smith), Miss Clarity's trashy relatives (Melissa Malloy and Martin Mackenzie) and harmonious musical interludes by the "Jane Austen City Limits Quartet" (J Howard Boyd, Doug Knoop, Megan Krogstadt and Nancy Warren) and you've got a "parody of Victorian proportions."
The Breeders Theater company of actors continue on with their usual fine performances, getting plenty of laughs from the preview audience last Wednesday evening. Adrienne Grieco is the perfect Austenian heroine: pretty, perky, optimistic and long suffering. Knowing that Ms. Grieco is also a fine singer, it was too bad that she wasn't also given a heart-felt solo during the show.
Making his BT debut, David Roby does very well as the comedic leading man Janeway. It isn't easy to play pompousness and willful ignorance at the same time, while making the audience like you. He did.
Special shout-outs go to Amber Rack as the airhead Darcy, to Brenan Grant as the man who cannot finish a sentence, and to director J. Howard Boyd, musical director Nancy Warren and chief playwright T. M. Sell for their fine work. (...)
For a most amusing time complete with comedy, hors d'oeuvres and fine wines, you won't go wrong with an evening of "Withering Heights." (Aya Hashiguchi Clark)

Los Angeles Times talks about Ian McShane and remembers his Heathcliff in 1967:

His signature early role was the darkly mysterious Heathcliff in the BBC's "Wuthering Heights," from 1967. (Scott Timberg)

.... Twilight zone .... where Stephenie Meyer talks about why Edward was named Edward:

Edward was a perfect choice as it belongs to two great literary romantic heroes, Mr Rochester in Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre and Mr Ferrars in Jane Austen's Sense And Sensibility. (Now Magazine)

Endgadget examines the Kobo e-reader ending the article with the following sentence:

So, if the Kobo reader isn't quite the future of reading devices, it's certainly firmly entrenched in the present, with enough likeable qualities at a price point that few could argue with, to keep it on our list of readers we wouldn't mind spending a night at home curled up with on the sofa, reading Wuthering Heights while our significant other plays Red Dead Redemption. (Laura June)

The Berkshire Eagle talks to Lynette Cornwell who transforms old books into purses:

The most popular book title has been "Jane Eyre"; the most often requested but hardest to find, is the hardback version of "To Kill a Mockingbird." The book alone can run $40 to $50, if she can put her hands on one. (Charles Ponenti)

Stephen C. Rose on Associated Content conjectures about why Emily christened her (anti)heroe Heathcliff. Noticias Breves (in Spanish) briefly posts about Jane Eyre and Kristen's World writes about Wuthering Heights. Cristaux de verre reviews Agnes Grey in French. Les Brontë à Paris translates into French Patrick Brontë's poem The Rainbow.

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