D.H. Lawrence dreams of a naked Rochester

The Keighley News says the recently-auctioned first edition of Wuthering Heights (and Agnes Grey) was acquired by an American collector:

The three-volume book, published in 1847, fetched £163,250 when it went under the hammer last Thursday, at Sotheby’s, in London. The figure — more than double the pre-sale estimate — is the most ever paid at auction for a copy of the classic novel.
The buyer was an unnamed American dealer.
Andrew McCarthy, director of the Brontë Parsonage Museum, at Haworth, said: “In the context of the worldwide recession it seems a lot of money and is quite surprising, but anything associated with Emily fetches that bit more".

Tablet has an article on 'geniuses' for whom inspiration came in their dreams.

Robert Louis Stevenson (genius), Poe (crazy genius), Charlotte Brontë (genius) and D.H. Lawrence (genius-genius) all claimed that dreams fueled the inspiration for their work. (Shalom Auslander)

It saddens us to see that Charlotte is just a 'genius' as opposed to D.H. Lawrence being a 'genius-genius'. By the way, the article is accompanied by a nice creation.

The journalist from The Press and Journal is also reminded of Charlotte Brontë when visiting the Lake District.

Meanwhile, the view that compelled Charlotte Brontë to “to slip out unseen, and run away by myself in among the hills and dales” rolled by like a real-life page-turner that you just can’t put down.

Not quite so right is David Nanto who 'has founded a new community theater company in Littleton called The Present Players, and is conducting open auditions for the company’s debut performance, Cold Comfort Farm'. This is how he describes Cold Comfort Farm to the Lowell Sun:

“It’s based on a 1932 British novel that spoofs both Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights. “There’s lots of physical humor, lots of wordplay,” Nanto said. (Marie Donovan)

It may spoof Wuthering Heights but it spoofs a great many other novels rather more than it does - if indeed it does - Jane Eyre.

The Toronto Star is also unconvinced about Florence and the Machine.

In other words, they all sound the same, aspiring to Wuthering Heights-like emotional portent but defeating themselves by hitting the same, pummeling, high-drama marks again and again, even when they’re trying to be all slinky and simmering like P.J. Harvey on “Girl With One Eye.” (Ben Rayner)

About the PG-13 rating for Jane Eyre 2011, Oh No They Didn't claims that

Apparently in the leaked script online there is a scene with a NAKED ROCHESTER. This means they haven't cut it from the final movie.

On a rather more sober note, The Yakima Herald has an article on speaker Elliot Engel and mentions that he has spoken about the Brontë sisters in the past. Not easy to forget. Nigeria Latest News summarises Wuthering Heights.

On the blogosphere, Jane Eyre is discussed by SophieJoy (together with a couple of lovely pictures), Nyssa's Hobbit Hole and Make-at (in Spanish). Malin Johansson – skriver mycket, läser mer hasn't liked Wuthering Heights (in Swedish). And finally Waldschmidt Book Club posts briefly about Romancing Miss Brontë.

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