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.
Categories: Books, Brontëana, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Movies-DVD-TV, Music, Wuthering Heights
I'm just glad Charlotte isn't considered a crazy genius.
ReplyDeleteI just had to read a post with this title! ;) Am currently doing a DH Lawrence reading challenge (did the Brontës earlier in the year) and "genius-genius", yeah, not sure about that one. He's very good, agreed, but I much prefer the Brontës. They didn't tend to write what feels like the author wanting a philosophical debate but not being able to, so instead forcing his characters to have it on the page, which feels a bit weird.
ReplyDeleteAnd I wouldn't be surprised if he DID dream of a naked Rochester. ;)
I doubt that we'd get to see a totally nekkid Rochester. Maybe the bed-burning scene, he's not just got his shirt loosely opened, like Toby Stephens, but is in bed properly? Now I just want to go and find that leaked script! *cough*