The uneducated, self-educated woman

Jamie Bell continues speaking about Cary Fukunaga's Jane Eyre. From NewsOK:

With “Jane Eyre,” he took on the role of St. John Rivers, a missionary who takes in Jane (Mia Wasikowska) when she flees a haunting experience in the home of her employer, Mr. Rochester (Michael Fassbender) after his manager encouraged him to watch the first film from director Cary Fukunaga, the celebrated 2009 immigration tale “Sin Nombre.”
“That energy coming into something like that makes it fresh. And I think a gothic ‘Jane Eyre’ is much more interesting,” he said. “We kind of understand this time period in a very aesthetic value. But we don’t know what it feels like really, to really be there, to be an uneducated woman, who’s kind of self-educated, doesn’t come from any money in a time when all that matters — where you were educated and how much money you have,” he said. (Brandy McDonnell)

We find the bit about the 'uneducated woman, who’s kind of self-educated' quite amusing.

The film itsef is one of the most-anticipated ones of The Film Stage:

Synopsis: A mousy governess who softens the heart of her employer soon discovers that he’s hiding a terrible secret.
Why You Should See It: A classic gothic romance from a hot, young director (Cary Fukunaga) starring two of the hottest, most talented actors around town (Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender) makes promises one prays it can keep. (Dan M.)

What clothes you wear seems to matter too, but you can always wear Brontë-inspired clothes. The Guardian takes a look at the London Fashion Week:

Let's start with Giles, because it was brilliant. Sinuous silk cocktail dresses were printed with closeups from Delaroche's famous portrait of Lady Jane Grey, blindfolded at the scaffold; high white collars and pure lines were inspired by "the innocent, but feisty Brontë governess, and the madwoman in the attic as well". (Jess Cartner-Morley)

Artist Peter Brook is also influenced by the Brontës (or Brontë country anyway) as the Brighouse Echo highlights:

One of Peter’s best-loved paintings, ‘Wuthering Heights’, is on show at the Piece Hall Art Gallery, Halifax, until March 27 and will later be exhibited at the Smith Art Gallery, Brighouse, alongside another of the artist’s paintings, ‘Elland’.
‘Wuthering Heights’, which was donated to Calderdale Council after Peter’s death, is also part of a search to find Yorkshire’s favourite painting.
Galleries across the region have put together a selection of most popular artworks which can be voted for online.

You can vote for Peter Brook's painting (or any of the others) here.

The South Florida Gay News finds the following at playwright Tony Finstrom’s home:

The walls of his sunny Fort Lauderdale condo are filled with mostly original posters and memorabilia from Broadway shows. There’s a poster from Jane Eyre, inscribed by Cherry Jones: “To Tony, the great love of my life. Always, Cherry.” (Mary Damiano)

A columnist from the Tri-Town News seems to think that you either date or read the Brontës, not both:

If I had not been involved with younger men all this time, I wonder if I’d have had any dates at all. I figure this could have gone one of two ways: I may have had more time to devote to looking for someone my own age, or I could have just hung out in my apartment with Ben and Jerry reading Charlotte Brontë’s “Jane Eyre” and her sister Emily’s “Wuthering Heights,” pining for what I didn’t have. (Marie Celano)

No Perfect Words discusses Jane Eyre and The Squeee lists the forthcoming Jane Eyre-related novels.

EDIT: An alert from the University of Texas, Austin:

The Masterpiece Society
The Madwoman in the Attic: Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea
February 23 · 5:00pm - 6:00pm 
Location: Mezes 1.118  

You won't want to miss this amazing opportunity to talk about two classics---Jane Eyre and the novel it later inspired, Wide Sargasso Sea! The amazing Dr. Mackay will be hosting and helping us to explore the multi-faceted ways in which these novels discuss Imperialism, Feminism and Individuality.  

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