iTeaching with Aunt Reed

We are not sure that Aunt Reed could be a good example of father-like figures as this article in The Gainesville Times seems to imply, as Jane barely remembered her actual uncle:

There are also many father figure-type mentors that help raise and educate our heroes, such as grandfathers or uncles (like the titular heroine in Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre), or someone who takes in an orphan protagonist (Fagin in Charles Dicken's Oliver Twist), or a teacher who takes on one exceptionally special student (like Merlin and young Arthur from the Camelot legends). (Alison Reeger Cook)

Associated Press reviews Nom de Plume: A (Secret) History of Pseudonyms by Carmela Ciuraru:

The names can be an excuse, reason or outlet to create. The Brontë sisters — Anne, Charlotte and Emily — wouldn't have been taken seriously — or even printed. The male pen names of Acton, Currer and Ellis Bell gave them a chance to be published. (Emily Fredrix)

The Times quotes Michael Gove, UK Secretary of State for Education, as saying:

"Itunes means that any student now can access the best lectures at Harvard and Oxford. Teachers giving their class on Jane Eyre or algebra will be doing successive similar lessons, so why not record their best one and allow them to concentrate on children who are having problems?” (Alice Thomson and Rachel Sylvester)

SnitchSeeker interviews the (fictional) author Hannah Longbottom (from the Harry Potter saga) who happens to be a Brontëite as well; a local sophomore who likes Wuthering Heights in the Ledger-Enquirer; Blast-o-Blog and jp knit'n' natter review Jane Eyre 2011; Austenprose and Under the Old Oak Tree post about Syrie James's The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Brontë; Simply Books reviews Wuthering Heights; For the love of lit... posts her Jane Eyre dream cast.

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