The Walkie-Talkie Man's Diet

The New York Times reviews new novels set in the Victorian era:

What a literary legacy those Victorians left us! Not only are Charles Dickens, H. G. Wells and Charlotte Brontë still widely read, but they and their compatriots continue to inspire writers today: steampunk aficionados with their marvelous mechanisms; those who go for Gothic shivers; and the many others who set their narratives in 19th-century England. Among them are writers for young people who, in addition to creating great stories, engage an audience with little knowledge or interest in Victoriana. (Monica Edinger)

The Guardian interviews Sebastian Faulks now that he publishes A Possible Life:

"The things that make anyone want to be a writer, in your teens when you first get fired up, are always going to be liberal feelings. You're always going to be on the side of the underdog, the individual who is being crushed. Think of the books you read – Jane Eyre, David Copperfield, George Orwell. I've by and large had liberal instincts but that's about as far as I could define myself politically." (Susanna Rustin)

Financial Times reviews the novel and outlines the synopsis of one of its stories:

“Elena”, in an Italy of 2029 returned to semi-feudal status by financial crisis, is a clever, solitary child of scientific bent whose soulmate is her faintly Heathcliff-ian adopted brother. (Sam Leith)

The Hebden Bridge Times publishes an article about the recent concert and visit by Patti Smith:

The Hebden Bridge Trades Club hosted a show by the Godmother of Punk on Saturday night.
Patti Smith used her day off to play an acoustic set of songs, readings and poetry at the small venue, and donated her fee to the town’s flood appeal.
In such a tight schedule, she still managed to pack in some sight-seeing.
“We were in Haworth, and we visited the Brontë parish and the museum. The most moving thing was to go to St Thomas’ church yard and visit the grave of the great Sylvia Plath. It was very moving to visit her modest little grave.”

The Financial Times' House & Home has a very curious article on Fifty Shades of Grey:

He says that “England is what he’d really like to visit”, the home of “Shakespeare, Austen, Brontë” where he could “see the places that inspired people to write such wonderful books”. To share my lifestyle would be to sit and read them and have hundreds of them transforming his soulless, techie apology for a flat. (Robin Lane Fox)

El Diario Mercantil (Argentina) reviews the infamous novel:

La diferencia de “Cincuenta…” con otras novelas rosa es que esta trilogía está escrita más o menos correctamente y que cada escena sexual es descrita agudamente con abundancia de detalles ginecológicos. Algo así como una historia de amor de Jane Austen o Emily Brontë, pero con sexo explícito al estilo Cicciolina. (Martín Ungaro) (Translation)

The Guardian's Northerner Blog has a suggestion:

Have you got a Yorkshire love story to match the ardour of Cathy Earnshaw and Heathcliff or perhaps the more restrained and patient courting of Norah Batty and Compo?
If so, your romance could be highlighted – oh yes it will be – in Barnsley Civic theatre 's Christmas show this year, a version of Hans Christian Andersen's The Tin Soldier . (Martin Wainwright)

The Vancouver Sun talks about Greg Gatenby's Belles Lettres:

Greg Gatenby, the former founder and artistic director of Toronto’s International Festival of Authors, showcases vast literary knowledge and enthusiasm in Belles Lettres, a collection of postcards from authors such as Charlotte Brontë, Proust, Flaubert and others. McArthur & Co., November.

The Liverpool Echo previews Jane Eyre 2011 (aired by Sky Movies Premiere in the UK) and recalls this anecdote of its shooting:

The location of Jane’s cottage was so remote that there was no mobile phone signal. The crew stationed someone at a nearby phonebox and equipped him with a walkie-talkie just in case anyone needed anything. Locals took pity on the man and brought him tea and biscuits throughout the day. (Jade Wright)

The Harvard Crimson interviews the writer Junot Díaz:

[Rebecca F. Elliott]: What were some of your favorite love stories growing up?
JD: So of course you know, standard English reader, the towering work of both a fictional bildungsroman, but also one of the great love stories of our language: “Jane Eyre.”

Working for the Mandroid talks with another author, Rhiannon Frater:

Who have been your biggest writing influences? Why?
Bram Stoker, Charlotte Brontë, and Agatha Christie were probably my biggest influence when I was younger. Agatha Christie’s longevity and success as a female writer was very inspirational. Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre completely captivated me and drew me into that world.

Rachelle and the Cinema posts about the film and And Start Again (in Swedish) posts some stills; The Squeee reviews (with great disgust) D.M. Thomas's Charlotte: The Final Journey of Jane Eyre; Hayley E. Lavik, Pagine Stampate (in Italian) and October Sky post about the original Jane Eyre; Livros, Filmes e Músicas (in Portuguese) reviews Anne Donovan's Being Emily;  Unpotdownables begins the second week of its Wuthering Heights read-a-long; Words on the Shelf and  Bokhimmelenalso (in Swedish) reviews Emily Brontë's novel; Kay's Bookshelf reviews Eve Marie Mont's A Breath of Eyre; AvenitaNet (in German) posts about Derbyshire and Jane Eyre.