Jane Eyre: an unexpectedly rich source of golf-cart related wisdom

BDaily reports that Yorkshire will host a new Children’s Literature Festival at Broughton Hall, near Skipton, in September.

Trevor Wilson explained: [...] “Other generous sponsors include Silver Cross, Bradford Grammar School, The Terry Bramall Foundation, the Skipton Building Society and Tennants Auctioneers,” he added. Sir Gary Verity DL, Chief Executive at Welcome to Yorkshire, said “Yorkshire has a great literary history, with internationally acclaimed writers including Alan Bennett, the Brontë sisters, Joanne Harris, Kate Atkinson and many more, so it’s fantastic to hear that the county’s stunning Broughton Hall will be playing host to an array of wonderful children’s authors in September at this major children’s literature festival.
“Books play an important part in people’s lives and it’s crucial to encourage reading at a young age. This fabulous event promises to be a lot of fun for all ages”. (Robert Beaumont)

Kirkus Reviews recommends June releases, including

My Plain Jane, by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows
My Lady Jane, the first team-up by these authors wasn’t a great fit for me—and I know I was seriously in the minority on that—but this one deals with Jane Eyre, so OBVIOUSLY I need to give it a look. (Leila Roy)

Hypable recommends it too.

‘My Plain Jane’ (The Lady Janies #2) by Cynthia Hand, Jodi Meadows, and Brodi Ashton – June 26
You may think you know the story. After a miserable childhood, penniless orphan Jane Eyre embarks on a new life as a governess at Thornfield Hall. There, she meets one dark, brooding Mr. Rochester. Despite their significant age gap (!) and his uneven temper (!!), they fall in love—and, Reader, she marries him. (!!!)
Or does she?
Prepare for an adventure of Gothic proportions, in which all is not as it seems, a certain gentleman is hiding more than skeletons in his closets, and one orphan Jane Eyre, aspiring author Charlotte Brontë, and supernatural investigator Alexander Blackwood are about to be drawn together on the most epic ghost hunt this side of Wuthering Heights. (Danielle Zimmerman)

While AutoStraddle recommends My Lady’s Choosing. An Interactive Romance Novel by Kitty Curran and Larissa Zageris.

It is a truth universally acknowledged is well and truly played out as a lede, but Jane Austen will never go out of style. Nor will the Brontës. Nor Daphne Du Maurier. Austen’s romances and social satire, and the gothic shenanigans in classic Western literature like Jane Eyre and Rebecca are so intricately woven into our storytelling mythos they’re ubiquitous. (Every rom-com is Pride and Prejudice at heart.)
Well, if you’ve ever dreamed of wandering the halls of Pemberley or Manderly and witnessing a woman join the dashing, dapper, rakish ranks of love interests trotting to and fro around our heroines, have I got a book for you: Kitty Curran and Larissa Zageris’ My Lady’s Choosing is an interactive story that clowns on and embraces all the tropes you know and love (and sometimes even hate) from both historical and modern romance novels. You, the leading lady, are “the plucky but penniless heroine in the center of eighteenth-century society.” You also are bisexual!
My Lady’s Choosing releases you into London in the middle of courtship season in the middle of Queen Victoria’s reign, with endless opportunities at your fingertips. You don’t have any money, but you do have your wits, which you employ without censure on a parade of Darcys and Wentworths and Willoughbys and Rochesters — and one Miss Lady Evangeline. You can wander around balls or around town or even hop a train or a horse or a boat to distant far-flung lands in search of adventure and answers to the novel’s myriad mysteries. (Heather Hogan)

We must say, though, that the 18th century and the Victorian era are two different periods.

TPortal (Croatia) interviews writer Carys Davies and asks her about her 2007 short-story collection Some New Ambush.

Koja vam je vaša kratka priča najdraža?
Ona o izmišljenom susretu Charlotte Brontë, jedne od mojih omiljenih autorica, i njenog izdavača Georgea Smitha, koji je od nje bio mlađi deset godina. Povjesničari sumnjaju da je Charlotte bila zaljubljena u njega, a u svakom su slučaju bili bliski prijatelji. Prema njenoj biografiji, redovito su se dopisivali, ali joj on nije pisao o tome da se zaručio. O tome je saznala od njegove majke. U mojoj priči nakon toga ona odlučuje otići u London do njega i priča se bavi tim susretom do kojega nikad nije došlo, a koji je prepun i privrženosti i nelagode. (Tina Barbarić) (Translation)

Mashable recommends several LGBTIQ-themed streamable movies, including

10. God's Own Country (2017, dir. Francis Lee)
A 2017 British drama about a heavy-drinking, promiscuous gay Yorkshire farmer who meets a Romanian migrant and falls in lub. Nothing compliments a Wuthering Heights backdrop more than a man who struggles to emote. And is there anything better than a dysphoric countryside queer romance? Not that I'm aware of. (Heather Dockray)

Oh the never-ending secrets that Jane Eyre holds! From Golf Punk:

So the next time you’re flagging on the golf course, when your shoulders are aching and the blisters are starting to sting, perhaps picture this: The sun is out. The shorts are on. And the wind is rushing through your hair. You’re sitting atop 11.4 horsepower of limited but earnest electric power. And you’re happy. Damn pride. As Jane Eyre (an unexpectedly rich source of golf-cart related wisdom) famously said; "I would always rather be proud than dignified”. (James King)

On Frankly My Dear you can peek behind the scenes of Northern Ballet's Jane Eyre.

Interesting Literature analyses Emily Brontë's poem ‘Love and Friendship’. Fanda Classiclit posts about The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. On The Sisters' Room, Maddalena De Leo posts about the Wuthering Heights-inspired play La voce nella tempesta by Beppe Fenoglio. My Jane Eyre Collection features an 1850 edition of the novel inscribed by Patrick Brontë and given to Tabby.