Tortured Love Story

The Guardian quotes the Brontë Society on the Charlotte Brontë mourning ring recently resurfaced:

Ann Dinsdale, principal curator at the Brontë Society & Brontë Parsonage Museum, said they had no reason to doubt the ring had been made using the author’s hair, even though its provenance was unknown.
Dinsdale said the ring would be a “lovely addition” to the museum’s collection, funds permitting. “We already have a considerable collection of Brontë hair at the museum, and there’s usually a sample on display.” (Alison Flood)

The news is also echoed on the Daily Mail,  The Times, CBS, 24.hu (Hungary), Hvg (Hungary), Västerviks-Tidningen (Sweden)...

Financial Times talks about the work behind the world's great wonders:

Charlotte Brontë got the inspiration for Jane Eyre while staying with a friend in Hathersage. George Eliot's characters dart in and out of Wirksworth, home of Haarlem Mill, which may or may not have inspired her “Mill on the Floss”. (Jo Ellison)

Worcester News announces (with a blunder) the performances of the Hotbuckle Productions take on Jane Eyre that will be touring the UK next month:

A spokesman said: "Hotbuckle Productions return to the Swan Theatre this May with their brand new production of Emily Brontë’s (!) timeless classic, Jane Eyre. (Gary Bills-Geddes)

Los Angeles Times on Sally Wainwright:

It also gave Wainwright an opportunity to once again explore the history of Yorkshire (“To Walk Invisible,” for those who haven’t seen it, is about the Brontë sisters, and you should see it because it is terrific.) (Mary McNamara)

Den of the Geek! is reviewing the TV series Dark Shadows:

Victoria Winters, played by Alexandre Moltke who doesn't appear in the documentary, entered the Collingwood Estate in Collinsport, Maine, on June 27, 1966. She arrived in the afternoon, disguised as a maid in a daytime drama. The series evolved into a magical love story. It was very Jane Eyre, something actress Joan Bennett knew about and took with her in her role as the matriarch of the family. (Tony Sokol)

Entertainment Weekly has some novel recommendations:

Marissa Stapley (The Last Resort): “I was swept away by Meg Donohue’s You, Me and the Sea, a dreamy, bewitching, and oh-so-modern reimagining of one of my favorite classics, Wuthering Heights. What a gorgeous take on a tortured love story!” (David Canfield)

Noted (New Zealand) interviews businesswoman Christine Maiden:

I have always been a voracious reader. As a child, I liked the classics – Jane Austen, Emily Brontë – and Gone with the Wind, which I was so intent on reading as an 11-year-old that I probably read it in one day. Before any holiday, we always visited the library to get a big supply of books. (Clare de Lore)

More After tidbits:

Mais Anna Todd revendique avoir avant tout calé son histoire sur celle des Hauts de Hurlevent, d'Emily Brontë, tout comme Helen Fielding avait en son temps offert une réinterprétation moderne d'Orgueil et préjugés, roman culte de Jane Austen, avec Bridget Jones. (Morgane Giuliani in Marie-Claire) (Translation)

Una strizzata d’occhio al topos dell’amore romantico per eccellenza, quello che spingeva il giovane Werther al suo dolore… e che porta la scrittrice a osare parallelismi tra i suoi personaggi e gli eroi romantici di Jane Austen e delle sorelle Brontë, mescolato con una spruzzata d’erotismo (i rapporti sessuali, almeno sulle pagine, sono descritti con dovizia di particolari) e il gioco è fatto. (Maria Laura Ramello in Wired) (Translation)

The author María José Navia recommends novels in Capital (Chile):

La parte soñada de Rodrigo Fresán.
Esta es una de mis novelas favoritas de la vida. La segunda entrega de una monumental trilogía compuesta por La parte inventada y La parte recordada (a publicarse en algún momento de este año). Fresán vuelve a hacer de la literatura una fiesta. La imaginación erudita/pop del autor argentino se desborda en una historia sobre dos hermanos escritores, un hombre que quiere vender el último de sus sueños en un mundo que ha dejado de soñar. Cumbres Borrascosas, la familia Brontë, Nabokov y tanto más. Un verdadero homenaje al acto de leer. (Translation)

T24 (Turkey) talks about Wide Sargasso Sea:

Geniş, Geniş Bir Deniz’de, Jane Eyre’ın odaya kapatılmış “deli” kadını tavan arasından çıkıp evine, Karayipler’e dönüyor. Rhys, Charlotte Brontë’nin başyapıtında bir hayaletten ibaret olan kadına “bir ad, Antoinette Cosway, bir yüz, bir ses ve bir geçmiş”[5] veriyor, onu somut bir karaktere dönüştürüyor. Geniş, Geniş Bir Deniz, Antoinette’in çocukluğunu, gençliğini, Rochester’la evlenişini ele alıyor; yani Jane Eyre’ın öncesine, Antoinette’in geçmişine ışık tutuyor. Brontë’nin romanıyla sadece Antoinette’in evinden zorla koparılıp İngiltere’ye götürüldüğü ve bir hiçe indirgendiği son bölümde ortaklaşıyor. Yine de, sonları aynı olsa da Geniş, Geniş Bir Deniz bağımsız bir eser olarak kendi ayakları üstünde duruyor. Rhys bir hikâyeyi tepetaklak ederek kişiliksizliğe mahkûm edilmiş bir kadını var ediyor. (Berrak Göçer) (Translation)

La Vanguardia (Spain) recommends the graphic novel La geste d'Aglaé:

Anne Simone (Francia, 1980) ha sabido crear un universo novedoso entre el cuento tradicional y la fábula subversiva. Sus referentes son contrastados y van de Simone de Beauvoir a los Beatles, de Cumbres borrascosas al teatro de Beckett. (Jordi Canyissà) (Translation)

I won't say I'm in love with Reading reviews April Lindner's Catherine. Anna James discusses her short story On Love published in I Am Heathcliff, curated by Kate Mosse in IndieThinking. The Eyre Guide shares her experience taking the VIP tour at the Brontë Parsonage Museum.