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Thursday, October 17, 2019

Vancouver Sun features writer Emma Donoghue her new projects.
Donoghue’s life is busy. She has many projects on the go, including a novel and a film version of her novel The Wonder. And adapting Charlotte Brontë’s last novel Villette into a TV series. She is also raising 15- and 11-year-old kids, so she says it’s not uncommon to see her typing away on her laptop while she sits in the dentist’s waiting room or in a parked car. (Dana Gee)
 We sincerely hope that does happen!

A French article on The Conversation wonders whether detective novels are feminist.
Lorsqu’au XIXe siècle le roman s’imposa comme la forme se prêtant le mieux aux analyses sociales, les auteures s’attaquèrent donc, et ce n’est pas un hasard, à ce que l’Angleterre avait de plus sacré dans le système patriarcal : le foyer domestique, et surtout la propriété de famille. Ce qui intéressait déjà Charlotte Brontë dans Jane Eyre (1847), drame romantique qu’il faut vraiment relire à la lumière du polar, ce n’est pas l’histoire d’amour d’une jeune préceptrice avec le riche propriétaire de Thornfield Hall. C’est le secret qui hante le Château (sens du mot Hall), et en vérité toute demeure anglaise : cette « folie » qui doit rester cachée pour que survive l’institution, ce meurtre fondateur de la première épouse, celle qui doit être dépouillée de sa fortune pour renflouer les caisses des Rochester, puis être déclarée irresponsable, et poussée en définitive au suicide. Un suicide ? Plutôt le crime parfait. Le meurtre sans coupable, sans trace d’intervention extérieure. Le meurtre légal en quelque sorte, véritable hantise de toutes les femmes au XIXe siècle. (Frédéric Regard) (Translation)
New Statesman has an article on the recent Instagram-derived drama in Coleen Rooney's life.
Coleen Rooney, wife of former Manchester United and England striker Wayne, accused Rebekah Vardy, the wife of another Premier League and ex-England footballer, Jamie, of selling stories about her to the Sun. In a statement posted to social media, Rooney explained that over the course of several months this year, she had conducted a complex sting operation via her supposedly private, friends-only Instagram account – posting fake stories about her personal life to find out which member of her inner circle had been disclosing information about her to the tabloids. “For various reasons, I had a suspicion,” Rooney explained. “To try and prove this, I came up with an idea. I blocked everyone from viewing my stories except ONE account.”
The fabricated stories continued to appear in the Sun. Rooney’s final sentence, which has already been printed on T-shirts (RRP: £17.99; commemorative value: priceless), unveiled the culprit, complete with a playful drum-roll of ellipses. It was a climactic flourish that had all the triumph of Brontë’s “Reader, I married him”, stating simply: “It’s……… Rebekah Vardy’s account.” (Lauren O'Neill)
La Crónica de Guadalajara (Spain) shares some great 2020 plans in the UK.
Además, en 2020 van a celebrarse un montón de aniversarios literarios, ¡así que es el mejor momento para venir! Si quieres conmemora el 150 aniversario del fallecimiento de Charles Dickens, vete a ver los objetos y recuerdos de Dickens que atesora el museo de Victoria & Albert (V&A), visita su antigua casa en Londres o conoce su lugar de nacimiento en el museo Charles Dickens’ Birthplace, en Hampshire. Los admiradores de Wordsworth pueden recordar los 250 años del nacimiento del poeta acercándose al museo de Wordsworth, en el Distrito de los Lagos, mientras que los lectores de las hermanas Brontë pueden celebrar el segundo centenario del nacimiento de Anne haciendo un recorrido por los ventosos páramos de Yorkshire. (Translation)
According to Falköpings Tidning (Sweden) Jane Eyre is the favourite novel of local writer Elin Johansson.

Finally, an alert for today, October 17 in Logroño, Spain:
17:00 horas
Centro Ibercaja, c/Portales, 48

XVII Curso de cine y literatura en inglés 'Romance & Romanticism'
Inauguración y proyección de la película: 'Wuthering Heights' dirigida por Peter Kominsky
Inauguración del curso a cargo del Vicerrector de Planificación de la Universidad de La Rioja,. Dr. D. José Luis Ansorena Barasoain
Conferencia: Love and obsession in Wuthering Heights, por la Dra. D.ª Cristina Flores Moreno de la Universidad de La Rioja

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