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Tuesday, April 14, 2020

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Book Riot recommends several retellings or 'classics made humorous'.
Humorous retellings of classics are really being embraced by authors of color, and I think it’s with POC that these stories make the most sense in a modern context. It’s interesting because western society probably isn’t super bothered by most scandals and rumors anymore, so a lot of the tension of these novels are better captured by the lives of people who are trying to live within cultural expectations that they don’t fully relate to (a là Re Jane’s Korean American protagonist). All of this to say, I want more of these and I want them to capture a wider range of experiences.[...]
Re Jane by Patricia Park
Jane Re is a Korean American orphan who yearns to get away from Flushing, Queens, for good. When Jane becomes an au pair for Brooklyn academics the Mazer-Farleys, it eventually leads to her becoming involved with Ed Farley. This Jane Eyre remake gives readers a smart, sassy lead and has interesting things to say about the pressures of cultural expectations. [...]
Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton
Hark! A Vagrant and its follow up Step Aside, Pops are both delightful if you are a literary nerd (and if you are on this site, there is a strong chance that you are). It is basically short, comic-form fan fiction about characters from classic novels and famous historical figures. Cannot recommend this highly enough, it’s so fun. (Rachel Rosenberg)
Kids' Books Review has a Q&A with writer Aleesah Darlison.
12. If you could only read one book for the rest of your life, what would it be?  Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. I cannot live without my love! I cannot live without my soul! Utterly heartbreaking and probably my favourite book of all time. I’m a tragedy tragic. (Penny)
According to a contributor to The Daily Californian,
Charlotte Brontë was the only author who really understood. “Dear reader,” she writes, and we all weep with joy because we are the reader! That is us! What a wonderful feeling, to be seen and acknowledged and understood. (Lauren Sheehan-Clark)
Lettera 43 (Italy) features the book Lessico Femminile by Sandra Petrignani.
La scrittura della Petrignani si intreccia con quella delle più grandi scrittrici dell’Ottocento e Novecento: da Jane Austen a Emily Brontë, da Virginia Woolf a Marguerite Yourcenar, da Clarice Lispector a Francoise Sagan a Marguerite Duras. E in italia non possono mancare Natalia Ginzburg, Elsa Morante, Anna Maria Ortese, Clara Sereni, e tante altre. (Antonio Buozzi) (Translation)
A columnist from Hampshire Chronicle shares her experience suffering from Covid-19.
After I coughed up blood in the night and fought for breath after one prolonged fit, thinking this is it, I realised I might have to reassess the situation. Suddenly I felt like a character in Brontë novel, going down-hill rapidly after a night on the moors in a summer vest.
Turns out it was Jane Eyre meets Calamity Jane. (Joanna Lewis)
Breaking News (France) recommends 15 other shows to watch if you like Poldark.
9 Wuthering Heights (2009)
Si nous parlons de classiques de la littérature, nous devons simplement parler de Wuthering Heights. Ce chef-d’œuvre anglais a été adapté à la fois au grand et au petit écran des dizaines de fois, chaque adaptation nous donnant quelque chose de nouveau et d’unique. Nous vous suggérons de tremper vos orteils dans la version 2009.
Il incarne nul autre que Tom Hardy lui-même comme le tristement célèbre Heathcliff, dans l’une des meilleures performances de sa vie. De plus, Hardy et Charlotte Riley, l’actrice qui incarne Cathy, sont tombées amoureuses pendant le tournage et sont mariées depuis des années. Vous pouvez imaginer à quel point la chimie est folle!
8 Jane Eyre (2006)
Encore un autre fabuleux classique du XIXe siècle, Jane Eyre a également été la cible d’innombrables adaptations de films et d’émissions de télévision au fil des ans. Cependant, la plupart des fans et des universitaires conviendront que la version 2006 est la meilleure à ce jour, principalement en raison de sa fidélité au matériel source. (Translation)
Glamour (Spain) quotes from Jane Eyre in an article on eyeliners.

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