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Saturday, March 23, 2024

Saturday, March 23, 2024 9:00 am by Cristina in , ,    No comments
The Bookseller features Bridget Collins's novel The Silence Factory.
It is no coincidence that Collins re-read Jane Eyre when writing The Silence Factory—the Victorian idea of the “mad woman in the attic” gains new resonance when the silk’s power is manipulated by men. (Katie Fraser)
The Independent has an article on TB, which is on the rise in the UK.
“The poet Keats, composer Chopin, and authors Brontë and Orwell are just some of the people throughout history who have died from tuberculosis,” notes [Dr Colin Michie, associate dean for research and knowledge exchange at the University of Central Lancashire]. (Yolanthe Fawehinmi)
Edge Media recommends '12 Must-Read Books From Outstanding UK Authors' and one of them is Jasper Fforde's The Eyre Affair.
#3. “The Eyre Affair” by Jasper Fforde
If you thought literature was boring, Fforde’s mix of time travel, crime, and classic literature will prove you delightfully wrong. It’s like if your English lit class and a sci-fi convention had a baby.
Times Now News lists the 'most iconic literary couples of all time': Jane Eyre and Mr Rochester, Cathy and Heathcliff are all there.

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