The shadow of the Brontës

One question that no one has ever asked about Charlotte Brontë is, if she came back as a dog - what kind of dog would she be? Well, perhaps it's not the image you had in mind, but in the picture you can see Charlotte Brontë the yellow lab, by Leon Hale himself (click here to find out more about Charlotte Brontë the dog and Leon Hale).

The best thing that's happened lately was the greeting we got from Charlotte Bronte the yellow Lab, when we came home after a three-weeks absence. She carried on for half an hour about how glad she was to see us, and delivered a long speech granting us forgiveness for going off and leaving her at home.

Many newspapers print an article concerning a TV series that run from 1966 until 1971 called Dark Shadows. Apparently, it was reminiscent of Jane Eyre:

"Dark Shadows" premiered on June 27, 1966, a "Jane Eyre"-like Gothic drama about a young governess named Victoria Winters (played by Alexandra Moltke) who comes to live in a spooky old Maine mansion called Collinwood.
Movie legend Joan Bennett, then 56, played Elizabeth Collins Stoddard, matriarch of the Collins family.
Series creator Dan Curtis took advice from his children: Make the show scarier.
First, the show introduced a ghost. The ratings went up. Then, a few other spooks came to Collinwood. Viewership increased again. "When we put the vampire on, forget it -- the ratings went through the roof," Curtis said in the interview, included on a DVD.

But you know how these things go. Large house + governess = Jane Eyre.

Going by influences and reminiscences, we read on A Ramble in the Park a review on Firelight. Mysticgypsy - the author of the blog - was intrigued by this post where we talked about the film in connection to Andrea Galer (who, alas, didn't get to take the Emmy home yesterday) and got hold of a copy of the film. This half of BrontëBlog hasn't watched the film so can't comment much on it. But it makes for an interesting point of view, especially if you have seen the film.

And finally, Dan Harper writes about his travels in the footsteps of famous authors, and in favour of this way of travelling. What can we say? Despite it being frowned upon by many people, visiting literary shrines is for us one of the most interesting and fun things in the whole wide world.

Over the years we have tried to walk in the shadows of Thomas Hardy, D.H. Lawrence and the Bronte sisters in England.

Yes, that's right, we can only walk in their shadows.

Categories: Movies-DVD-TV, Charlotte_Brontë, Weirdo