The most brilliant of all prequels may be Wide Sargasso Sea

The New York Times talks about sequels, prequels and retellings of previous books:

There are a number of prequels and sequels that do this — that genuinely enhance our appreciation of the original text. The most brilliant of all may be Jean Rhys’s “Wide Sargasso Sea,” which retells the story of “Jane Eyre” from the point of view of the first Mrs. Rochester, the madwoman in the attic. It helped give rise to new, feminist readings of a lot of Victorian fiction. (Charles McGrath)

Penelope Lively's latest book, Family Album, is reviewed in The Independent:

Charles, a chilly, distant writer, and Alison, a manic housewife and "earth mother" in permanent overdrive, raise their six children – Paul, Gina, Sandra, Roger, Katie and Clare – at Allersmead, a large Edwardian house with a persona and values of its own, rather in the manner of Wuthering Heights, Howards End or Willow Court in Adèle Geras's 2003 novel, Facing the Light. Allersmead, "which has experienced around 43,000 days since first it rose from the mud of a late Victorian building site" packs a "smothering embrace". (Susan Elkin)

Red Curtain has some icons of Jane Eyre 1973 and Inspired Lunacy reviews the original Charlotte Brontë novel. Finally, angelquitter has going to the Charlotte Brontë's MSO event and describes it as 'surreal' on twitter.

Categories: Jane Eyre, Movies-DVD-TV, References, Wide Sargasso Sea