In the tradition of the Brontës

Many websites report the news of the forthcoming novel O. A Presidential Novel, 'set during the presidential election of 2012 and written by an anonymous author who has spent years observing politics and the fraught relationship between public image and self-regard' to be released on January 25. Apparently, publisher Jonathan Karp broached the subject of anonymity as follows:

"By choosing anonymity, our author is following in the tradition of Jane Austen, the Brontës, 'The Federalist Papers,' 'The Story of O' and, of course, 'Lemony Snicket.'" (The New York Post)

The story is also told by Politics Daily, The Washington Times, Entertainment Weekly's Shelf Life, Slate, etc. The Washington Post's ComPost takes it a bit further and imagines how the story would be told by the aforementioned authors:

Jane Austen: It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single country in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a change candidate.
The Brontës: Basically the same as the Jane Austen section, but better! (Alexandra Petri)

Jane Eyre is mentioned in connection to another book, When I Came West by Laurie Wagner Buyer, in a review by Cowboys & Indians:

At one point, he places a locked wooden box under her bed and, reminiscent of something out of Jane Eyre, warns her to never touch it or look inside. (David Hofstede)

The Financial Times reports that Screen Yorkshire is facing 'challenging times' because of funding cuts.

“We are at the end of the phone to find locations, crew and other support for people who are looking to film. The danger is that there will be no one to do that job and no one flying the flag for Yorkshire. A lot of crews and small companies rely on productions coming here.”
TV series such as Shane Meadows’ This is England '86, based in Sheffield, and ITV’s recent Wuthering Heights raised the profile of the region, she [Rachel McWatt, Screen Yorkshire’s spokeswoman] said. (Andrew Bounds)

The Dartmouth comments on another adaptation of Wuthering Heights:

Literary Adaptations. When movies take a crack at Austen, Brontë, Shakespeare, Tolstoy, Colette, Ishiguro or any other author that piques my interest, I go to see them. I am an English major, after all. Sometimes, they're awful (if you ever want to see a movie that's so bad it's hilarious, watch the 1970 "Wuthering Heights" with Timothy Dalton and you'll never think of Heathcliff as quite so tragic a figure again).

The News Tribune mentions a 17-year-old student who 'says he’s glad he continued reading and writing about “Jane Eyre”'. So many books, so little time reviews April Lindner's Jane. Studio Vignette has now completed her Emily Brontë project, which is for sale at her Etsy shop.

Categories: Books, Emily Brontë, Jane Eyre, Movies-DVD-TV, Wuthering Heights