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Sunday, August 04, 2019

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25 Years Later discusses the last season of Orange Is the New Black. Beware of spoilers:
One of the biggest shocks of the season was revealed in flashback form, where we see that Morello committed involuntary homicide by throwing a rock at a car she thought was driven by a man who was pursuing her. Morello becomes a modern-day Bertha Mason from Jane Eyre, a madwoman destroyed by love. (Alex Jiménez Nimmo)
The Big Smoke makes up some lit-based dating terms like
 “Heathcliffing”: That someone won't shut up about their ex.
The Wire discusses the Indian film Mahal 1949:
The house does not decay as the hero’s body decays and his health fails but, like other houses such as Manderley or Wuthering Heights, is closely identified with women, with Asha/Kamini the only one who lives there (the gardener is ultimately killed by falling off the roof), and who seems to be its mistress by the end of the film. (Rachel Dwyer)
Spin republishes a 1989 interview with the XTC band:
Bassist Colin Moulding, a tame Heathcliff, wears a black turtleneck and jeans faded to a stormy ocean blue. (Rosemary Passantino)
The Corrierre della Sera (Italy) celebrates Sisters' Day:
«Sai bene quanto me qual è il valore dell’affetto di una sorella: non c’è nulla di simile in questo mondo» scriveva Charlotte Brontë.Un legame unico e inossidabile quello tra sorelle, anche se magari non sempre facile da gestire. Il 4 agosto si celebra il «Sisters’ Day», il Giorno delle sorelle, anche se in fondo è una celebrazione quotidiana d'amore reciproco. (Federica Bandirali) (Translation)
The quote comes from a letter from Charlotte Brontë to Miss Wooler (January 1846).

A local girl, Miss Teen Harrogate and performer in Jane Eyre in the Harrogate Informer. The Misadventures of a Reader reviews Wuthering Heights.

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