The Nerd Daily reviews the upcoming Brontë derivative
The Vanishing Bride by Bella Ellis:
With a masterful hand, Bella Ellis combines the best aspects of historical fiction, who-done-it mysteries, and women’s literature to create a suspenseful, emotional, funny, and heartfelt novel in The Vanished Bride.
Imagining Charlotte, Anne, and Emily Brontë as “detectors” in conjunction with their writings, The Vanished Bride sees the sisters work together (along with their brother Branwell) to try and solve a strange disappearance of a young bride who lives nearby. The sisters are friends with the governess in the home of the missing woman and they use this as their entrance into the case. Soon discovering that the wealth of the man of the house is keeping the constables and any other type of law enforcement away, the Brontë’s sink their teeth into the mystery, and are off on an amazing adventure that is a joy to follow. (...)
I enjoyed this book immensely and I truly hope Bella Ellis continues to write more Brontë Sisters mysteries. (Marla Warren)
NPR reviews the novel
Don't You Forget About by Mhairi McFarlane:
When the book begins, 18-year-old Georgina is falling in love for the first time with the wonderfully written, inky-haired Lucas McCarthy. They are drawn to each other during a class discussion on Emile (sic) Brontë's Wuthering Heights. And in my world, that's the perfect backdrop for a first meeting! (Denny S. Brice)
The Cinemaholic suggests some films to see before the new
Downton Abbey film:
Jane Eyre 1997
Written by the eminent author Charlotte Brontë, ‘Jane Eyre’ is one of the greatest novels of the Victorian Era which was made into a film by Robert Young in 1997. The film centers on the story of the eponymous character, who reports to Thornfield Hall to apply for the post of a governess in reply to a newspaper advertisement. Jane has to look after Adele, the daughter of a certain Mr. Rochester. While staying at Thornfield Hall, Jane slowly falls in love with Rochester. But when their relationship gives her an inside knowledge about him, Jane is shocked by the dark secrets her lover hides within himself. What viewers should remember while watching this film is that it leaves off a lot of stuff that happens in the book which traces Jane’s life through her childhood till her marriage. (Sayak Basu)
Aish lists some 'literary classics with a Jewish twist':
Withering Bites (Wuthering Heights) The portions in the above deli are shrinking, much to the diner’s dismay. (Stephanie D. Lewis)
Thomas Walton in
The Toledo Blade has some small literary deficits:
If you want to sound like an intellectual at a cocktail party, just say that you read a lot of Kafka, even if — like me — you don’t know who he or she is. (That’s a joke. Katerina Kafka was one of a kind, am I right?)
I’m not sure my Kafka ploy fools anyone. Until recently I thought Wuthering Heights was a suburb of Cleveland.
A quite different Kafka is the Kafka Cup in wrestling:
For those of you who don’t know, the Kafka Kup is curated by Josef Kafka and Aleah James as the first inter-promotional, international, interspecies wrestling competition. Prone to sudden rule changes mid-match and other dastardly shenanigans, it was great to see that in keeping with the focus of the evening on women’s wrestling, Josef Kafka did not appear, leaving it to Aleah to defend the Cup. After the standard entrance to Kate Bush’s Wuthering Heights, complete with flag-waving, Aleah introduced her opponent for the challenge…none other than British women’s wrestling legend Jinny. (Stephen Goodman in Vulture Hound)
The house than inspired
Peter Pan is up for sale.
The Handbook talks about it:
As one of the most prestigious areas to set up shop, South Kensington boasts a rich and exciting history, which now includes a green hat wearing Peter and his fairy pals. Barrie lived in the house in 1890 and originally made Peter Pan a play before it swiftly became a children’s novel. A bohemian theme wraps itself around the house and various period features capture attention, kind of like Jane Eyre met Disney and they bore a house… (Lottie Hulme)
The writer Mar de los Ríos visits Haworth and shares her views in
La Voz de Almería (Spain):
La novelista viaja a Haworth, en el condado de Yorkshire, corazón del universo creativo de las hermanas Charlotte y Emily Brontë, que tanto poso han dejado en su obra y en la literatura universal
En el otoño de 1847 Jane Eyre fue la primera publicación de las hermanas Brontë, seguida dos meses más tarde por Agnes Grey y Cumbres Borrascosas. Estas tres novelas son la representación de una saga de hermanas literatas, las más famosas de la historia y que correspondieron en su primera edición a los seudónimos de: Currer Bell (Charlotte) Acton Bell (Anne) y Ellis Bell (Emily). Pero, ¿quién demonios eran estas tres plumas que habían llegado para pasar al Olimpo contra todo pronostico? Todavía hoy es muy emocionante ir a descubrirlo al sitio que las vio crecer, convertirse en mujeres independientes, escritoras y que también las vio morir muy jóvenes. Es lo que yo he hecho este verano. ¿Me acompañan? (Translation)
La Vanguardia (Spain) and your psychological alter egos:
Para crear a tu alter ego, elige a alguien o a algo que admires. Puede ser una persona, un objeto o un animal que posea ciertas cualidades o “superpoderes” que te parezcan deseables. También puede ser un personaje de cómic, como Superman o Wonderwoman, o un personaje literario como Jane Eyre, Harry Potter o el Capitán Ahab; o también una figura histórica como Marie Curie, Copérnico o Leonardo da Vinci. También sirven deportistas, escritores, directores de cine o personas de nuestro entorno. (Rocío Carmona) (Translation)
The Brontë Babe Blog reviews Sharon Wright's
The Mother of the Brontës. A user of
NetGalley posts about the Manga adaptation of
Jane Eyre.
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