Jane Eyre: superb social distancer

The Telegraph and Argus is looking for the ultimate Bradfordian and the Brontë sisters are among the candidates.

Brontë Sisters
Born in Thornton, Emily, Charlotte and Anne, the 19th-century literary family, are also associated with the village of Haworth, with both places now popular tourist spots.
The sisters are well known as poets and novelists, with their classics including Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre still as popular today. (Mark Stanford)

Pity they didn't illustrate the article with an actual painting of them such as the one mentioned in this selection by House Beautiful of '8 Museums You Can Virtually Tour Right Now'.

The National Portrait Gallery, London, England
Given that the National Portrait Gallery in London was set to close later this year for renovations until at least spring of 2023, a virtual tour of the famed museum really is the best route to take. Upon its opening in 1856, the National Portrait Gallery became the very first portrait gallery in the world. Expect to see portraits (who would’ve guessed) of prominent people from throughout history, including the Brontë sisters — Charlotte, Emily, and Anne — in a painting done by their brother, Patrick Branwell Brontë, and the famous Chandos portrait, which is believed to depict William Shakespeare. (Mary Elizabeth Andriotis)

Daily Mail takes a look behind the scenes at the filming of the new screen adaptation of The Secret Garden.

The interiors were filmed at Pinewood Studios and were based partly on Hitchcock’s film Rebecca and Orson Welles’ Jane Eyre. (Nicole Lampert)

Poor Robert Stevenson, we should say.

The Quietus interviews writer Luke Brown about his book Theft.

Victorian novels permeate Theft – there are various references to George Eliot, and two of the characters even take a day trip to the Brontë house in Howarth [sic]. Were you self-consciously trying to write a contemporary version of a Victorian novel? Some of the plot elements came from those Victorian novels with plots driven by property transfer: the orphans, deaths setting things in process by freeing up capital, multiple suitors, the marriage as ending. (C.D. Rose)

According to LitHub, Jane Eyre is one of '10 superb social distancers from literature'.

Jane Eyre, of Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre:
I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself. (Emily Temple)

New Haven Register shows the impact of coronavirus isolation on the local theater scene.

Hartford Stage followed suit with its announcement that it would truncate its current run of “Jane Eyre” and cancel its subsequent production of “The King’s Speech.” Hartford Stage’s Managing Director Cynthia Rider, speaking by phone Monday, said that the organization was still assessing the damage.
“With ‘Jane Eyre’ and ‘The King’s Speech,’ I’m sure we’re approaching a million dollars,” Rider said, adding that she and her colleagues hope to have more information in a matter of days. (E. Kyle Minor)

Forlì Today (Italy) interviews an Italian London resident and asks her how she's spending her time:

Le giornate, che siano a Forlì o a Londra, scorrono ugualmente lente. Soprattutto ora che non lavori... come passi il tempo? "Sì, i tempi sono molto lunghi, a volte non so come ho fatto a fare sera! Non mi lamento, però è logico che non è neanche una situazione desiderabile. Fortunatamente mi piace leggere: adesso sto leggendo Jane Eyre e mi piace molto, essendo anche un libro molto lungo almeno mi tengo impegnata...! Leggo, guardo Netflix, un po' come tutti, e poi chiamo i genitori, le amiche, la nonna, la sorella... faccio videochiamate..."“ (Beatrice Loddo) (Translation)

The Financial Times Weekend Quiz includes this question:

What surname is shared by the founder of the Everyman Library series and the author of the novel Wide Sargasso Sea?

Radio Times reports that Audible has 'just made hundreds of titles completely free to help during coronavirus crisis', including Jane Eyre read by Thandie Newton. Huffington Post (Spain) recommends movies based on classic novels, including Wuthering Heights 1939.