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Wednesday, April 29, 2020

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Gulf Today (Arab Emirates) has selected 'The 10 greatest romance novels' and Jane Eyre is one of them.
3. "Jane Eyre," by Charlotte Brontë
From the red room of childhood nightmares to the mad woman locked in an attic, this Victorian novel has lent us some powerful symbols.
It also stands as an enduring love story between the overlooked but fiercely intelligent governess of the title and Mr Rochester, who gradually learns to value what’s in front of him.
While Penguin highlights the '20 books that defined the 1930s' and one of them is
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (1938)
This was a book that set new standards for the psychological thriller, with one of the most famous heroines in English fiction. And yet, unlike Jane Eyre or Elizabeth Bennet, Rebecca's heroine has no name (Rebecca is in fact the dead wife of the narrator's new husband). (Matt Blake)
La Croix (France) recommends the lovely film Les deux anglaises et le continent by François Truffaut and now available on Netflix.
Un jeune Proust amoureux des sœurs Brontë
Le noir et blanc a cédé la place à la couleur et à la douce lumière de Néstor Almendros, le rythme est plus lent, la reconstitution de la Belle Époque plus précise, l’atmosphère à la fois plus prude et plus tourmentée. « Le héros des deux Anglaises, expliquera-t-il, est un peu le jeune Proust qui serait tombé amoureux de Charlotte et Emily Brontë et les aurait aimées toutes deux pendant plus de dix ans sans se décider à choisir l’une plutôt que l’autre. »
Tout le film exprime un romantisme intense fiévreux inspiré à la fois par son goût de la littérature et par un mal-être personnel lié à sa rupture douloureuse avec Catherine Deneuve. Très satisfait du résultat, François Truffaut pense avoir réalisé là son chef-d’œuvre. Le double échec commercial et critique du film le conduit à le réduire de 14 minutes. Sa restauration dans sa version d’origine pour une ressortie dans les salles en 1985 sera l’un de ses derniers projets avant sa mort. (Céline Rouden) (Translation)
Midland Daily News features a former local basketball player.
"I'm going through the literary classics right now," she added. "I've read Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, and Wuthering Heights, and the next thing I'm going to read is Pride and Prejudice. I never thought I'd like books like that when I was younger, but I've discovered that I really do." (Fred Kelly)
Mousaibookscom posts about the manga adaptation of Jane Eyre. On Medium, Jane Austen's Wastebasket shares '10 Relationship Lessons I Learned While Reading Jane Eyre'.

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