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Friday, January 08, 2021

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The Boston Globe interviews the writer Kevin Barry:
Amy Sutherland: Which book have you reread the most?
K.B.: Probably the first book that threw me to the wall, Emily Brontë’s “Wuthering Heights,” which I read when I was 10. I will pick it up on a wild and wintry night in the west of Ireland and go into the glorious gothic atmosphere of it. I’m also a nightly reader of poetry, even if only 5 minutes. I take down the collected poems of Philip Larkin a great deal. He’s always more miserable than you can ever be, so he’s great company.
CNN recommends reads for 2021:
This thrilling tale is a Southern Gothic twist on “Jane Eyre” that’s full of suspense, twists and turns. When Jane, a broke dog walker with a suspicious past, moves to Birmingham, Alabama, to work in the uppity gated community of Thornfield Estates, she meets Eddie Rochester, a recently widowed resident. As the two fall for each other, Jane is increasingly haunted by his deceased wife’s legend. But Eddie has secrets of his own. The story of this twisted love triangle will have you on the edge of your seat all the way until the end. (Kami Phillips)

Where the Reader Grows reviews The Wife Upstairs.

Bridgerton Zone:
English Period Dramas To Watch If You Like Netflix's Bridgerton: (...) Jane Eyre (2011). Charlotte Bronte's classic literary character Jane Eyre has been translated to the big screen several times, but never with as much haunting impact as Cary Joji Fukunaga's 2011 adaptation.
Mia Wasikowska stars as the titular governess whose happy existence at Thornfield Hall is interrupted by the arrival of Edward Rochester (Michael Fassbender), a cold and cryptic headmaster harboring a secret. As Jane begins to fall for her new boss, the harrowing revelation of Rochester's history threatens her existence. (Jake Dee in ScreenRant)
Far Out discusses the first TV interview of Kate Bush: 
The interview starts with a conversation concerning her captivating track ‘Wuthering Heights’ which had shocked the nation upon its release. Bush discussed how she was inspired by the television series, noting: “I saw the series on the television, it was on very late at night, and I caught literally the last five minutes, as she was at the window trying to get it. It just struck me, it was so strong, and for years it’s just been going around in my head.” (Joe Taysom)
According to Essex Live, Northey Island is
owned by the National Trust who call it ‘the closest you’ll get to true wilderness in Essex’.
To visit you have to arrange for a permit and you can’t cross over to it at high tide. It’s referred to as ‘bleak, remote and quiet’ and ‘the Wuthering Heights of Essex’. (Clare Youell & Louise Lazell)
Tatler publishes its Tatler Travel Guide for 2021. Yes, we know. They know too:
 After spending several months in lockdown, I frequently dream of my most memorable trips. The windblown romance of the wild world of Heathcliff and Cathy up on the moors on the St Alkelda’s Way pilgrimage path in North Yorkshire. 
RTBF (Belgium) interviews the actress and theatre director Myriam Saduis:
Tania Markovic: Dans Final Cut, vous racontez également les séquelles laissées par une mère envahissante qui décide de tout : de l’interdiction d’évoquer votre père à celle de parler italien, du choix de vos vêtements à celui de faire franciser votre nom… La petite fille puis l’adolescente que vous étiez se réfugie dans la lecture. Dans le spectacle il est fait énormément référence à Marguerite Duras et en particulier au Ravissement de Lol V. Stein, mais le livre que vous avez sur scène c’est Jane Eyre
M.S.: Jane Eyre était un de mes romans préférés. Je l’ai lu très jeune et il m’a beaucoup accompagnée. L’héroïne de Charlotte Brontë est une jeune fille solitaire, orpheline, qui cherche à s’assumer seule en travaillant comme préceptrice. Elle tombe alors sous le charme de son employeur, M. Rochester, mais cet amour va être cassé par le fait qu’il y a une femme folle cachée et enfermée dans la maison. Cette femme n’est autre que l’épouse de Rochester… J’étais fascinée par cette histoire, par le secret de cette folie, sans doute parce que j’avais l’intuition, même opaque, de la maladie de ma mère… Puisque ma mère, comme je le raconte dans le spectacle, était paranoïaque. Jane Eyre m’accompagne sur le plateau car c’est le personnage que j’ai rencontré dans la littérature qui se construisait, comme moi, à partir d’une folie cachée. (Translation)
Diacritik (France) quotes from Françoise Lavocat's Fait et Fiction:
« C’est un matin comme un autre à Shadavar (…) Jane Eyre et Rochester sirotent leur café en souriant ; Mademoiselle Else repasse ses robes ; Anna Karenine feuillette l’annuaire des trains ; Obi-Wan Kenobi fait des élongations et le Vicomte de Valmont, adepte du yoga, est déjà en position du lotus. Oblomov a failli se lever ; les Jésus enlacent leur Marie-Madeleine… ». (Anne Besson) (Translation)

Diez Minutos (Spain) discusses a local kind of famous who wants to have a tattoo with a quote from Wuthering Heights

"Mi próximo tatu es uno que siempre he querido hacerme", comienza escribiendo Alejandra en su storie. Se trata de una frase de su libro favorito, 'cumbres borrascosas'. A la joven le apasiona la lectura y esa obra dice habérsela leído muchas veces, y tiene la frase perfecta para grabarla en su piel. Lo que no sabe si es español o en inglés, así que pide ayuda a quien más la conoce: sus fans. (Translation)

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