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Saturday, July 24, 2021

Two Brontës (and Wide Sargasso Sea) in the 100 greatest novels of all time listed in The Telegraph:
79. Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (1966)
Rhys’s post-colonial prequel to Jane Eyre gives moving, human voice to the “madwoman in the attic” (Mr Rochester's first wife).
14. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë (1847)
Out on the winding, windy moors, Cathy and Heathcliff become each other’s “souls”. Then he storms off. Published under a pseudonym, it was Emily Brontë’s only novel; she died a year later.
7. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (1847)
Poor and obscure and plain as Jane is, Mr Rochester wants to marry her. Illegally. (He’s already married – see Wide Sargasso Sea, above.)
The University of Cumbria presents the book A Literary Walking Tour of Ambleside by Penny Bradshaw:
The Ambleside Literary Walking Tour details the town’s long history of literary associations through a half-day walk, accompanied by words from the many celebrated poets and novelists who visited or lived in the town, including the Wordsworths, John Keats, Charlotte Brontë and Charles Dickens. (...)
A launch event for the Walking Tour, featuring readings from the book by the author, book-signing, nibbles and a chance to view select items from the Armitt, will take place on 13 August, 6.30–8.30pm at The Armitt, Ambleside.
Charlotte Brontë visited Elizabeth Gaskell at Briery Close (between Ambleside and Windermere) in 1850.  

The Chichester Observer talks with Lily Smith, from the This Is My Theatre Company, who is now touring Jane Eyre:
Just four actors will perform Jane Eyre and The Secret Garden, sometimes both in a day – a great chance for Lily to work with old friends from drama school. (...)
“I was supposed to be doing The Tempest with them last summer but because of Covid that didn’t happen. But this summer luckily Sarah offered me Secret Garden and Jane Eyre. (...)
Lily is confident that the two shows will work well together, good companion pieces in effect: “I think they do both share a lot of themes. There are themes in both of maybe loneliness and there are also secrets in both of them, the first wife in the case of Jane Eyre and the garden itself in Secret Garden.”
Lily will be playing no fewer than seven roles in Jane Eyre. She admits it is going to be hard work taking two plays on the road: “But we are just really pleased to be doing it. We are happy because we love it. (Phil Hewitt)
Brighouse Echo shows a manorial house for sale in Calderdale and name drops a Brontë:
On the edge of Southowram, where Emily Brontë reputedly wrote poetry and gained inspiration for Wuthering Heights, Grade ll Listed Ashday Hall.stands, with views across the valley. (Sally Burton)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch recommends The Disappearing Act by Catherine Steadman:
Catherine Steadman follows up “Something in the Water” and “Mr. Nobody” with “The Disappearing Act,” a fast-paced and lively psychological thriller about the perils of trying to help a stranger.
Brit Mia Eliot is a “Masterpiece Theatre”-level star back home (she’s Jane in “Eyre”!), now taking a shot at conquering Hollywood before it conquers her. (Gail Pennington)
The artist Natalie Franck vindicates the work of Paula Rego (a retrospective is now taking place at the Tate Britain) in Artnet:
During our last visit in her studio, she asked me to undress and don a black, ruched, Victorian dress and pose. We had lunch and went about our afternoon.
Months later I received a package in the mail, a lithograph of me, hawkish, offering Jane Eyre to be inspected by Mr. Rochester. Six months later, another package arrived, this time much smaller, and in it was a beautifully wrapped set of Jane Eyre postage stamps made by the British government, with my evil profile. In true Paula fashion, she insisted that the women be made into first class stamps, the men, second. In her revolutionary drawings, painting and graphic work, she has always put women first.
Bandcamp reviews Rachel Lime's A.U. album: 
Taking the POV of a third NASA Golden Record on “Voyager 3,” Lime sends a message in a bottle to the cosmos in the form of a high-sheen, ‘80s-inflected dance track. “Silla,” meanwhile, is an allegorical imagining, à la “Wuthering Heights,” of the legend of Korea’s Queen Seondeok . (Stephanie Barclay)
Le Devoir (Canada) and Todo Noticias (Argentina) recommend the TV series La Cocinera de Castamar:
Qu’obtiendrait-on si l’on mélangeait Le festin de Babette et Les liaisons dangereuses et qu’on assaisonnait le tout d’un soupçon de Rebecca et d’une larme de Jane Eyre ? Sans doute quelque chose qui se rapprocherait de La cuisinière de Castamar, somptueuse série espagnole, d’après le roman de Fernando J. Muñez, où l’on suit la relation entre une cuisinière agoraphobe (Michelle Jenner) et un duc endeuillé (Roberto Enríquez).  (Manon Dumais) (Translation)

Clara está sola: su madre murió y su padre ha sido injustamente acusado de un crimen. Su entrada en la casa de un gran señor recuerda a Jane Eyre y su llegada a la casa del señor Forrester (sic) en la novela de Charlotte Brontë. (Cecilia Absatz) (Translation)

ReadRate (Russia) recommends Wuthering Heights:
Что ещё почитать, как «Грозовой перевал» Эмили Бронте? Задачка сложная. Если спросить у истинных поклонников произведения, они, пожалуй, скажут, что таких книг вовсе нет, и будут по-своему правы, ведь «Грозовой перевал» – уникальный роман, который перевернул представления о романтической литературе. Но мы всё-таки нашли 4 книги, которые напоминают «Грозовой перевал» по духу, накалу страстей, драматургии и атмосфере. Если вам понравился «Грозовой перевал» Эмили Бронте, обратите внимание на них. (Translation)

Wuthering Heights is included in the list of the "Lire, c’est voyager ; voyager, c’est lire" initiative by the Fondation Vinci Autoroute according to L'Écho Republicain (France). Track2Training reviews Wuthering Heights.

Keighley News publishes several letters in support of the Saving Haworth's Post Office campaign. The Telegraph & Argus recommends an activity that will take place in August at Parson's Field (the meadow behind the Parsonage):
* Another World, set in Parson’s Field at Haworth's Brontë Parsonage Museum, is an installation by NEON Studio exploring an imaginary world where the Brontës ran wild. (Emma Clayton)

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