Brave Enough to Read Against the Grain

Broadway World has a treat for you:

Get an exclusive first look at 'Brave Enough For Love' - the final number of Jane Eyre - which will stream from Theatre Raleigh starring Julie Benko on August 31 at 7:30pm ET. The Tony-nominated musical, which received widespread acclaim during its recent summer run at Theatre Raleigh, will be available for one night only, with streaming access ending at 11:59pm ET. (Joshua Wright)

The Irish Times reviews My Good Bright Wolf by Sarah Moss:

Spliced through the memoir are literary essays on Arthur Ransome’s children’s series Swallows and Amazons, Jane Eyre, The Bell Jar and the diaries of Dorothy Wordsworth, where Moss’s academic background shines through and offers relief from the difficult personal recollections. “Good fiction,” she notes, “holds conflicting stories, invites us despite itself to read against the grain,” echoing her own style in My Good Bright Wolf. (Sarah Gilmartin)

The Lineup lists some horror book-to-film adaptations:

Rebecca 1940 

by Daphne du Maurier. Film directed by Alftred Hitchcock (...)

Ever since I was a kid, I always loved the toxically romantic element of the story between the austere Maxim de Winter and his second wife, and since it’s loosely based on Jane Eyre, why not make it a double feature of period-piece horror classics? (Gwendolyn Kiste)

A Jane Eyre question in today's Crossword on USA Today. Some quotes now: Anne Brontë in Legit's boy-mom quotes and Southern Living's good night quotes. Charlotte and Emily Brontë in Reader's Digest list of truly unforgettable book quotes. Jane Eyre's Library (in Spanish) publishes pictures of this Danish edition of Jane Eyre. 

Finally, the Brussels Brontë Blog describes a meeting between the author of the post and Irish writer Michael O'Dowd, author of Charlotte Brontë – An Irish Odyssey. The author and her husband met O'Dowd and his wife in Connemara, Ireland in June 2024, where they discussed Brontë-related topics, O'Dowd's writing process, and his views on Charlotte Brontë's cause of death. The meeting included visits to local sites and a lengthy conversation about various subjects.