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• Fine books and/or Twilight-ification

  
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  The Scotsman talks about a new auction at Lyon & Turnbull in Edinburgh (13 Jan 2010 11:00) which includes some fine editions of Brontë books: Books, Maps & Manuscripts - Sale 274 Lot 55 Bronte, Charlotte, Emily & Anne Life and works. London: Smith Elder, 1890-94. 7 volumes, 8vo, plates, ...
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• Michael Fassbender on becoming Mr Rochester

  
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  IndieWire has uploaded a video interview with Michael Fassbender where he confirms - viva voce, so to speak - that he will indeed be playing Mr Rochester in the forthcoming production directed by Cary Fukunaga. As you can see, he says the shooting is expected to begin around March. He seems quite excited to have ...
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• A guide and a walk

  
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  Keighley News reports the release of a new tourist guide produced by Pennine Yorkshire. It can be downloaded from their website : The life and times of the Brontës has inspired a new guide which takes fans on a tour of the region that influenced their lives and novels. It reveals how their lives unfolded not just ...
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• Emilys artists box returns home

  
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  The Telegraph and Argus reports what we confirmed in an edit earlier today , i.e. the Brontë Society carrying home Emilys artists box. Bronte guardians have hit the jackpot again, outbidding rivals to buy a Bronte treasure at auction in Sotheby’s, London, yesterday. They paid £32,000 for Wuthering Heights ...
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• Edward F. Rochester

  
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  A new retelling of Jane Eyre (from a masculine point of view) was published in France some months ago: Edward F. Rochester by Christine Paris Bruyère Editions Bénévent ISBN : 9782756313320 Pages : 132 Publication : 8/2009 « Vous me demanderez sans doute si je lépie. Oui, je lavoue humblement, mais elle ne ...
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• Wentworth Millers thesis and other news

  
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  China Daily has a lengthy article on Jane Eyre in China in general and the Beijing stage production of Jane Eyre in particular: Chen Shu is best known for playing high-society courtesans. So her turn as the title role in Jane Eyre, currently at the National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA), came as a ...
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• How retro! How Brontë!

  
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  A few days ago we posted that Peter Webber has abandoned the Wuthering Heights film project . However, in an interview in The Scotsman with Ecosse Films producer Douglas Rae which might have taken place before or after Peter Webber left, the project seems to be still on. Casting American actress Anne Hathaway as ...
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• Brontë-esque undulations

  
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  The National (Abu Dhabi) has article discussing the pros and cons of sequels and prequels to literary works. As usual, Jean Rhyss Wide Sargasso Sea plays the role of benchmark. In 1966, some 30 years after the publication of her previous novel Good Morning, Midnight, Jean Rhys achieved huge success with Wide Sargasso ...
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• A formula that always works

  
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  Anne Rice is interviewed in the Riverside Press-Enterprise . In her opinion the Twilight saga success can be traced back to Jane Eyre: Jennifer Dean: What do you think of the current vampire types like those in "Twilight" and "True Blood?" Rice: Its fun. I think theres nothing there to be frightened about or upset ...
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• How fresh and delightful a 162-year-old love story can be

  
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  Rachel Cusk writes in The Guardian about that diffuse concept baptized as womens writing . Talking about Chekhovs Three Sisters: Recently, reading Chekhovs Three Sisters , it struck me that the question of female self-expression – lets call it "womens writing" – becomes confused precisely where the attempt is ...
  2 weeks ago

• Bedlam, Werewolves and boring titles

  
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  Brontë fiction for next year is alive and well. You can check our sidebar for the complete list. Here we present two forthcoming new books and the US edition of another one: 1. Laura Joh Rowland promised a saga when she published The Secret Adventures of Charlotte Brontë in March 2008 and here is the second ...
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• Peter Webber out of Wuthering Heights

  
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  A few days ago we posted an article on the boost Brontë adaptations have received thanks to the Twilight phenomenon. What the article didnt take into account is just how unlucky - yes, lets put it that way - they can be and how they can go on and on and on. All this to say that according to Screen Daily , director ...
  2 weeks ago

• Breaking news: Heathcliff and Mr Rochester are not real

  
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  Reviews of recent productions of Jane Eyre on stage keep trickling in. Indy Week reviews the Durham production: Regrettably, no endorsement can follow last Saturday nights viewing of Jane Eyre. This production is likely to be lambasted by some for basically not being Nicholas Nickleby (currently playing at ...
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• Jane Eyre returns to Beijing

  
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  The Beijing NCPA production of Jane Eyre returns to the stage for a new series of performances (December 10-23). Theres a new Jane. Yuan Quan is replaced by Chen Shu. Jane Eyre (NCPA Original Production) Production: National Centre for the Performing Arts Director: Wang Xiaoying Playwright: Yu Rongjun Lead ...
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• Shameless little boys

  
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  The Evening Courier has an article on High Sunderland Hall, which many critics believe to have inspired part of the architecture of the imaginary Wuthering Heights. I should like to draw attention to the fact that Shibden Hall has many other interesting stone relics. Some of these are most significant, and I wish ...
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• Heathcliff is awkward, northern and a c***

  
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  Charlottes desk which will be auctioned in Sothebys in a few days is the main reason for this article in the London Evening Standard : Charlotte Brontës desk, where she wrote Jane Eyre at the family parsonage in Haworth, is up for auction next week. Sothebys has put an estimated £10,000 price tag on its spindly ...
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• "Readable" Jane Eyre

  
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  A Jane Eyre retold for lazy readers... sorry, for modern readers which find the arcane English of Charlotte Brontë utterly incomprehensible (sic). A rather similar operation to that where Alfred Hithcocks Psycho was cloned by Gus Van Sant in 1998 . Readable Classics clons Charlotte Brontës work with ...
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• Christmas Regency Festival 2009

  
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  The Red House in Gomersal (Brontë-related through its association with the Taylor family) celebrates its traditional Christmas Regency Festival : Picture source: Panoramio From Wednesday December 16 until Sunday December 20, there will be delightful period Christmas displays, costumed characters, festive ...
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• Napoleon, Van Gogh, Chuck Norris and the Brontës

  
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  Yesterdays auction at Christies opens the news today with the Telegraph & Argus highlighting, as we reported yesterday, that the Brontë Society was able to successfully bid at least for one of the lots. The figures of the article are not exactly right (check our previous post ) though. Bronte guardians were ...
  3 weeks ago

• My Soul is Awakened

  
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  A couple of forthcoming alerts: 1. A chance to listen the 1996 musical piece Horizons by Andrew Carter which puts into music among others, Anne Brontës poem My Soul is Awakened . On Saturday 5th December the St Neots Choral Society are performing a rather special concert to celebrate composer Andrew ...
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