More on Sanditon season 2. From Ceng News:
Becаuse Theo Jаmes declined to return for Seаsons 2 аnd 3, showrunner Justin Young hаd to come up with new love interests for Chаrlotte thаt were “Austen-esque.” [...]Young аlso аdmitted thаt he drew Colbourne’s inspirаtion from some well-known non-Austen chаrаcters. “I think there wаs а little bit of Rochester in there,” he sаid, аlluding to Chаrlotte Bront’s brooding hero. “Perhаps а smidgeon of Cаptаin von Trаpp [аs in The Sound of Music].” “This seаson contаins а couple of knowing winks to Cаptаin von Trаpp.” (Patrick Tubbs)
Countryfile recommends 'The best poetry books on nature and the British countryside' including
Poems on Nature: Collectors LibraryIntroduced by Helen MacDonaldMining a rich tradition of songs and rhymes, this collection explores how poets from Andrew Marvell to W. B. Yeats to Emily Brontë use verse to describe our relationship with to the natural environment. (Fergus Collins)
The Independent interviews Stark Library IT Director Brad Sayre:
What is your guilty pleasure book?“Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Brontë. When I break from punishing myself with philosophy and science, I escape to poetry and classic romance. I quote lines from this book to my wife on occasion. (Kelsey Davis)
Stuff (New Zealand) interviews screenwriter, producer and director of Octopus Films Dan Salmon.
When it comes to a memorable book, what is more important, a great plot or great characters?I think characters come first. They say of great actors that you’d watch them read the phone book, and I think the same is true of characters in novels. If a character has a wonderful interior life, you don’t have to tie them to a train track to make them interesting. So saying, the books I get most excited about have both. I do remember characters rather than plot. One of my favourite books is George Eliot’s Daniel Deronda. I can’t remember the plot at all, but I remember the characters. The same with my least favourite book, Wuthering Heights, the plot is gone, but I worry miserable Heathcliffe and Cathy are with me forever. (Sharron Pardoe)
Moultrie News illustrates how 'Learning to be the bigger person means walking away from fights' by quoting from Jane Eyre.
The heroine of Charlotte Bronte’s novel Jane Eyre learns the lesson from her friend Helen Burns who is unfairly chastised by her teacher: “It is far better to endure patiently a smart which nobody feels but yourself than to commit a hasty action.” Jane marvels at this “doctrine of endurance.” (Jody Stallings)
While La Vanguardia (Spain) quotes from Anne Brontë's poem Night in an article about nighttime.
Revista Central (Mexico) has selected several strong women from literature including both Jane Eyre and Catherine Earnshaw.
Cumbres borrascosas.Hablando de autoras que murieron jóvenes y que no vivieron en carne propia el arrebato del amor —o al menos no hay datos que demuestren lo contrario—, Emily Brontë fue responsable de una obra maestra donde la pasión juvenil florece intensamente en Heathcliff y sobre todo en Catherine Earnshaw, protagonista nada frágil que se impone con su fuerte carácter a todos los hombres que la rodean y que intentan decidir por ella, característica poco común en las mujeres de la campiña británica de 1847, año en que se publicó esta novela. Su creadora moriría meses más tarde con apenas tres décadas sobre la Tierra y un texto inmortal a sus espaldas.Jane Eyre.Hermana de Emily, Charlotte Brontë fue otra escritora adelantada a los preceptos de su tiempo al entregar a imprenta —también en 1847— la historia de una niña llamada Jane Eyre, quien supera las adversidades primero por medio de la sororidad al hacerse amiga de miss Temple al mismo tiempo que la elige como un modelo femenino a seguir gracias a su inteligencia y posteriormente la joven Jane, quien no posee nada, se da cuenta de lo importante que es la independencia financiera, por lo que no duda en emplearse como institutriz y así sacar provecho de su enorme intelecto. (Translation)
