“Two words would comprehend my future—death and hell: existence, after losing her, would be hell. Yet I was a fool to fancy for a moment that she valued Edgar Linton’s attachment more than mine. If he loved with all the powers of his puny being, he couldn’t love as much in eighty years as I could in a day. And Catherine has a heart as deep as I have: the sea could be as readily contained in that horse-trough as her whole affection be monopolised by him. Tush! He is scarcely a degree dearer to her than her dog, or her horse. It is not in him to be loved like me: how can she love in him what he has not?” Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Jane Austen and the Bronte sisters links for February 24, 2019
What’s happening this week in the Austen and Bronte universes:
- You won’t believe how the Brontes home village has changed – Telegraph & Argus
- Library event celebrates 19th century author Charlotte Bronte – The Daily Nonpariel
- New ITV Jane Austen period drama Sanditon to be filmed in Somerset – Somerset Live
- Theo James to star in series based on Jane Austen’s ‘Sanditon’ – Neos Kosmos
- PHOTOS: ITV films lavish Jane Austen costume drama ‘Sanditon’ on Brean beach – Burnham-On-Sea
- Winchester Cathedral plans for Jane Austen statue scrapped after public backlash – Daily Echo
- Cathedral shelves plan for Jane Austen statue after complaints – Premier
- Dancing to Jane Austen’s beat – Watertown Daily Times
- 3 on a YA Theme: YA Jane Austen Retellings – Book Riot
- Jane Austen’s Missing Letter Discovered – Verily
- Jane Austen knew that real happiness lies in domestic bliss – The Telegraph
- Missing six lines from Jane Austen letter discovered after 200 years, and are revealed to be about laundry – The Telegraph
- Winchester Cathedral scraps Jane Austen statue plan after protests – The Guardian
- Dancing the afternoon away — Jane Austen style – The Bolton News
- Kris Marshall embodies the Georgian gentleman as he films scenes for the TV adaptation of Jane Austen’s final work Sanditon in Somerset – DailyMail
- Brit Telly: Casting Announced for New Jane Austen Sanditon Adaptation As It Commences Filming – Anglotopia
- Jane Austen’s Sanditon filming on Bristol set – KFTV
- ‘Masterpiece’ sets schedule, announces Jane Austen cast – Orlando Sentinel
- CHRONICLE COMMENT: Right decision made on the Jane Austen statue – Hampshire Chronicle
- Winchester Cathedral Jane Austen sculpture plans scrapped – BBC News
- Jane Austen News – Issue 154– Jane Austen Centre
- Issue 52: Five Reasons Why Books Are Good For You (That You Might Not Expect!) – Pride & Possibilities
Distresses
“How odd it is that we so often weep for each other’s distresses, when we shed not a tear for our own!” The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte
Uncertain Future
“Peril, loneliness, an uncertain future, are not oppressive evils, so long as the frame is healthy and the faculties are employed; so long, especially, as Liberty lends us her wings, and Hope guides us by her star.” Villette by Charlotte Bronte
Woman’s Inconstancy
“I do not think I ever opened a book in my life which had not something to say upon woman’s inconstancy. Songs and proverbs, all talk of woman’s fickleness. But perhaps you will say, these were all written by men.” Persuasion by Jane Austen
No More Inspire
Shall earth no more inspire thee,
Thou lonely dreamer now?
Since passion may not fire thee
Shall Nature cease to bow?
Thy mind is ever moving
In regions dark to thee;
Recall its useless roving—
Come back and dwell with me.
I know my mountain breezes
Enchant and soothe thee still—
I know my sunshine pleases
Despite thy wayward will.
When day with evening blending
Sinks from the summer sky,
I’ve seen thy spirit bending
In fond idolatry.
I’ve watched thee every hour;
I know my mighty sway,
I know my magic power
To drive thy griefs away.
Few hearts to mortals given
On earth so wildly pine;
Yet none would ask a heaven
More like this earth than thine.
Then let my winds caress thee;
Thy comrade let me be—
Since nought beside can bless thee,
Return and dwell with me.
At Times
“I flatter myself, at times, that though among them, I am not of them.” The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte
Monotony and Death
“I feel monotony and death to be almost the same.” Charlotte Bronte
Well Written
“If a book is well written, I always find it too short.” Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Jane Austen and the Bronte sisters links for February 17, 2019
What’s happening this week in the Austen and Bronte universes:
- New research into Brontes and Duke – Keighley News
- 5 Classic Love Stories You Should Add To Your Reading List – Swirlster
- Why I’ve collected 15 copies (and counting) of ‘Wuthering Heights’ for my private library – Scroll.in
- The best love stories in literature – Today
- Books in brief: From ‘dissembling minx’ Jane Austen to jailed Markiewicz – The Irish Times
- 5 romance novels that are perfect for Valentine’s Day reading – AM New York
- 5 rom-coms to kindle — or rekindle — romance this weekend – USA Today
- The long and lovely history of the rom-com – The Daily Campus
- READER LETTER: ‘Winchester has enough Jane Austen tributes’ – Hampshire Chronicle
- Carnegie to celebrate 19th century author Jane Austen – Journal Review
- ITV reveals casting for Jane Austen’s Sanditon – Entertainment Focus
- Dancing to Jane Austen’s Beat – The New York Times
- The Physical Pleasures of Jane Austen’s Persuasion – JStor Daily
- ITV announces cast for adaptation of unfinished Jane Austen novel Sanditon – Housekeeping UK
- Kris Marshall lands role in ITV’s Jane Austen drama Sanditon two years on from Death in Paradise exit – Digital Spy
- ‘Reign’ Star Rose Williams & ‘Divergent’s Theo James To Front ITV & PBS’ Jane Austen Adaptation ‘Sanditon’ – Deadline
- Jane Austen News – Issue 153– Jane Austen Centre