[LMB] QOTD #7: Emotional genre, re: ACC dedication (Sat. Mar. 1st)

[alayne at twobikes.ottawa.on.ca]

On Sun, 2 Mar 2008, micki  yamada wrote:
> I loathe the 
> Bronte Sisters. Or at least I did in high school, and although I've been 
> tempted to re-read Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre, there always seems to be 
> something better on hand to read. Like the back of cereal boxes.

Whiler not precisely trying to change your mind, I do want to defend 
Charlotte Bronte. Both _Jane Eyre_ and _Villette_ are much more readable 
than _Wuthering Heights_ (actually, I've never been able to finish WH 
because I hated all the characters). JE and Villette are fascinating 
studies of social class in mid-19th century England, as well as stories of 
overwhelming love, and the subsidiary characters are really well-defined.

But YMMV.
 
> Also, Lois has a lot more books in the running. I hope we won't have to wait 
> 200 years for a BBC or Ivory and Merchant version of A Civil Campaign.

James Ivory died a few years ago and Ismail Merchant hasn't made any 
movies since 2005, so a Ivory and Merchant version is unlikely...

And the BBC does seem to prefer books set in the UK, so I think the only 
LMB book they'd want to do would be _Brothers in Arms_.

-- 
Alayne McGregor
alayne at twobikes.ottawa.on.ca

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