Dickens 200th Anniversary

You can't have missed this momentous anniversary, and the BBC has really gone to town with it. There are loads of Dickens films on over Christmas, and BBC Radio 3 is running a series about Dickens' use of language - perfect for your Wider Reading and examination practice. Check out The Verb Dickens Special, Nightwaves on the novel 'Our Mutual Friend' and see the Radio 4 Dickens site for lots of resources and programmes.

Wuthering Heights - the 2011 film

This Friday, the latest film version of 'Wuthering Heights' hits our cinema screens. Hear a discussion about the film at the beginning of this episode of Radio 4's Front Row, broadcast at 7.15 on Monday 7th November here.

'Wuthering Heights' Reviews

The new film has been doing the rounds of the international film festivals, last being the London Film Festival on 22nd October. Check out reviews here:
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/review/a344172/wuthering-heights-review-london-film-festival-2011.html

http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/89577/wuthering-heights.html

http://www.cine-vue.com/2011/10/bfi-london-film-festival-2011-wuthering.html

'Jane Eyre' Film

Yesterday, Moira Buffini, screenwriter for this year's film of 'Jane Eyre', spoke at the Cheltenham Literary Festival about the allure of this novel and the challenges of adapting it for the cinema, especially how to structure the film without the advantage of the novel's first person narrator.

Recommended Reading

Yesterday we listened to the first half hour of Juliet Barker's vivid 'The Brontes: A Life in Letters'. Also on your Wider Reading List is Barker's biography of 'The Brontes'. You can preview this book from Amazon here.

Bronte Movie

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