Bronte--290: Chapter 20

Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, Chapter 20. Our reader, Elizabeth Klett continues to rock Jane Eyre for us!

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A listener on Craftlit, Kathi, pointed me to a 2006 version of Jane Eyre with Ruth Wilson and Toby Stephens. In this youtube clip (starting around 2:40), "Blanche Ingram, as played by Christina Cole, is not a ninny. She's also not quite as mean as she is in the book. Her mother takes some of the more offensive lines. But she is well schooled in the games that women play in the marriage mart. And she does feel threatened by Jane."

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This past weekend there was a wonderful NPR interview with the author, Paula Byrne, of The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things. Her excitement of Jane is what will make this a different take than your usual womb-to-tomb biography.

Please feel free to join our Knit-a-Long for Jane's Ubiquitous Shawl. I'm done but starting another one (hello? glutton you say?)

What (else) Would Madame Defarge Knit?—this time in color!—is available for pre-order! I also have a sneak peek of my pattern for you.