Director Cary Fukunaga has given a new generation a gorgeous version of this classic tale. Since its publishing in 1847, under the pseudonym Currer Bell, Jane Eyre has fascinated both readers and storytellers. This adaptation is beautifully shot, very well-acted, and enhanced by a stunning score from Dario Marianelli (Atonement, I Capture the Castle). The set…
Life After Death | Futility Closet
Late in life Arthur Conan Doyle pursued an interest in the possibility of spiritualism and existence beyond the grave. He was widely criticized for this, but a writer to the Graphic raised a redeeming point: Although we may misbelieve mediums and With doubt and suspicion our minds may be filled, Sherlock Holmes, we must grant,…
In a Word | Futility Closet
nescience n. ignorance; lack of knowledge agnoiology n. the study of ignorance In 1927, Hungarian physiologist Albert Szent-Györgyi isolated a substance in lemons and oranges that seemed to prevent scurvy. He couldn’t identify it chemically, so he called it “ignose,” meaning “I do not know.” When the editors of the Biochemical Journal asked for a…
Fritz Eichenberg’s Jane Eyre Cover via Victorian Gothic
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Penguin Acts Out – Part the First
It should be pretty easy to guess what the Penguin is up to in this one…