Little House on the Prairie meets the moor-roaming Brontë heroine, with a 21st-century twist

Keighley News features Nick Holland's  Aunt Branwell And The Brontë Legacy.

The book, published recently by Pen and Sword Books, is said to reveal Aunt Branwell's true character, far removed from the stern disciplinarian of legend.
Nick Holland shows how Elizabeth influenced the lives and works of the Brontes, before and after her death.
He traces the surviving descendants of the Branwells, the closest living relatives to the Brontes today.
Elizabeth Branwell was born in Penzance in 1770, a member of a large and influential Cornish family of merchants and property owners. [...]
A spokesman for Pen and Sword said: “In this first-ever biography of Elizabeth Branwell, we see at last the huge impact she had on Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë, as well as on her nephew Branwell Brontë who spiralled out of control away from her calming influence.
“It was a legacy in Aunt Branwell's will that led directly to the Brontë books we love today, but her influence on their lives and characters was equally important.
“As opposed to the stern aunt portrayed by Mrs. Gaskell in her biography of Charlotte Brontë, we find a kind-hearted woman who sacrificed everything for the children she came to love.
“This revealing book also looks at the Branwell family, and how their misfortunes mirrored that of the Brontës, and we find out what happened to the Brontë cousin who emigrated to America, and in doing so uncover the closest living relatives to the Brontë sisters today.” (David Knights)

Daily JSTOR discusses Jane Austen's 'Subtly Subversive Linguistics' and, apart from quoting from Charlotte Brontë's opinion of her, also states that

Straight-laced film adaptations play up the marriage plots, troubled by how to interpret her finely crafted stories for a modern audience that expects instant gratification. They inevitably end up “Brontifying” Austen, dispensing with sense in favor of all out sensibility, in which unrelenting passion kicks quiet introspection or cool mockery out of the well-cultivated shrubbery and onto the misty moors. Darcy jumps in a pond because he just can’t deal. Elizabeth Bennet lives close to nature with her pet pig gamboling in the parlor. And Fanny Price weirdly just isn’t who she says she is. This is not to say they’re not enjoyable, but they may slightly miss the point, and the irony, of Jane Austen. (Chi Luu)

WJCT shares its staff's favourite holiday reads.

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
I read it for the first time back in high school. It was assigned by one of my favorite teachers. I devoured it over Christmas break underneath my family's Christmas tree and I try to reread it every few Christmases, by the lit up tree. I just love the old timeyness of it. The detailed descriptions of the damp, cold heights and the strange love story make being anywhere indoors feel cozy. - (Caitie Switalski, Broward County Reporter)

UNC Greensboro recommends '2018 releases by faculty and alumni [which] make great gifts' such as

The Wild Inside (Harper Collins/William Morrow)
By Jamey Bradbury ’09 MFA
Bestselling novelist John Irving calls “The Wild Inside”  “an unusual love story and a creepy horror novel — think of the Brontë sisters and Stephen King.” Bradbury is a graduate of UNCG’s MFA Program in Creative Writing. (Avery Campbell and Susan Kirby-Smith)

The Washington Post features Rachel Pendergrass, who

hosts Nerd Nite DC at DC9 on the second Saturday of every month. At each gathering, three volunteers give educational and entertaining PowerPoint presentations on topics like the Brontë sisters’ lesser-known works and computer programs’ failed attempts to write jokes.

Who What Wear on maxi dresses:

While summer saw earthy hues and rustic fabrics, such as linen and cotton, proliferate, this winter has been all about long-sleeved, high-necked midi and maxi dresses that come in a plethora of prints and colours: Think Little House on the Prairie meets the moor-roaming Brontë heroine, with a 21st-century twist. (Joy Montgomery)

The Mancunion reviews Kate Bush's The Whole Story.

Opening this compilation is the genius ‘Wuthering Heights’, which Bush remixed and re-recorded herself for this project. This remixing was done purely with the intent on giving the song a more mature sound, replacing Bush’s original vocals for the track when it was released in 1978, when Bush was just 19. This minor alteration in sound really does highlight the subtle change in vocal depth and resonance Bush developed in the eight years between the original track release to the polished and perfected iteration heard on The Whole Story. (Bella Fleming)

Chapters 36-38 of the Jane Eyre manuscript are analysed on The Eyre Guide.