As much a pleasure to read now as they were 150 years ago

Slate reviews the novel Normal People by Sally Rooney:

The eternal appeal of this foundation explains why Jane Austen and Charlotte Brontë are as much a pleasure to read now as they were 150 years ago. (Laura Miller)

Jezebel posts about the Charlotte Brontë mourning ring seen in Antiques Roadshow:

Had the hair ring not belonged to Brontë, it would have been worth about £25. But things being as they are, Munn put the ring at £20,000, or around $26,000. This honestly seems a little low, not just because the ring contains Charlotte Brontë’s hair, but because I’d think the craftsmanship required to make such a tiny braid would put it at $40,000 minimum. Munn has his opinion, and I have mine. (Lauren Evans)

The Brontës get a new high: being mentioned in BBC's Top Gear:

Bradford does not, generally, come top of the list when you think about automotive start-ups. It might have the best Industrial Museum in West Yorkshire, operate a bang-up-to-date National Science and Media museum and do a mean line in Brontë Sisters origin stories, but bespoke, low-volume specialist cars? Not so much.
But that’s changed. Because Bradford is the home of MZR Roadsports, the best thing to come out of Bradford since David Hockney or, um, Morrison’s Supermarkets. (Tom Ford)

The Mary Sue compiles a list of Riverdale references:

Although not directly mentioned, Riverdale’s resident Gothic manor, Thornhill, calls to mind Thornfield Hall, the estate owned by Edward Rochester that serves as the setting for much of Charlotte Brontë’s 1847 novel Jane Eyre. Just as with Thornhill in the show, the novel eventually sees Thornfield burned to the ground, but that is not necessarily bad news for the eponymous protagonist of Jane Eyre, just as the burning of Thornhill might not be bad for Cheryl.
The author, Charlotte Brontë, also has something in common with Cheryl: she had to conceal part of her identity, as Jane Eyre was first published under the gender-neutral pen name Currer Bell. (Avery Kaplan)

RTL (Luxembourg) gives lessons on net etiquette:

Don't then do the 'oh my gosh, have you seen the bit where the helicopter gets eaten by the giant mosquito at the end of Jane Eyre?'

Tribuna do Norte (Brazil) and writers and solitude:

A lista de celebridades que optaram pela solidão é enorme, por exemplo, Oscar Wilde, Emily Dickinson, Marcel Proust, Emily Brontë, J.D. Sallinger (sic), Charles Chaplin, Stanley Kubrick. (Thiago Gonzaga) (Translation)

Ràdio Capital (in Catalan) publishes about a recent event in Santa Cristina d'Aro:

El títol suggerent “Escriure: necessitat o plaer” va protagonitzar la lectura dramatitzada de cartes del segle XIX. Un mitjà de comunicació que avui ha quedat obsolet per la tecnologia informàtica. Persones properes a la biblioteca municipal com Cristina Carrión, Joan Bolaño, Carmen Gros, Marta Martí, Narcís Ruscalleda i Miquel Pelló es van posar a la pell de Jane Austen, Lord Byron, Charlotte Brontë, George Sand, Gustave Flaubert, Percy Shelley i d’Oscar Wilde per llegir part de l’epistolari que es conserva. Unes cartes que relaten el masclismeque imperava al segle XIX en el món i en especial a l’art de la paraula escrita. Tant era així que la majoria de dones que s’atrevien a entrar en aquest camp es veien obligades a amagar-se sota un pseudònim masculí. (Gerard Escaich Folch) (Translation)

Now, your After reviews/interviews dose:

Dos clásicos de la literatura que el guión, de manera bastante poco sutil, insinúa que fueron modelos para la historia de amor entre Hardin (Hero Fiennes Tiffin) y Tessa (Josephine Langford). Lo cierto es que la película está más cerca de Crepúsculo que de la perfecta comedia de modales de Austen o la tragedia romántica de Brontë. (Diario Castellanos) (Translation)

Nora Dominick & Jen Abidor: What's a book quote that will always inspire you?
Anna Todd: Probably "Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same" [from Wuthering Heights] because not only is it tied to After and holds such a special place for me, but it's also one of the most romantic and deep things you can say in a tiny sentence. (Buzzfeed)

Anna Todd, qui a lu le premier livre 50 nuances de Grey en une semaine à peine, nous a confié avoir été complètement accro à cette histoire mais ne pas l'avoir copié pour autant. "Ça m’a beaucoup inspiré mais pas seulement au niveau de l'histoire d'After. Ça m’a aidé en tant que femme, romancière, à me positionner dans ce monde littéraire plutôt masculin", explique la romancière de 30 ans avant d'ajouter : "J’ai puisé dans la saga 50 nuances mais aussi dans Vampire diaries, Gossip Girl, Les hauts de Hurlevent, Orgueil et préjugés… Je n’ai pas forcément pris une chose en particulier de 50 nuances mais j’ai clairement été influencée par elle car j'en suis fan”. (Emilie Meunier in Télé-Loisirs) (Translation)

La Vanguardia (Spain) local politics column identifies Heathcliff with Gabriel Rufián. The Brussels Brontë Blog posts about a recent talk by Emma Butcher in Brussels: 'Heroes in the Brontë Juvenilia'.