Oprah Magazine recommends '12 Books to Read If You Are Obsessed with Downton Abbey', including
4 Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Odds are, when you read the Charlotte Brontë classic about an orphaned governess who falls in love with her tormented employer, Edward Rochester, the master of Thornfield Hall, you were in grade school and—shall we say—unenthusiastic.
But take it from us, revisiting the twists, the turns, the secrets in Brontë’s story as a willing adult participant is simply thrilling. And we highly recommend it. (DeAnna Janes)
In the same vein,
Bustle recommends '15 Classic Novels You Missed In College That You Need To Read Now', such as
'Wide Sargasso Sea' by Jean Rhys
In her prequel to Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, Jean Rhys centers on Antoinette Cosway, the young woman who will become Bertha Mason — Mr. Rochester's first, locked-away wife. (K.W. Colyard)
Spectator reviews
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood. Beware of spoilers!
Aunt Lydia is approximately as old as Margaret Atwood, who was born in 1939. She remembers the founding of Gilead in New England, the suspension of the US Constitution, the liquidation of Congress, the mass executions and the terror. Before the coup, she was a distinguished family court judge who had an abortion to prioritise her career, ‘a law degree and a uterus: a lethal combination’. After Gilead was established to address the problem of the US’s declining birth rate, she was tortured, then recruited as a trusted enforcer of the new rules for girls and women. She writes her testament at Ardua Hall in the Hildegard Library, surrounded by forbidden texts from the old world: Anna Karenina, Tess of the d’Urbervilles, Paradise Lost, Lives of Girls and Women. She hides her manuscript inside a hollowed-out copy of Cardinal Newman’s X-rated (because Roman Catholic), Apologia Pro Vita Sua: A Defence of One’s Life. It is addressed to ‘My Dear Reader’. And so she takes her place in the long tradition of fictional composers of memoir alongside Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre and George Orwell’s Winston Smith. (Ruth Scurr)
Daily Nation (Kenya) interviews writer Karang’ae Chege.
What is that one book you read that was out of your comfort zone? Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë was out of my comfort zone owing to the sad events dominating the pages. (Kariuki Wa Nyamu)
The Guardian takes readers’ travel tips for autumn breaks in the UK.
Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire
Hebden Bridge’s autumnal colours, post-industrial buildings and poetic links all add up to this being the best time to visit. See the leaves changing colour as you walk by the river up to Hardcastle Crags and among the ruins and former mills, which used water to power their looms. Detours over the moors take you to the farmhouse at Top Withens, said to have provided some inspiration for Wuthering Heights, and the Brontë Parsonage at Haworth. At nearby Heptonstall is Sylvia Plath’s grave and Ted Hughes’s Lumb Bank, an 18th-century former millowner’s house, now the Arvon Centre for writers. Among interesting places to stay is Elmet Farmhouse (sleeps six, three nights from £440) which Hughes knew well.
Chris
According to
The Portsmouth News, Southampton airport is the gateway to
Leeds
This hidden gem in the heart of Yorkshire is your base for exploring the stunning Yorkshire Dales and, just a short trip away from the city centre, historic Harewood House with its royal connections, extensive art collections and impressive grounds. Head out of Bradford to Haworth if you’re interested in literature and want to learn all about the famous Brontë sisters.
If you want to add about 5 hours to your journey, then yes it is.
Finally, for any locals interested:
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