Taking comfort in the shared misery of Wuthering Heights

The Telegraph has compiled a list of 'The 100 greatest novels of all time' and it includes:

79. Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (1966)

Rhys’s post-colonial prequel to Jane Eyre gives moving, human voice to the “madwoman in the attic” (Mr Rochester's first wife). [...]

14. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë (1847)

Out on the winding, windy moors, Cathy and Heathcliff become each other’s “souls”. Then he storms off. Published under a pseudonym, it was Emily Brontë’s only novel; she died a year later. [...]

7. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (1847)

Poor and obscure and plain as Jane is, Mr Rochester wants to marry her. Illegally. (He’s already married – see Wide Sargasso Sea, above.)

The Sydney Morning Herald reviews The Keepers by Al Campbell.

Jay and her beloved grandmother adore Wuthering Heights, their shared comfort read. “Its rawness, the bleakness. Where some of us reside, like it or not.” Many readers who live with their own daily struggles will similarly take comfort in the shared misery of this novel, while others may find it overwhelming to dwell there. (Jo Case)

Smile Politely recommends Wuthering Heights too:

Wuthering Heights: Emily Brontë’s lone romance novel is a doozy. Brooding landscape is palpable as two men vie for the love of one woman. How does this love triangle end? Sorry. No spoilers for you. (Gail Cohen)

She the People discusses the 'Need To Recognise The Work Of Women Writers'.

This marginalisation continued even after women, prominently in the 19th century, stormed the male bastion of literature to lay claim to the acceptance they deserved. In the West, authors like Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë and later Virginia Woolf took phenomenal strides for womankind in literature, while in the Indian subcontinent, Begum Rokeya, Annie Besant, Rassundari Devi and other feminist-activists pedalled in change. (Tanvi Akhauri)

Screen Rant looks into all the literary references in the TV series Shining Vale. Beware of possible spoilers, though.

Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë

Charlotte Brontë’s 1847, Jane Eyre, sees the titular character serving as a governess in the house of Mr. Rochester. During her time in his home, Thornfield Hall, she is belabored by strange occurrences including a fire that risks the life of Mr. Rochester. While he eventually proposes marriage, the ceremony is interrupted when it is revealed that Rochester is already married. In Jane Eyre, Rochester goes on to explain that he was tricked into marriage so his father could accrue more wealth and then learned that his bride Bertha Mason was not of sound mind, has been getting worse for some time, and is responsible for the strange happenings at Thornfield Hall. The critics Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar drew on this notion when they named their 1979 book The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-Century Literary Imagination.

In Shining Vale episode 1, Pat has set up her writing annex in the attic, and Pat and Terry Phelps are discussing her need to write her next novel quickly or risk forfeiting her advance. When in Shining Vale, Pat begins to question whether she’ll ever actually be able to write something new, she says, “What if I’m just the… the crazy lady banging around in the attic for the rest of her life?” This is clearly a reference to the notion of the “mad woman in the attic,” and highlights the strange happenings that Pat has been experiencing at the hands of Rosemary (Mira Sorvino) through Shining Vale’s connection to Jane Eyre. However, Gilbert and Gubar’s critical work adds a new layer to this as their work, which is considered a cornerstone of feminist literary criticism, highlights the issues with the works of Charlotte Brontë and her contemporary female writers where they had to portray their female characters as either angels or monsters to be able to succeed in a male-driven society. However, Gilbert and Gubar also acknowledge how this also tends to conceal a more feminist subtext underneath the conventional storyline, which hints at Shining Vale’s large questioning of gender beneath a traditional haunted house narrative. (Faefyx Collington)

CBR lists '9 Best Ralph Fiennes Roles That Aren't Voldemort' and one of them is

Wuthering Heights Was Fiennes' Film Debut

Fiennes makes his film debut as Heathcliff in the 1992 film Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights. The film is based on Brontë's classic 1847 novel titled Wuthering Heights, which focuses on the tumultuous love story between Heathcliff and Catherine.

While Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights received mostly negative reviews, it deserves recognition for being Fiennes' introduction to the film industry. It differs from other film adaptations of the novel by including the continued story of the children of Cathy, Heathcliff, and Hindley. Also, Sinead O'Connor makes a brief appearance as Brontë at the beginning and end of the film. (Cassidy Stephenson)

RTVE (Spain) focuses on women writers who had to publish their works using pseudonyms.