“Good Girl” is a bildungsroman, a novel about personal development or, if you like, growing up. It shares unexpected and gratifying parallels with various classics of the genre, including Goethe’s “Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship,” about a young man who falls in with a troupe of circus performers, and Charlotte Brontë’s “Jane Eyre.” Like these novels, Aber’s book is episodic and capacious, brimming with secondary characters who each contribute, in their small way, to the main character’s evolution. And, like them, it is about an outsider who wants in. The hero of a bildungsroman often begins as an outcast of some kind, a condition that is romanticized even as it must be overcome. Pip (of “Great Expectations”) will become a gentleman and Harry Potter a wizard; like Jane, they will leave their coarse or unsympathetic families behind to gain acceptance among a better class of people. Huck Finn and Holden Caulfield’s antisocial tendencies will find positive expression in a tenderness for those whom polite society brutalizes or neglects. The arc of the bildungsroman bends toward adaptation, if not always assimilation, as the protagonist’s rough edges are smoothed by experience and she acquires an instinct for who can and cannot be trusted, who should and should not be loved. (Anahid Nersessian)
“The University of Chicago has hidden treasures, in secret kept, in silence sealed.” So (almost) wrote Charlotte Brontë in Jane Eyre.
The human heart has hidden treasures,
In secret kept, in silence sealed;
The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures,
Whose charms were broken if revealed.
That's not from Jane Eyre at all though, but from Charlotte's poem Evening Solace.
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CrimeReads, writer Susan Moore discusses and lists '7 essential domestic psychothrillers' and one of them is Jane Eyre.
When you take a deep, dark dive into a domestic thriller, there, in those murky waters, you just might see a fragment of yourself staring back. It’s that stark moment of reflection, laying bare the truth that hides beneath our carefully crafted facades. Rooted in the gothic thrillers of the past, such as Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights and Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre, the psychological thriller has evolved to peel back the layers of domestic life and reveal the darkness within. [...]
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
“Jane Eyre,” can be seen as an early form of domestic noir. There’s a creeping sense of threat, a slow-boil crisis that’ll make your skin crawl. Plenty of thriller writers, me included, have been taking notes from twisted Gothic tales like this – that serve up domestic life with a side of terror and desire.
Russh lists '10 books being adapted into film and TV in 2025' and one of them is of course
Wuthering Heights
Release date: February 14, 2026
We've witnessed Emerald Fennell, Margot Robbie, and Jacob Elordi make magic with Saltburn, and now the trio are back at it again, this time with the film adaptation of Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights. Elordi and Robbie will bring Heathcliff and Cathy to life, with Robbie's production company, LuckyChap, also signed on to produce the film. Set on the isolated Yorkshire moors, the story of the intense and tragic relationship between Heathcliff and Catherine has captivated readers for generations. Fennell's adaptation promises to bring fresh intensity to the story, with her signature stunning visuals and a expert eye for the dark, passionate emotions that define the novel. (Kirsty Thatcher)
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