Trapped in this dull, waistcoat-free present

The New York Times highlights some new historical fiction books and one of them is

Fifteen Wild Decembers

by Karen Powell

What Emily Brontë calls “the push-pull” of her turbulent family is the subject of Powell’s suitably brooding Fifteen Wild Decembers (Europa, 288 pp., paperback, $18). We first encounter Powell’s imagined Emily in 1824 when she is sent to join her sisters at the boarding school that will later figure in Charlotte’s novel, “Jane Eyre.” But all 6-year-old Emily wants is to return to the Yorkshire moors that “are as familiar to me as the features of my own siblings.”

Narrating this account of her brief life, Emily provides a sharp perspective on the penury and isolation that created such anguish — and such inspiration — for the Brontë sisters. Tensions between them flare, as does frustration with their feckless brother, Branwell. Foremost, though, is Emily’s yearning for the “wild freedom” she knew as a child, a yearning that will color her novel, “Wuthering Heights.” Sent to Brussels with Charlotte for more schooling, she chafes at the restrictions of polite society: “I did not belong in this world and even if I could find the words to describe it, these people could never understand mine.” (Alida Becker)

According to Express, Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights are among the 'The top 5 romance books everyone should read'.

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

The novel follows the story of Jane, an orphaned young woman in nineteenth-century England, as she battles through life's struggles. 

Raised by cruel relatives and sent to a miserable school, Jane eventually becomes a governess and falls in love with the mysterious Mr. Rochester. 

The novel explores themes of independence, love, and self-respect against the backdrop of Victorian England's strict social hierarchies and gender roles.

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

Wuthering Heights is a novel that tells the story of the passionate and tragic love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, an orphan adopted by Catherine's father. 

The novel is set in the Yorkshire moors of England in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. 

A reader said: “As brilliant on the eleventh reading as on the first… A brilliant, dark, complicated and wonderful story, and one of my favourites of all time. I just completely adore it.” (Alycia Mcnamara)

Thought Catalog recommends the '8 Best Movies To Stream On A Rainy Day' and one of them is

Jane Eyre (2011)

What it’s about: The young governess Jane Eyre (Mia Wasikowska) takes a job under the watchful, brooding eye of Mr. Rochester (Michael Fassbender), whose waistcoat is big and full of secrets. A muted, pastel color palette provides the perfect backdrop for their bad romance to rupture and flourish.

Why it’s perfect for rainy spring Sunday afternoons: Jane and Mr. Rochester are melancholy for various reasons, mirroring your mood as you contemplate the Excel sheet awaiting you tomorrow morning. As a bonus, this is set in the mid-19th century, making you nostalgic for a time period in which you never lived. The realization that you are trapped in this dull, waistcoat-free present may make you sip your cappuccino all the more wistfully. (Evan E. Lambert)

Newser reports that the 'Tiny Home Where Brontës Were Born Is Now Open to Public'.