'Some of the finest nineteenth-century literature ever published'

On: Yorkshire Magazine has an extract from Mark Davis and Steven Stanworth’s book The Birthplace of Dreams on the Brontës' move to Haworth.

So it came to be that the Brontë family arrived in Haworth, the village in which Patrick accepted the perpetual curacy of St Michael and All Angels’ Church where he would serve his parishioners for forty-one years until his death in 1861. They now had a larger house, a forever home the family could breathe in. They had space, where in time those young, curious and developing minds would write some of the finest nineteenth-century literature ever published. (Read more)

Go2Tutors lists Jane Eyre as one of several classics 'That Shaped Modern Storytelling'.

Brontë created a heroine who refuses to compromise herself for anyone, revolutionary for 1847. Jane’s insistence on equality in relationships and her moral strength made her the template for independent female characters.

The gothic atmosphere, complete with mysterious mansions and dark secrets, shaped countless thrillers and mysteries. Modern stories about women finding their voice in difficult circumstances, from The Handmaid’s Tale to Gone Girl, carry Jane’s DNA.

The first-person narration let readers inside a woman’s mind in ways that hadn’t been done before. (Adam Garcia)

EpicStream includes Wuthering Heights on a list of '10 Highly Anticipated Movies Coming Out in 2026'.