Wuthering Heights 1939 appalled purists

Yesterday would have been Laurence Olivier's birthday and GoldDerby celebrated with a ranking of his 15 greatest films.

7. Wuthering Heights (1939)
Directed by William Wyler. Screenplay by Charles MacArthur and Ben Hecht, based on the novel by Emily Bronte. Starring Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, David Niven, Flora Robson, Donald Crisp, Geraldine Fitzgerald.
Literary purists were appalled by this adaptation of Emily Brontë’s novel, which only depicts 16 of its 34 chapters, slashing an entire crop of characters from the narrative. Yet director William Wyler perfectly captures the gloomy, tragic mood of the book, thanks in large part to Gregg Toland’s atmospheric black-and-white cinematography (which won the Oscar). Olivier and Merle Oberon perfectly embody Heathcliff and Cathy, the doomed couple at the story’s center. The film does an expert job recreating Victorian England (with Thousand Oaks, CA, standing in for those windy hills), while the operatic performances make our hearts swoon. “Wuthering Heights” earned seven additional Oscar bids, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor for Olivier (he lost to Robert Donat in “Goodbye, Mr. Chips”). (Zach Laws, Chris Beachum)

Yes! Weekly reviews the film Wild Nights With Emily (Dickinson, not Brontë).

Other highlights include Emily’s chat with doddering Judge Lords (Al Sutton), in which he confuses Charlotte and Emily Brontë and their work. There’s also a fabulously funny bit involving Ralph Waldo Emerson (Robert McCaskill). (Mark Burger)

UNCG Now tells about a recent visit and talk by writer Zadie Smith.

She spoke of how her viewpoint has changed since the publication of her first book and shared her own early experiences with literature and her major influences, such as Alice Walker, E.M. Forster, and Charlotte Brontë.
“Everybody needs a way through,” she said. “It’s different for every person. For me, I needed books that allowed me to think I could write and books that had somewhat of my vision of what people are.” (Susan Kirby-Smith)

Stoke on Trent Live reports that,

Anne Hegerty - better known as ‘her off The Chase’ - has entered the age-old debate about the border between north and south. [...]
 Let’s face it, head north from Crewe and you’re not far off Lancashire. By the time you get to Junction 18 there’s people in smocks. By junction 20, they believe Wuthering Heights to be contemporary drama. (John Woodhouse)

Publishers' Weekly announces that the publishing house B&H will be 'tackling the classics'.

In a deal brokered directly with the author, B&H’s publisher for specialty products Clarissa Dufresne bought a series of guides to classic literature by Karen Swallow Prior (On Reading Well), an English professor at Liberty University. Each volume will feature an introduction as well as supplemental information intended to help readers “achieve greater understanding and appreciation” for selected works of literature, according to the publisher. The first two books in the series will be guides to Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen and Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, both slated for publication in March 2020. Though subject to change, additional titles in the series will include guides to Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, The Scarlett Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Tess of D’Ubervilles by Thomas Hardy. (Emma Wenner)

Book Riot suggests '140 Literary Dog Names For The Very Best Bookish Dogs', such as

NAMES OF AUTHORS/POETS
Brontë (Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë)
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LITERARY DOG NAMES FROM CLASSICS
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Heathcliff, Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë (Kate Krug)

One way or another has an illustrated post on Jean Rhys and Wide Sargasso Sea.