Villette: extremely powerful, in all its modesty

Epic Reads recommends '17 YA Historical Fiction Books' and one of them is

8. My Plain Jane by Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand, & Jodi Meadows
Give us a hilarious historical retelling any day of the week.
You may think you know the story. Penniless orphan Jane Eyre begins a new life as a governess at Thornfield Hall, where she meets one dark, brooding Mr. Rochester—and, Reader, she marries him. Or does she?
Prepare for an adventure of Gothic proportions, in which all is not as it seems, a certain gentleman is hiding more than skeletons in his closets, and one orphan Jane Eyre, aspiring author Charlotte Brontë, and supernatural investigator Alexander Blackwood are about to be drawn together on the most epic ghost hunt this side of Wuthering Heights.

Intermountain Jewish News recommends a couple of non-fiction books that are right for the summer. One of them is

Literary Landscapes: Charting the Worlds of Classic Literature is more of a coffee table book, with two to three pages dedicated to the landscapes in which the world’s greatest literary tales take place. Imagine the desolate North York Moors of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, Cairo’s back alleys of Naguib Mahfouz’s Midaq Alley, the lush green of the Hundred Acre Wood, home to Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends.
Edited by John Sutherland, the short essays add a dimension to understanding each novel, and the accompanying artwork transports the reader into the story.
Beware: After perusing Literary Landscapes you may be inspired to pass up that summer blockbuster mystery to revisit a favorite literary world or delve into a new one. (Shana Goldberg)

Time discusses female friendships in books:

Before the 20th century, novels about friendships between women were relatively uncommon: in the 1800s, Jane Austen explored sisterly bonds of affection and tension, and in Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë emphasized the brief but formative friendship between the heroine and her classmate Helen Burns. (Stephanie Zacharek)

Khaleej Times (UAE) asks writer Janhavi Malhotra about books:

One book you think is underrated?
Villette, one of Charlotte Brontë's lesser known works, is beautifully woven and paints the picture of a whirlwind of emotions. It is extremely powerful, in all its modesty.

Vogue comments on Caroline Polachek’s first solo music video.

At the beginning of the video for “Door”—the lead single, out today, from Caroline Polachek’s first solo album—we see the singer through a window. She’s on a tiled roof in chunky Mary Janes and thigh-high socks, looking up to the stars. Lit by moonlight, she could be the girl sneaking out of her bedroom at night in a classic ’80s high school flick, or something more literary: one of the haunted girls stalking Shirley Jackson’s Gothic novellas, or Cathy’s ghost in Wuthering Heights, tapping on the window and begging to be let in. (Didn’t another off-beat pop artist with acrobatic vocals immortalize that character once before?) (Liam Hess)