A very realistic account of a dysfunctional family

SheThePeople recommends ' 5 Classics That You Can Always Go Back To' including both Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights.

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Warning: Your principles of individuality will tighten their grip around you as you’ll find yourself finishing it. Charlotte Brontë in her book spoke for the entire womankind of the Victorian era through the words of her protagonist. Without sugar coating neither the duality of society nor Jane’s, she painted the grey picture as it was. Depicted as a strong feminist symbol, arguing through the whole novel that women should be free to fulfil their desires, express their true natures, and chart their own destinies charlotte gave the oppression of women a voice through Jane. There will be moments in the book when you will want to shout your lungs out to the misfortune acted upon Jane, but take that you’ll get your happy ending because storms and snakes aren’t able to break Jane’s bone. So, fasten your setbelt, because from the first page till the last you’ll be on a rollercoaster ride. 

Wuthering Heights Emily Brontë

If you desire to find a novel, where no character is likeable then Wuthering Heights is your go-to. Not a single one of them is particularly admirable, and one aspect of their unpleasant natures is their ability to hide the truth. The unreliable narrator phenomenon could be widely-recognized in Emily Brontë’s only published book. As a reader, you have to read between the lines to guess what might really be going on and that is the real genius of the book. A personal suggestion is that if something, at first sight, appears as an improbable, unbelievable event it isn’t actually weak storytelling, it’s a clear sign to the reader that a character is lying. The drama of the story is driven by some and perhaps many unstated misunderstandings, and this is why to some people, all the destructive passion is utterly incomprehensible, whereas others are absolutely hooked. But in the end, your love of Wuthering Heights will emerge from the realisation that it’s stark and This isn’t romance. Sadly, a very realistic account of a dysfunctional family. (Vanshika)

Dazed on Kate Bush and her early hits:

Bush burst into the limelight in 1978 with her debut album The Kick Inside. She was just 19. The lead single “Wuthering Heights” remains one of her best known to this day, its high-pitched, broken-hearted register still a favourite among brave karaoke-goers. Two separate music videos released to accompany the Emily Brontë-inspired track featured Bush fluttering around a field and a stage in flowing gowns: one red, one white. Often, this is the Kate Bush we still imagine, all big hair and ethereal seventies regalia. (Rosalind Jana)

Radio France also features the song.

Finally, the author Dean De La Motte presents his new book Oblivion. The Lost Diaries of Branwell Brontë with a mini tour around Yorkshire: Broughton, Haworth (at the Black Bull), York and Leeds.