The novel glows

The Sunday Times publishes a list of the 50 best books of the past 100 years. Number 2 is Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea:

2 Wide Sargasso Sea (1966) by Jean Rhys

Rhys wrote tough books about drink and damaged vanity (writes Anne Enright), but her last and most successful novel was criticised for being too “romantic” in its evocation of the Caribbean childhood of its protagonist, Antoinette. She was the Creole bride of Jane Eyre’s Mr Rochester, the original madwoman in the attic, and this novelistic reclamation spawned hundreds of retellings of the lives of fictional women. Seen as a postcolonial or feminist work now, Rhys was simply, and urgently, drawing from personal experience. The novel glows. Her editor, Diana Athill, who met all the greats of the day, described Rhys as the only genius she had ever known. (Anne Enright)

 CBR lists series like A League of Their Own:

Gentleman Jack

Created by Sally Wainwright, Gentleman Jack is a historical drama series about Anne Lister, a famous English industrialist, whose diaries explore her sapphic relationships. Gentleman Jack stars Suranne Jones and Sophie Rundle as Anne Lister and Ann Walker: two women who fall in love in 1832, which is a dangerous time to be queer.

Considered a sort of queer Brontë tale, Gentleman Jack is dramatic but also funny at times. Its main topic is love between women, but it also provides a window into the socioeconomic scenery of Yorkshire in the 1830s. It's great series for eager history geeks. (Mayra Garcia)

Frequently misunderstood works of literature on Listverse:

Wuthering Heights (1847)

In a 2007 poll conducted by UKTV Drama to find the greatest love story ever written, Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights came out on top, despite not actually being a love story. In reaction, journalist Martin Kettle accurately commented: “If Wuthering Heights is a love story, then Hamlet is a family sitcom.” Wuthering Heights has long been thought of in the same vein as Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice (1813), but while the latter is definitely a romance novel, the former is actually a gothic tragedy.Heathcliff and Cathy do love each other, but their relationship is abusive in nature. Where Austen’s Mr. Darcy is an aloof but noble romantic lead, Brontë’s Heathcliff is cruel, obsessive, and sadistic. Heathcliff and Cathy’s relationship may have the passion expected of a great love story, but it is ultimately dark and destructive. (Lorna Wallace)

Fodor's Travel pairs teas with classic literature:

'Jane Eyre' by Charlotte Brontë
Tea Pairing: Pu-erh
If there was ever a coming-of-age story to read, Jane Eyre is it. The novel follows the titular character Jane on her journey from an orphaned childhood to a blissfully happy adulthood alongside someone she loves. This book should be paired with Pu-erh, a tea that comes of age itself. The tea leaves are dried and rolled, then fermented and aged. Pu-erh is special because it only gets better with age, much like Jane’s life in the book. (Jennifer Billock)

 El Heraldo de Aragón (Spain) interviews the writer Carmen Santos:

Antón Castro: ¿Cuáles son o serían las tres novelas de su vida y por qué?

C.S.:Me cuesta mucho elegir solo tres, pero ahí van: La que no puede faltar nunca en mis listas es ‘Jane Eyre’ de Charlotte Brontë. Aparte de que es un gran retrato de su época, me encanta porque Jane, bajo su aparente fragilidad y mansedumbre, es una rebelde que no se deja avasallar y es capaz de poner firme incluso al sarcástico y atormentado señor Rochester. Los diálogos entre los dos son francamente sublimes, de esos que cuando los leo, siempre pienso que me gustaría haberlos escrito yo. (Translation)

Dagens Nyheter (Sweden) reviews These Possible Lives by Fleur Jaeggy:

Det vilar nästan alltid något indolent över skildringar om kvinnlig skönhet, även om systrarna Brontë sa man att de var intetsägande, liksom också Emily. (Ulrike Miles) (Translation)

Lao Dông (Vietnam) reviews The Last Bookshop in London by Madeline Martin:

Đọc cuốn tiểu thuyết, độc giả cũng dễ dàng nhận ra những cây bút và tác phẩm yêu thích của tác giả Madeline Martin được khéo léo lồng ghép vào các tình tiết truyện. Chẳng hạn như “Bá tước Monte Cristo” (cuốn sách đầu tiên nhân vật nữ chính được khuyên đọc) và sách của các tác giả Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë... (Thanh Hương) (Translation)

EsEuro (in Spanish) interviews the author Mariana Enríquez who says that Wuthering Heights is the book that made her a reader. Deep Short Love Quotes, including one by Emily, in Goalcast. Sandras Lesevet (in German) reviews Jane Eyre.