Not every day is a Jane Eyre day

We couldn't agree more with this article in defence of Bridget Jones in The Times:

Look, of course office life has changed massively for the better in many ways since 1996, when the book was published in the UK. No woman, thank heavens, would get an email from their boss saying, “I like your tits in that top.” But it’s worth reminding ourselves here that you’ll find this book in the fiction section, not self-help. I’m not going to argue, any more than I imagine Helen Fielding would, that Bridget Jones’s Diary is up there with Jane Eyre, but that isn’t the test. Not every day is a Jane Eyre day. The test is whether a book resonates, whether it packs an emotional punch. So yes, Bridget Jones is a messed-up fruitloop with a disastrous love life and a lecherous boss, but that’s precisely why you should read it, not why you should avoid it. It’s called a plot. If there’s a central message, it isn’t that she’s “nutty and self-loathing”, it’s that boyfriends come and go, but good friends are for ever. (Hilary Rose)

Both Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre make it to a list of '10 classics everyone should read' according to Times of India.

05/11​'Wuthering Heights' by Emily Brontë

Published in 1847, Emily Brontë's 'Wuthering Heights' is a haunting and passionate story set in the rugged Yorkshire moors of England. The story revolves around the intense and tumultuous relationship between Heathcliff, an orphan found by Mr. Earnshaw, and Catherine Earnshaw, his adoptive sister. Their bond transcends social conventions, but their love is marred by external forces, misunderstandings, and their own conflicting desires. [...]

07/11​'Jane Eyre' by Charlotte Brontë

'Jane Eyre' by Charlotte Brontë tells the story of Jane Eyre, an orphaned governess who rises above her difficult circumstances and seeks independence and love. The novel challenges Victorian notions of femininity and explores the complexities of human emotions and moral choices. It explores themes of morality, gender equality, and the search for identity.

Roma Sette (Italy) reviews Emily.

Diretto dall’esordiente Frances O’Connor, Emily è un film certamente dignitoso ma privo della fantasia necessaria a rinvigorire una vicenda inesorabilmente d’altri tempi. Affidata a troppi dialoghi e ripetizioni, la regia non trova il giusto pretesto per inquadrare la vicenda nella cornice del melò. Siamo insomma lontani dalla intensa versione del Jane Eyre di Franco Zeffirelli (1996). Ma questo Emily ha una sua non invadente attualità che non guasta. (Massimo Giraldi) (Translation)