Utterly Beautiful

Collider publishes a top ten of the best period dramas of the 2010s:

'Jane Eyre' (2011)

Jane Eyre, the 2011 adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's 1847 classic, stars Mia Wasikowska in the title role, with Michael Fassbender as Mr. Rochester. The plot chronicles Jane's life, from her painful childhood to her young adulthood working for Mr. Rochester, with whom she falls in love.

It's not an overstatement to call Wasikowska the best actress to have played the iconic role of Jane Eyre. The actress is astonishing in the film, conveying a million emotions with her pale, unmoving canvass of a face. Much like its title character, Jane Eyre is bright, insightful, quiet, and utterly beautiful, revealing an inner wealth to all those willing to pay close attention. (David Caballero)

The National talks about how to create a Scottish canon of literature:

In education, all literature has an essential value in helping to understand the various attitudes towards experience that people have and have had. Anyone who can should be encouraged to read as widely as possible – authors such as Wole Soyinka, Emily Brontë, Bertolt Brecht, Gustave Flaubert, George Eliot, Tolstoy, Cervantes, Rabelais or Dante. (Alan Riach)

Austin American-Statesman gives voice to the class of 1973 of the Johnston High School:

 "I liked Mrs. Banik, who taught English," said Ruiz, who retired from a career with the Texas state government. "What was that novel? Oh yes! 'Wuthering Heights!'" (Michael Barnes)

Corriere dello Spettacolo (Italy) briefly reviews the recent theatre piece Cattiva Sensibilità by Martina Badiluzzi as seen at the Pergine Festival: 

Con questo spettacolo la Badiluzzi ritorna con la memoria al suo essere allieva ora che interpreta la docente. Quarantacinque minuti di introspezione, in cui – partendo da Charlotte Brontë e il suo Jane Eyre – la Martina-insegnante indaga su questo rapporto docente-allieva controverso, altalenante, conflittuale e sulle sue conseguenze su ognuno di noi. Io, mentre ascolto Martina, ripenso a questa dicotomia e rivivo alcuni momenti del passato. (Francesco Pace) (Translation)

Züriost (Switzerland) explores the world of nightmares:

Der Zweig klopft an die Scheibe des Gutshofs, immer wieder, und raubt Lockwood den letzten Nerv. Weil sich das Fenster nicht öffnen lässt, durchschlägt er das Glas mit der Faust und packt den Zweig. Im gleichen Moment verwandelt sich der Zweig in eine eiskalte, kleine Hand, die nach ihm greift. Ein verstorbenes Mädchen fleht ihn an, er möge sie einlassen. Lockwood versucht verzweifelt, die Hand abzuschütteln, doch was er auch tut, bleibt ohne Erfolg. Irgendwann ist er vor Angst wie gelähmt, schreit und wacht auf.

So schildert die englische Autorin Emily Brontë in ihrem Klassiker «Sturmhöhe» den Albtraum ihres Erzählers. Die Schilderung enthält viele Elemente, die Albträume ausmachen: Es geschehen unheimliche Dinge, man erstarrt, schreit und wacht schliesslich voller Angst auf. Das angstvolle Aufwachen gehört zur Definition eines Albtraums, ausserdem das Gefühl, dass einem der Traum nachhängt und den Alltag beeinträchtigt. (Alexandra Bröhm) (Translation)

AnneBrontë.org posts about "Charlotte Brontë’s Enduring Opinion Of Robert Southey". A couple of  Italian screenings of Emily in Bergamo News and QuiComo (Italy). SatCesc (Spain) announces that the Frances O'Connor film will be available for streaming on Moviestar+ (Aug 31).