A paranormal take on Jane Eyre

Arlington recommends '10 New Books to Read in December' and one of them is

Salt & Broom

By Sharon Lynn Fisher

A series of strange events at Thornfield Hall has Edward Rochester summoning a witch. When orphaned Jane Aire arrives, the two start off on the wrong foot, but Jane’s skills are desperately needed as the danger grows. The two grow closer as they unravel the mystery—is it a wronged fairy, or perhaps the ghost of Rochester’s late wife? This paranormal take on Jane Eyre is an atmospheric mystery filled with romance, with enough original twists to surprise even die-hard Brontë fans. (Jennifer Rothschild)

While Book Riot suggests 'The Best Classic Books (That Are Actually Worth a Read)'. 

Love in a Fallen City by Eileen Chang (1943)

Romance readers put off by the dense language of Jane Austen and the Brontës will want to snag a copy of this Chinese classic. (K.W. Colyard)

Diari de Tarragona (Spain) does recommend an actual Brontë novel on its list of 5 books by women to give for Christmas.

5. Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre és una nena pobra, òrfena i poc agraciada que viu amb la seva tieta, la miserable senyora Reed, la qual es mostra tothora cruel i insensible amb la seva neboda. Arran d’un atac de rebel·lia de la petita Jane, l’envia a l’escola Lowood, un internat on la noia creix a còpia d’humiliacions i maltractaments, fins que, havent superat els anys d’escola, decideix marxar per fer d’institutriu.

El destí la porta a Thornfield Hall, una enorme i misteriosa mansió on té la responsabilitat de fer-se càrrec de l’educació de la filla natural del propietari, el senyor Rochester. I tot comença a canviar quan l’amo descobreix inesperadament el plaer de conversar cada vespre amb la Jane, encisat per l’enginy d’ella i pel seu esperit decidit. (Glòria Aznar) (Translation)

The Harvard Gazette has an article on the efforts to try and solve the riddle of the authorship of The Bondwoman’s Narrative.

Over the years, literary scholars have noted Crafts’ interplay with works by Charles Dickens, Frederick Douglass, the Brontë sisters, and Harriet Beecher Stowe. Hecimovich found further evidence that Crafts was forced to attend a minstrel show that parodied Stowe’s 1852 hit “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” (Christy DeSmith)

The blunder of the day comes from PRE's article on the same subject.

Since its publishing in 2003, much has been studied about the novel’s literary influences – like Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin and Emily Brontë’s Jane Eyre. The Bondwoman’s Narrative blends many of the popular genres at the time, mixing sentimental and gothic novels. (Ryan Shaffer)