Rediscovering Wuthering Heights at different stages of life experience

Broadway World shares a video of Alley Theatre's Jane Eyre.

Get a first look at Alley Theatre's production Jane Eyre in all-new video. Directed by Eleanor Holdridge (Ken Ludwig's Lend Me A Soprano), this timeless tale of love, resilience, and self-discovery comes to life in Elizabeth Williamson's stage adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's classic novel.

The cast of Jane Eyre includes Alley's Resident Acting Company members Chris Hutchison as Edward Fairfax Rochester, Melissa Molano as Jane Eyre, Melissa Pritchett as Grace Poole/ Mary Ingram/ Bessie, and Todd Waite as John/ Colonel Dent/ Mr Carter/ Mr Wood. (Joshua Wright)

Reader's Digest interviews writer Joanne Harris about all things North of England.

RD: How has your own writing been inspired by the rich literary heritage of the north? Do you have a particular favourite northern author?

JH: I live close to Haworth, and I’ve always been an admirer of the Brontë sisters, especially Emily: her intense connection with the landscape, her fearless subversion of tradition, her uncanny perception.

I first read Wuthering Heights when I was 15, and have re-read it every five years or so since, rediscovering it anew at different stages of life experience.

The blunder of the day comes from a contributor to Her Campus listing '5 books you need to read this summer'.

Wuthering Heights

By Charlotte Brontë [sic]

If you like a slow burn, this is for you. Set in the moors of England, this chilly, wondrous atmosphere is warmly lit by the affection of two children- one that spans into the rest of their lives. Set in the early 1800s, the protagonists Catherine and Heathcliff face social, religious and racial persecution that drives them apart. Wuthering Heights is regarded as one of the pillars of literature, although it is Brontë’s only published novel. With iconic quotes like, “If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn into a mighty stranger.” Your heart will be turning with every page of the book. (Eliana Burns)

According to Shemazing, Jane Eyre of '7 plot twists that will have you throwing the book across the room'.

‘Jane Eyre’ by Charlotte Brontë

A classic for a reason, I have to imagine Jane Eyre’s twist shocked audiences in the eighteenth century just as much as it shocks modern readers. A twist that inspired an entire spin off novel (read ‘Wide Sargasso Sea’ by Jean Rhys afterwards), it will keep you guessing up to the end.

Orphaned as a child, Jane has felt an outcast her whole young life. Her courage is tested once again when she arrives at Thornfield Hall, where she has been hired by the brooding, proud Edward Rochester to care for his ward Adèle. Jane finds herself drawn to his troubled yet kind spirit. She falls in love. Hard.

But there is a terrifying secret inside the gloomy, forbidding Thornfield Hall. Is Rochester hiding from Jane? Will Jane be left heartbroken and exiled once again? And what are the dark presences lurking around Thornfield Hall? (Lulu McKenna)

WBUR includes Wuthering Heights on a list of 'Debuts that were one-hit wonders, or their first book was the lasting success'. Seriously, the specific list thing is getting out of hand now.