Jane Eyre is a pioneering work in the genre of the Bildungsroman, or coming-of-age novel. Charlotte Brontë introduces us to the resilient and independent Jane Eyre, an orphaned girl who endures a harsh childhood to become a governess at Thornfield Hall. There, she meets the enigmatic Mr. Rochester, with whom she shares a deep and tumultuous romance. The novel explores themes of morality, religion, and social class, and is celebrated for its strong, complex heroine who asserts her sense of self in a restrictive society. (Girish Shukla)
Her Zindagi also has a list of the best top-rated books (somewhere by someone):
4. Wuthering Heights by by Emily Brontë
Wutherig Heights is the first and only book of author Emily Brontë, it is a captivating tale of intense love and obsession set against the dramatic backdrop of the Yorkshire moors.
Emily Brontë's novel offers a unique blend of passion, mystery, and complex characters, making it a timeless classic that explores the darker sides of human nature and relationships. Its powerful storytelling and atmospheric setting will keep you intrigued from start to finish. (Shivangi Prajapati)
Stars Insider lists "the best romantic movies of the golden age of Hollywood":
Wuthering Heights 1939
Emily Brontë's sad, haunting 1847 tale of Heathcliff, his love for Catherine, and his inability to find true happiness, is brought to life on the big screen by Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon.
The Times looks into Great Britain vs France in an imaginary cultural olympiad:
Hang on a minute. We did produce Austen, Dickens, Hardy, Eliot, Wordsworth, the Brontës: all capable of shaping a decent sentence or two. “Nineteenth century British literature is superb,” [Agnès] Poirier concedes, “but British music, painting and sculpture of that period look parochial.” (Kevin Maher, Laura Freeman, Johanna Thomas-Corr, Carol Midgley, Clive Davis, Will Hodgkinson, Debra Craine)
At this concert they featured songs from Molly Drake, mother of singer-songwriter and musician Nick Drake along with songs based on the words from the writings of the Brontë sisters.
Todmorden, like Haworth, the home of the Brontës, is in Yorkshire’s Pennines. Somehow, the Unthanks’ style of almost minimalist music, with its intensity, piercing harmonies and sometimes off-kilter time changes seems at one with the local landscapes.
LoveEXPLORING lists the most underrated small towns in historical English county;
Although very little of it remains, the beautiful hamlet of Wycoller still has much to offer lovers of the English picturesque. Largely abandoned in the 19th century, when it was due to be flooded to make way for a reservoir, it now consists mostly of atmospheric ruins, including 16th-century Wycoller Hall which is thought to be the inspiration for Ferndean Manor in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre. (Cath Pound)
The writer Sandra Comino recommends some books in
Clarín (Argentina):
Cuando tenía ocho años fue cautivada por un clásico: Jane Eyre de Charlotte Brontë. Aún conserva el ejemplar que tiene escrita la fecha y el nombre de quien se lo regaló. Lo recuerda así: "Una niña huérfana que vivía con una tía malvada, la mandan a un internado tremendo, luego trabaja como institutriz, pero nunca se victimizaba, al contrario. Una chica que se reinventaba todo el tiempo y nunca se daba por vencida. Este libro aparece en La Casita azul". Así, su propia obra homenajea a aquellas primeras lecturas. (Débora Campos) (Translation)
Come with me as I have a day out at the Bradford Literature Festival 2024 for their Brontë Day in the Midland Hotel. Spend the day with me getting my Brontë-themed stall ready and get a taste of the talks by distinguished authors and scholars on Anne Brontë and her other Brontë family members.
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