Facing Whatnot

Emerald Fennells's Wuthering Heights project still dominates the news: Marie Claire, telly visions, Bang Showbiz, The Mirror, Ok Diario, Market Research Telecast, Vogue, Country & Town Magazine, The Huffington Post, Contact Music, Premiere, Orgoglionerd, Metropolitan Magazine ...

The Most Iconic Fictional Characters of all time according to Fortress of Solitude:

Jane Eyre

At this point, everyone knew who the Brontë sisters were, but in 1847, when Jane Eyre: An Autobiography was published, Charlotte Brontë published her story under the male pen name “Currer Bell”. The novel follows the iconic fictional character Jane Eyre, the heroine of her story.

The book was initially published with the autobiographical title because it followed the life of the strong-minded Jane from her years as an infant to adulthood, touching on her time as an orphaned child, her first employment as a teacher and then as a governess, and even the romances she experienced throughout her life. Facing unbelievable trauma and neglect as a child, the death of her friend by consumption, and surviving a typhoid epidemic as a student, Jane manages to survive despite all her hardships. She decides to make her own way in the world. Finding a job and finding love, however tumultuous it might have been, Jane Eyre is seen as the start of an era in which novels focused on women as the story’s protagonists.

Having been written by a woman, and not a man, Jane Eyre isn’t just a beautiful girl who gets swept off her feet by a handsome hero, but was strong and independent and an icon to women of the time who were learning that a man was not all they needed in their lives and that they could make their own way in a world that was so clearly male-dominated. (Megan Oosthuizen)

Stars Insider and songs inspired by books:

'Wuthering Heights' by Kate Bush 

Perhaps the most famous song to be based on a novel is Kate Bush's debut single, 'Wuthering Heights' (1978). The song is based on Emily Brontë's 1847 novel of the same name.

The song is told from the point of view of Catherine, who visits her lover Heathcliff and asks him to let her in through the bedroom window.

Yorkshire Live picks the most beautiful places in Yorkshire everyone should visit:

 11. Valley

Hardcastle Crags

Our top pick has to be the view from the east and west ridges of the Hebden Beck valley. As it flows from the wuthering moors of Brontë Country into the ancient woods of Hardcastle Crags, the sight is truly breathtaking. (Dave Himelfield and Caroline Hemmingham)

"Romantic Novels That Will Warm Your Heart" in Zee News (India):

Jane Eyre

This classic love story is written by Charlotte Brontë and focuses on Jane's journey of finding love and discovering her inner self. Despite facing whatnot, she remains strong and true to herself. 

GolfDigest talks about the Golf British Open 2024 and begins the article rather bizarrely:

Beethoven was not a large man, standing a mere 5-foot-4. Picasso was the same height. The writer Charlotte Brontë was just 4-10, and both the boxing champion Roberto “Hands of Stone” Duran and soccer star Lionel Messi stand a mere 5-7. Mahatma Gandhi brought down an empire, and he was but a frail 5-5. (Derek Duncan)

Motivational quotes in Her Zindagi, including one by Emily. Can You Match the Opening Line to the Classic Novel? on Mental Floss includes... well you will have to guess. Ámbito (Argentina) lets AI make reading recommendations for the holidays:

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë relató en este libro la historia de una joven huérfana que encuentra el amor en el misterioso señor Rochester, mientras enfrenta secretos oscuros y desafíos personales.

Cumbres Borrascosas

Escrita por Emily Brontë, es una novela gótica que narra la intensa y tormentosa historia de amor y venganza entre Heathcliff y Catherine Earnshaw. La trama se desarrolla en los sombríos páramos de Yorkshire y explora temas como la obsesión, el destino y la pasión. (Translation)