Brontë Country Tidbits

Lancashire Telegraph visits Wycoller:

Wycoller in Lancashire is certainly a unique village but how much do you know about it and the history it holds?

From a ban on cars to a famous link to the Brontë sisters, Wycoller isn’t your ‘normal’ village. (...)

Wycoller Hall ruins can be seen in the village and it’s thought that the 16th-century hall inspired Ferndean Manor which features in Charlotte Brontë’s book Jane Eyre.

It adds: “The Brontës lived at Haworth, not far from Wycoller, and Charlotte would have passed through here on her way to Gawthorpe Hall when she went to stay with the Kay-Shuttleworths.

“Charlotte’s description of Ferndean Manor when approached from the old coach road fits Wycoller Hall perfectly.”

Lancashire County Council adds that other nearby landmarks were referred to by the Brontë sisters in their books, including Wuthering Heights. (Katie Collier)

StarsInsider lists 'charming places from beloved books you can actually visit':

Brontë's Moors 

The Yorkshire Moors, a character in their own right in Emily Brontë's 'Wuthering Heights,' are as hauntingly beautiful in reality as they are in the novel. Visitors to Haworth, the Brontë family home, can roam these wild, windswept landscapes, imagining Heathcliff and Catherine's tumultuous romance.

The Economist's selection consists in short non-fiction books:

A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf (...)

 She summons the work of women over the centuries, from Aphra Behn to the Brontë sisters, to find the answers. The lot of women in Britain has improved dramatically in the century since Woolf wrote her essay. Yet it still feels like essential reading, in particular as a manifesto on the right to form one’s own opinion and express it.

Odishatv (India) recommends period classic movies:

Jane Eyre 2011

The movie tells the story of a governess who falls in love with her dark and cold employer. However, the discovery of a secret could destroy the newly found love. (Supalee Dalai) 

The Telegraph & Argus proposes a The Railway Children Walk in and around Haworth;

Haworth is also the 18th century parsonage that, from 1815, was the home of the Bronte Sisters, much of their inspiration coming from the local area. This is a family walk full of interest. (...)

Once back in Haworth there is a variety of excellent cafes and pubs but before settling down turn right to the top of the village and find the Bronte Parsonage Museum. This is where the famous literary sisters lived their short but inspiring lives surrounded by the wild moors and suffocating industrial smog. (Jonathan Smith)

Elle (Spain) makes a selection of love books that "will hook you from beginning to end":

'Jane Eyre'

Otro clásico dentro del mundo de la novela romántica es, sin duda, este 'Jane Eyre' de Charlotte Brontë. Jane Eyre es huérfana y, después de una infancia difícil a cargo de una tía poco cariñosa y una escuela en la que no era feliz, desarrolla una peculiar forma de ser y sentir. Cuando consigue trabajo como institutriz de la hija del señor Rochester, su vida da un giro de 360º. Aparentemente, 'Jane Eyre' (Alianza Editorial) es una novela de amor de 650 páginas; detrás, se esconde mucho más. Fue la primera obra publicada por una de las hermanas Brontë –aunque la tuvo que firmar con el seudónimo Currer Bell, para evitar los prejuicios por ser mujer. (Begoña Alonso) (Translation)

Rolling Stone (Spain) publishes a comprehensive Kate Bush guide:

Pero todo cambió con “Wuthering Heights”, una historia de terror a lo Brontë que sorpresivamente se convirtió en número uno en el Reino Unido. Y desde ahí, la música de Bush no dejó de volverse cada vez más extraña. (Rob Sheffield) (Translation)

The TV channel Cosmo (Spain) will broadcast the movie Emily 2022 on August 14th at 10:30 PM. The film will be rebroadcast on August 17th (3:30 PM) and August 20th (7:00 AM). The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever in Newcastle is featured in the Newcastle Herald.