Cathy and Heathcliff advertising Chanel no. 5

Daily Mail discusses 'How Hollywood is 'ruining' the classics by 'dumbing it down for Gen Z'' (poor grammar in that headline, we know).

Fans of classic novels have slammed Hollywood adaptations of their beloved books- claiming the industry is 'ruining' works like Pride and Prejudice, which Netflix has just announced plans to produce as a TV show.

It comes following backlash of the streaming giant's remake of Persuasion starring Dakota Johnson in 2022, which, despite being set in the 19th century, used modern phrases in its dialogue.

Elsewhere, viewers recently voiced their ire following news that Emerald Fennell will helm a Wuthering Heights movie, with many hitting out at her 'weird' and 'terrible' casting of Margot Robbie as Catherine Earnshaw and Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff - claiming that the director has 'not read' the Emily Brontë novel.

Many have taken to social media to express their dislike of the choice to use two stars who 'look like they belong on Instagram' in a film set during the 1800s. [...]

Elsewhere, last month Wuthering Heights fans slammed Emerald Fennell's upcoming adaptation of the classic.

Social media hit out at the 'whitewashing' of the romantic lead - as Heathcliff (set to be played by Jacob Elordi) is often described to be 'dark skinned' and is subject to 'racist abuse'.

'Guys I can ONLY assume that Emerald Fennell isn't actually adapting Wuthering Heights, she's just using it as inspiration and it's loosely based on and the only similarities are the characters' names and it's set in this time period and it's a different story entirely right?' one joked.

Another wrote: 'Truly the worst casting I've ever perceived, I'm gagged by how Emerald Fennell is committed to never serving.'

A third quipped: 'Looking forward to hearing those distinctive Yorkshire twangs!'

Elsewhere, a comment begged for 'new actors please'. 

News that Margot and Jacob are set to play the lead roles in Emerald's adaptation was revealed by Deadline. 

Margot's LuckyChap company is on board to produce the film. LuckyChap also produced two of Emerald's other movies: Saltburn and Promising Young Woman. 

The film is currently in pre-production, and will shoot in the United Kingdom next year.

No plot details have yet been revealed.

Brontë's Wuthering Heights, published in 1850 [sic], is considered a masterpiece of English literature.

The original story centres around the Earnshaws, the Lintons, and their turbulent relationship with Heathcliff, an adopted son of the Earnshaws.

Heathcliff is one of the most infamous and complex romantic heroes in Western literature, known for his brooding nature and obsession with Cathy. 

There have been a number of film adaptations of the book over the years, with perhaps the most well known being the 1939 version directed by William Wyler, and starring Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier. 

The most recent adaptation is the 2011 film by Andrea Arnold, starring Kaya Scodelario and James Howson. (Maria Okanrende)

Funny how an article complaining of dumbing down the classics can't get the publication date right.

A contributor to The Mary Sue is still thinking about the so-called controversial casting.

In my proud career as a period drama enthusiast, rarely have I seen such abysmal casting—especially for a property as well-known and as beloved as Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, a 19th-century novel so popular that any new adaptation might as well rely on the power of its title and cast relatively unknown actors who really fit the characters’ descriptions. But to be honest, there’s a good number of already established names who would have worked better than Robbie and Elordi as Catherine and Heathcliff—and that’s with all my love and affection for them and their acting abilities.

There’s honestly a myriad of problems that have already been well and truly analyzed by the Internet since the casting announcement dropped. The blatant case of “iPhone face,” their ages, and the oh-so-inconsequential detail of Heathcliff being very clearly described as a POC in the original novel are simply some of the major ones.

I think it’s so unfair and ridiculous how hollywood casting directors keep erasing canonically BIPOC characters in important roles especially in classic literature and historical roles like in Wuthering Heights, the 2011 adaptation is the only one that had an accurate Heathcliff. (Benedetta Geddo)

There can't be an accurate Heathcliff when there's not an accurate description of Heathcliff in the novel, right? James Howson hardly looked like a 'Lascar' or a 'Spanish castaway' which is how Heathcliff is also described in the novel.

Daily Mail and others are really interested to see Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi working together already in a Chanel no. 5 ad.

On iNews, Lucy Mangan blames 'gentle parenting' for students no longer reading long books.

When I was taking GCSEs – back in the days when they were still newfangled things and your parents still referred to them as O-levels, we read books in class. By which I mean whole books. And plays. The Lord of the Flies. 1984. Macbeth. The Importance of Being Earnest. Wuthering bloody Heights, if you can believe it. It took forever and I cannot say that our national literary canon was best served by being stumblingly read aloud by 35 disaffected teenagers in turn, hour after hour, lesson after lesson, week after week.

Why did the teachers do it this way? Because they knew that few of their students were either of a temperament or came from homes that would enable them to read such tomes anywhere but the classroom. And so the classroom it had to be if we were all to get the prescribed classics, however painfully, under our belts.

El Mundo (Spain) has selected a few 'autumnal books for women' and one of them is Jane Eyre.