Fathers, jewels and influences

Today marks the 177th anniversary of the death of Branwell Brontë.

The Conversation tries to find out 'the worst fathers in literature'. One of them is

Heathcliff, Wuthering Heights – Emily Brontë

For me, Heathcliff even beats bad-dads King Lear and Agamemnon. Most readers won’t remember that Heathcliff is a dad at all, which is part of what makes him so bad. The sadistic, dysfunctional passion between Heathcliff and Catherine dominates Brontë’s novel, leaving young Linton, the kid Heathcliff has with another woman, Isabella, neglected, abused and dominated by his terrifying father.

Heathcliff doesn’t even meet his son until he’s 13, after Isabella dies. Linton is then forced to live in tormented isolation and tortured into marrying his first cousin, Cathy. All this so Heathcliff can take revenge on Cathy’s father Edgar, who married his beloved Catherine Earnshaw. (Sophie Gee)

Professional Jeweller takes a look at the jewels seen in the Wuthering Heights 2026 trailer.

Amongst all the drama in the Wuthering Heights trailer, we saw glimpses of jewellery that beautifully reflect its time.

The story’s setting falls between the late Georgian and mid-Victorian period (spanning the 18th and 19th century), so pieces draw influence from both eras.

In the mid-Victorian era, popular gemstones included amethyst, diamond, garnet, jet, onyx, opal, pearl, ruby, sapphire and turquoise. Popular cutting styles of the time included rose cut, old mine cut and cabochon, which is a rounded top and flat bottom.

High-carat yellow gold (21, 22 and even 24) was common. This was often paired with silver to enhance the sparkle of the diamonds, which were then hand-cut into an old mine cut.

An old mine cut is a pre-modern diamond cut characterised by its cushion-like, softly square shape with rounded corners, high crown, and large, often irregular facets, leading to a distinctive, softer sparkle.

Pearls also make an appearance in the Wuthering Heights trailer, and these would almost certainly have been natural, as cultured pearls weren’t developed until much later in the 19th century.

It’s also fascinating that jewellery in that time wasn’t just for women – men wore important pieces too. Garnets and amethysts were hugely popular, often set in bold brooches, chokers and rings inspired by classical Greek and Roman motifs or romantic floral designs. These jewels were worn for meaning as well as for appearance in this era.

As for the value of the jewellery seen in the trailer, if you use 22ct prices of today, you would not be far from the price of jewellery in late Georgian to mid-Victoria era.

Vanity Fair interviews writer Mona Awad about We Love You, Bunny, her follow-up to her 2019 novel Bunny.

What were other movies or books that became influences for I Love You, Bunny?

There were a couple of texts that became really important for the writing of the creation. I had COVID when I started writing the Bunny Boy’s voice. I was in a dreamy state. And my reason faculties were just gone. I was able to tap into this voice without too much second-guessing. The voice was drawn from a few different sources in my head. For the Bunnies, Jane Eyre is a holy text. And so the Bunny Boy says, “Dear Reader,” a lot, and has kind of a Romantic sensibility. That’s drawn from Jane Eyre’s narration of her own story (Keziah Weir)

The Indian Express shares '10 quotes that capture the dark passion of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights'