Her next novel would not be published until 1966, but it proved to be her masterwork. Wide Sargasso Sea is a prequel to and retelling of Jane Eyre from the perspective of Bertha (or, as she was known as a child, Antoinette).
“She is an accurate recorder of the complications and the ways in which you [as a Creole person ] don’t fall on either side,” Als told me. “She couldn’t belong to the black world, and she didn’t belong to the white class. I think it’s more about class, actually: in her society, she couldn’t belong to the class that she was supposed to belong to.” He suggests that this is what attracted writers such as Walcott, Kincaid and Phillips. “She was writing a kind of English that was a combination of sounds: the sound of her home, the sound of empire, the sound of reading.” (Anna Leszkiewicz)
Looper lists '15 Beloved Books That Have Multiple Adaptations', including both
Jane Eyre and
Wuthering Heights.
Jane Eyre
Few families can boast as many literary heavyweights as the Brontë sisters: Charlotte, Emily, and Anne. Charlotte Brontë's most famous novel, "Jane Eyre," was first published in 1847, and follows the titular heroine beginning with her harsh childhood with her aunt, Mrs. Reed, who sends her to boarding school after her kindly uncle dies. Jane grows into adulthood and goes to work as a governess for the mysterious Edward Rochester, who marries her so that she'll care for his ward, Adèle.
There were multiple movie versions of "Jane Eyre" during the silent era, dating all the way back to 1910. The first noteworthy adaptation came in 1943, with Joan Fontaine as Jane Eyre and Orson Welles as Edward. That same year, horror producer Val Lewton used Brontë's novel as inspiration for "I Walked with a Zombie." A 1970 iteration with Susannah York and George C. Scott was released in European theaters before premiering on U.S. television the next year. Franco Zeffirelli mounted an adaptation in 1996 with William Hurt and Charlotte Gainsbourg, while Cary Fukunaga directed Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender in a 2011 version. [...]
Wuthering Heights
Like her sisters Anne and Charlotte, Emily Brontë was a writer, although she only completed one novel, 1847's "Wuthering Heights," before her death at age 30 the following year. It's a gothic love story centered on Heathcliff, an orphan who is taken in by the Earnshaw family, and his adopted sister, Catherine. Catherine is engaged to the wealthy Edgar Linton, and Heathcliff vows to win her heart by becoming a proper gentleman. Yet tragedy cuts their love affair short.
The first prominent cinematic adaptation of Brontë's novel was released in 1939, with William Wyler directing Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon. That version, which won the Oscar for best cinematography and competed for best picture, eliminated the second half of the novel, which concerns the next generation of Earnshaws and Lintons. Subsequent adaptations took a similar tact, including one in 1970 that starred future James Bond Timothy Dalton. A 1992 version, starring Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche, sought to cover the entirety of Brontë's story. Andrea Arnold's 2011 iteration focuses mostly on Catherine and Heathcliff's adolescence. A new take by Emerald Fennell is scheduled for 2026, with Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi. (Zach Laws)
A contributor to
Notre Dame Magazine writes about reading
The Beast in the Clouds by Nathalia Holt.
While it all sounds like something out of an Indiana Jones movie, Holt also details the über-masculine Roosevelt brothers’ surprising softer sides. They bring along books to read on the trail: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. (Margaret Fosmoe)
Deadline and
Her Campus both have recaps of what we know about
Wuthering Heights 2026 so far. Finally,
Decider mentions the homage that
Slow Horses made to the recently deceased John Usher from the costume department.
Mr. Usher also appeared in the 2011 film adaptation of Jane Eyre.
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