Express lists the '10 best BBC period dramas ever based on greatest books of all time - no.1 is a masterpiece' including
10. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1996)
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is a BBC television series released in 1996 and is an adaptation of Anne Brontë's 1848 novel of the same name. The serial stars Tara Fitzgerald as Helen Graham, Rupert Graves as her abusive husband Arthur Huntington and Toby Stephens as Gilbert Markham.
Plot: Living under an assumed name, Helen Graham, is an estranged wife desperate to protect her son from her husband's destructive influence. The story centres around the mysterious woman who arrives at Wildfell Hall, an old Elizabethan era, with a young son. She is determined to lead an independent existence but her neighbours won't leave her alone. However, a young farmer, Gilbert Markham, succeeds in finding out her dark and painful secrets.
Author: The 1848 novel written by Anne Brontë was an instant bestseller when it was released, eclipsing the popularity of her first novel, Agnes Grey.
Rating: Fans have heaped praise on the BBC series which has received an impressive score of 7.8 out of 10 on IMDB. One fan praised: "Lovely story, well before its time and a faithful rendering of dear Anne Bronte's work." Another gushed: "I agree with the praise heaped upon this production and, as a Bronte lover and reader, I confirm that the film conveys the bleakness, hope and groundbreaking feminist spirit of the original novel." [...]
1. Jane Eyre (2006)
There have been several adaptations of Charlotte Brontë's 1847 novel Jane Eyre, but it is the BBC's 2006 version that has got fans talking. Directed by Susanna White and written by Sandy Welch, the miniseries hit screens in 2006 and ran for four episodes. Ruth Wilson and Toby Stephens star as Jane and Edward. The cast also features Lorraine Ashbourne, Pam Ferris and Andrew Buchan. The series was an instant hit with fans and dominated the 2007 award season, winning a BAFTA and three Primetime Emmy Awards.
Plot: BBC's Jane Eyre follows the early life of the titular character, who is raised as a poor relation in the household of her aunt, Mrs. Reed. She is cruelly mistreated by her aunt and cousins and placed in an orphanage. When old enough, Jane is hired by the housekeeper of Thornfield Hall, Mrs. Fairfax, to be a governess for young Adèle (Cosima Littlewood) at the country estate. But when she becomes entangled with the brooding master of Thornfield Hall, Edward Fairfax Rochester, his dark past threatens to destroy their relationship.
Author: Charlotte Bronte's novel was a sensation in Victorian England when it was released in 1847. Jane Eyre has remained a bestseller since its publication and is frequently ranked as one of the greatest books ever written.
Rating: Jane Eyre currently holds a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It has received plaudits from viewers, with one declaring: "Okay but the 2006 BBC masterpiece Jane Eyre is…… I don’t know, a perfect series." A second echoed: "I highly recommend Jane Eyre from 2006 or 2007 with Toby Stephens and Ruth Wilson, a true masterpiece." A third added: "Is there a show out there that can possibly contend with the BBC’s 2006 miniseries masterpiece Jane Eyre? Unlikely." (Michelle Marshall)
Publishers' Weekly interviews singer, songwriter, and memoirist Neko Case about author Angela Carter.
She died while working on a sequel to Jane Eyre, which seems like it would require insane confidence. Where do you think she got that confidence from?
It’s probably the same force that spurred her to write new versions of fairy tales. She wanted to fix it. She wanted to see what that would have been like with women actually… Not that Jane Eyre wasn’t like this, but there were so many societal limitations when Jane Eyre was written, and a lot when Angela Carter was writing, but she didn’t pay attention to them. She really pushed. It seems like her taking the Brontë sisters to the fair. Like, “Let’s cut loose!” It seems like joy more than arrogance. (Nick Hilden)
Growing girl though she is, Esther has decided not to wear a bra. In another act of rebellion, she chooses some words from Charlotte Brontë’s “Jane Eyre”—another of Thomas’s favorites—that she asks to have tattooed on her torso: “I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself.” (James Campbell)
Daily Tribune also quotes--or rather misquotes--Charlotte Brontë in an article about being single.
We were fed lines that made solitude feel like failure, like Charlotte Brontë’s haunting confession: “The trouble is not that I am single and likely to stay single, but that I am lonely and likely to stay lonely,” or Julie Delpy’s sharp observation: “Too many women throw themselves into romance because they’re afraid of being single.” (Pauline Joyce Pascual)
The actual quote comes from a letter to Ellen Nussey written in August 1852 after the deaths of her brother and sisters.
‘The evils that now and then wring a groan from my heart–lie in [my] position–not that I am a single woman and likely to remain a single woman–but because I am a lonely woman and likely to be lonely.’
CTXT (Spain) discusses Jane Austen.
Lejos tanto de la sucesión de escenarios de Jane Eyre como de las idas y vueltas de Cumbres borrascosas, las novelas de Jane Austen funcionan como una circulación de vecinos entre las distintas casas. (Gonzalo Torné) (Translation)
Welcome back to Behind the Glass! We're here with series 3 of the podcast that takes you up close to Brontë items in the Museum's collection.
Hosts Sam and Mia are joined by Charlotte Brontë's no.1 fan, Naomi Philbert (
@bookish.naomi), to chat about Victorian weddings, our love for books and whether marriage changed Charlotte as a writer..
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