Expansive minds

Today marks the 178th anniversary of the death of Branwell Brontë.

According to Deadline, the new microdrama of Wuthering Heights will 'Premiere At America’s First Microdrama Festival' in October.

Alza Festival, which is run by vets of Tribeca and TikTok, kicks off its first edition with a wealth of content from the buzzy new medium [...]

The same is the case for the vertical Wuthering Heights, set on a present-day American ranch, which premieres Sunday. (Max Goldbart)

The grudge against Emerald Fennell and her take on Wuthering Heights never dies. Reviewing the new adaptation of Sense and Sensibilty, Tatler says, 'Emerald Fennell, take note: Sense and Sensibility has a romanticism that Wuthering Heights might envy'.

Oakley’s film is beautiful, too, shot in a naturally diluted light reminiscent of Joe Wright’s 2005 Pride and Prejudice, with its soft skies and washed-out greens. In this respect, it feels more Brontë than Austen. Marianne does have a great deal of Cathy about her. There is a heightened romanticism here that Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights might well envy. (Dora Davies-Evitt)

University of Virginia Today wonders, 'Are women-authored novels having a moment?'

If Hollywood is the measure, classic novels written by women are all the rage. 

In the coming months, “House of the Dragon” actor Emma Corrin will star as Lizzie Bennet in a Netflix adaptation of  “Pride and Prejudice,” Daisy Edgar-Jones will headline a new “Sense and Sensibility” movie, and Aimee Lou Wood will play the titular character in a television adaptation of “Jane Eyre.” Earlier this year, director Emerald Fennell’s version of “Wuthering Heights” grossed more than $240 million at the box office. [...]

Austen, in particular, may be the most widely adapted writer in English after William Shakespeare. Though she and other authors like the Brontë sisters lived relatively short, geographically confined lives, their work has been reimagined across the world, from California to India.

“But their minds were so expansive,” [Cristina Richieri Griffin, an assistant professor in the English department at the University of Virginia] said. “I love the idea that their writing planted seeds that eventually sprang into work that didn’t exist for almost 200 years after they were writing their novels.” (Alice Berry)