The Presence of the New Woman in Victorian, Modern, and Contemporary Literature: Jane Eyre, The Years, and The Fraud
Elizabeth Nadine Cardenas, California State University, 2024My project explores three texts that showcase the gender inequality faced by Victorian women and traces the progression of the New Woman in each text. I discuss how the New Woman emerges in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre, Virginia Woolf’s The Years, and Zadie Smith’s The Fraud. I argue that the New Woman is not another gender ideal for women to adhere to but rather a symbol of progress. My project looks at how the women in each text respond to the suffocating restrictions of patriarchal society and howthe desires of these women showcase the demand for equal opportunity and liberation. In my thesis, I emphasize the importance of recognizing Eurocentric feminism and the importance of considering intersectionality when discussing feminist issues. My project explores how the New Woman evolves in each novel and how each author addresses different feminist issues and desires such as equal education, financial independence, and a purpose greater than being forced into the role of housewife. My thesis argues that the idea of the New Woman is not limited to the time period in which she emerged, and hersignificance is still important to consider today. The New Woman is an icon that evokes hope for the future of women, and she is ever evolving.
‘Tales of a Monstrous Heart’ by Jennifer Delaney, published by GollanczTaking inspiration from Jane Eyre, Tales of a Monstrous Heart is a relatively new release but it had an immediate impact on us. Delaney’s debut blends gothic fantasy with romance, in turn making this a book and a story that could easily have slotted into quite a few other categories in this list. It also flips what tends to be the traditional understanding that fey/fae (the mythical beings) are one of the highest and most respected, as, here, they are continually prejudiced against. Romance or romantasy fans will appreciate the slow burn between the two main characters, Kat and Emrys, but it is the take on traditional gothic and dark academia that really worked for us.If you enjoy this book, you’ll be happy to learn it is the first in what will be a trilogy. Once you’ve read the final few pages, complete with a great cliffhanger, you will be desperate to see what happens next. (Ellis Cochrane)
The Favorites by Layne Fargo (out January 14)Fans of Taylor Jenkins Reid will love this dramatic, sexy sports drama with a modern-day nod to Wuthering Heights. (It even has Jodi Picoult's stamp of approval!) Ice skater Katarina Shaw always knew she was destined for the Olympics, even without the financial or familial support to do so. But after meeting Heath Rocha, a lonely kid in the foster system, the two build an explosive relationship on and off the ice that later prompts a documentary to investigate how their passionate romance made them stars—before destroying both their careers and relationships. (Hannah Yasharoff)
The one that made you want to become an author: Jane Eyre. (Elise Dumpleton)
Secret Conversations in 'Jane Eyre'When Mr. Rochester confesses his true feelings for Jane — after she says she's going to leave Thornfield (Mr. Rochester's home where she has been working) — he does so on the gorgeous grounds of his home which was depicted by Haddon Hall in Derbyshire, England. (Alexandra Schonfeld)
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 1:00 - 2:00pmThe Black Box18-22 Hill Street, Belfast, BT1 2LACharlotte Brontë, who dazzled the world with some of literature’s most vital and richly-drawn characters, spent her brief but extraordinary life in search of love.She eventually found it with Arthur Bell, a reserved yet passionate Irishman. After marrying, the pair honeymooned in Ireland – a glimmer of happiness in a life shadowed by tragedy.That moment of joy was destined to be short-lived however, as Brontë died just nine months into their marriage. Her genius, and the aura of mystery surrounding her, meant she’d been mythologised even within her own lifetime – a process which only intensified after her death.Observed through the eyes of Mary Nicholls – who encountered Charlotte on that fateful journey to Ireland, and who went on to wed her widower Arthur –Charlotte is a story of three lives irrevocably intertwined. Bound by passion and obsession, friendship and loss, loyalty and deception – this a story of Brontë’s short but pivotal time in Ireland as never before told.Martina Devlin’s enthralling new novel Charlotte weaves back and forth through Charlotte’s life, reflecting on the myths built around her by those who knew her, those who thought they knew her, and those who longed to know her. Above all, this is a story of fiction: who creates it, who lives it, who owns it.Includes lunch.
There’s a palpable buzz circling Sydney’s theatre scene, and it’s centred on a sweeping new adaptation of Wuthering Heights set to open at the Roslyn Packer Theatre. Lovers of classic literature, fans of gripping gothic romances, and anyone keen to immerse themselves in a fresh theatrical experience will have their curiosity piqued by this production. Even if you’ve read Emily Brontë’s original novel (or perhaps devoured the 1939 film adaptation featuring Laurence Olivier), you’ll still find surprises in this latest retelling. From the pounding of a wild heart to the echo of a distant moor, Wuthering Heights promises to deliver all the passion and intensity of Brontë’s masterpiece—while offering a bold new vision for modern theatregoers.Rather than a conventional approach, this production embraces the emotional turmoil at the story’s core, matching it with an evocative set design and a cast determined to breathe new life into the classic tale. For those yet to discover the tragic saga of Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, consider this an invitation: come for the brooding romance; stay for the innovative staging, complex characters, and haunting beauty of a story that’s as relevant today as it was nearly two centuries ago. (Read more)
“I grew up thinking that romantic love was the ultimate goal to strive for and achieving that was the only true prize in life that mattered,” says Emilia Vuorisalmi, an acclaimed Finnish doctor and self-confessed “love addict”. “I came from a family where my father rode bare-chested on a white horse to go and woo my mother. She, in turn, sacrificed everything to live with him in the countryside and they were together until her death. Our family was open-hearted, passionate, and everything revolved around love.”Given that Brontë-esque example as Dr Vuorisalmi’s blueprint, it’s hardly surprising that as a teenager growing up in the Finnish countryside, then later a medical student in Helsinki, the beautiful blonde was hard-wired to seek romance. (Susanna Galton)
Linguistic-stylistic features of the translation of the television series "Jane Eyre" into UkrainianAndriy Alexandrovich Kiselev, 2024, Міністерство Освіти І Науки України Запорізький Національний Університет Факультет Іноземної Філології Кафедра Теорії Та Практики Перекладу З АнглійськоїThe presented paper is dedicated to the analysis of the linguistic and stylistic features of the Ukrainian translation of the TV series Jane Eyre. The object of the work can be defined as linguistic and stylistic devices in the whole complexity of their use in the context of the Victorian era realia. The main aim of the paper lies in defining and analyzing linguistic and stylistic peculiarities of the Ukrainian translation oUkrainian translation; - evaluating the quality of the translation from the point of view of its adequacy and correspondence to the original. Stylistic devices of the original (metaphors, epithets, similes, hyperboles, euphemisms) are mostly adequately translated with a cerf the TV series Jane Eyre. It determined the accomplishment of such objectives as:- analysis of the theoretical foundations of film translation and its specifics, identification of the stylistic features in the original Jane Eyre series; - investigation of the translation strategies used for the transfer of stylistic devices, phraseology, proper names and cultural realities in the tain tendency to simplify or adapt to facilitate perception by the target audience. Phraseological units and realia required deep cultural adaptation, which was successfully implemented in translation through the use of equivalents or explanatory transformations. Proper names were transliterated or adapted in accordance with the Ukrainian language tradition, taking into account the pragmatic requirements of translation. The color of the era and socio-cultural features have been preserved due to the careful selection of lexical devices and the stylistic correspondence of the translated text to the original.
Who is the author of Jane Eyre?
Qld Year 12 English course details 2026-29: QCAA considers Stranger Things, Jane Eyre as prescribed texts. (...)Classic novels still remain with Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontё, George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, and F Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby all prescribed. (Isabella Pesch)
One of the artists was called Crazy T, with a rap called Bradford Boy. He’s 10, and if you think that sounds cute, I’ll tell you that the video for the song shows him tearing around on some sort of quad bike – a scourge of Bradford – while wearing a balaclava, before the video shoot is temporarily interrupted by a visit from the police. Emily Brontë this was not. (Anita Singh)
I now realise, maybe the same forces that had led a similarly home-confined Emily Brontë to create a Heathcliffe (sic), the restrictive Indian society of the 1950s, where love was a four-letter word, actually willed the Hindi films to throw up a brooding, intense and tragic hero like Dilip Kumar so girls awaiting marriage could let their angst flow with hot tears. (Mrinal Pande)
Gema Hospido.: ¿Por qué la época victoriana?V.F.: La época victoriana era necesaria. Desde que soy muy pequeña, he sido fiel seguidora de esta literatura y de esta época. Lo gótico victoriano siempre me ha encantado. Y mi padre nos ha metido a Dickens por el culo a toda la familia, porque está obsesionado. Hemos ido a la casa de Dickens, hemos presidido la mesa de Dickens, hemos tomado fotos a la cama de Dickens y hoy voy vestida de Dickens. Luego cambiamos de autor, eventualmente, cuando básicamente arrastré a mis padres a la casa museo de las Brontë. Estaba como a cuatro horas en coche de Londres. Fue un viaje insoportable. Fatal para las lumbares, todo por la maldita casa y ver el mechón de pelo de Charlotte en la vitrina, el reloj de su padre el reverendo, el páramo y los cementerios… He tenido siempre una obsesión por esta época muy fuerte. (Translation)
"I sort of thought about it like, ... it should feel like a character who had wandered into the wrong story, ... like she should be in a Brontë novel or something, and not here," [Betty] Gilpin said. (Elisabetta Bianchini)
En el Portal de la Dirección General de Escuelas, cualquier persona puede leer y descargar más de 300 obras de autores nacionales e internacionales. El Martín Fierro, Casa Tomada, Don Segundo Sombra, La Sirena y el Mar son algunos de los títulos clásicos argentinos que figuran en el sitio.Mientras que otras, como Cumbres Borrascosas, El arte de la Guerra, Orgullo y Prejuicio y El Fantasma de Canterville están entre aquellos de renombre internacional.
Solo tienes que acércate a preguntar, como en la librería Merienda de letras, situada en la plaza de Santa Marta de Badajoz, en la que la próxima lectura que comentarán los participantes será 'Cumbres borrascosas', la magnífica novela de Emily Brontë. Todavía estás a tiempo de apuntarte porque la puesta en común será el día 31 de enero a las 20.00 horas. (Translation) (Marisa García)
Elle est née un 30 juillet comme Emily Brontë et comme elle, elle joue du piano et chante depuis qu’elle est petite. Elle porte aussi le même prénom que l’héroïne de son plus grand roman : Catherine, l’un des personnages les plus fascinants des Hauts de Hurlevent. Ce classique du XIXe siècle va inspirer à l’autre Cathy, Kate Bush, une chanson qui ne ressemble à rien de connu. Elle l’écrit en une nuit, au clair de lune, et l'enregistre dans son premier album The Kick Inside. Cette chanson dans laquelle personne ne croyait et intitulée "Wuthering Heights" ("Les Hauts de Hurlevent") sera pourtant la première composition d’une autrice-compositrice à se hisser pendant plusieurs semaines au sommet des charts britanniques. (Translation)
Nessun riassunto può rendere lo sfolgorio di passioni che divampa da quel capolavoro dell’eccesso che è Cime tempestose. Ma non può dar conto nemmeno di uno degli aspetti più moderni di questo romanzo del 1847 che, anche per questo, è un classico da leggere e da studiare: la complessa struttura della narrazione, in cui diverse voci di testimoni si succedono a raccontare il dipanarsi delle vicende attraverso due generazioni. (Cinzia Perrone) (Translation)
An alert for tomorrow, January 13, in Parry, IA:
Explore literary classics from a variety of authors with our Quarterly Classics Book Club. Join the club in January as they discuss Charlotte Brontë’s best-known novel, "Jane Eyre." This classic focuses on a strong, female protagonist through an intimate, engaging first-person narrative.
The Quarterly Classics Book Club will meet on a new day and time beginning in 2025. The first meeting is from 1-2:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 13 at the Carnegie Library Museum. Books may be purchased in advance for a small fee from the library or borrowed with your Perry Public Library card. For more information, go to www.perry.lib.ia.us, visit the library, or call 515-465-3569. (Des Moines Register)
The Brontë sisters - Emily, Charlotte and Anne lived in Haworth, in the Bradford district.
As the country prepares for Donald Trump’s second inauguration on January 20, Grapefruit Lab, a hybrid Denver-based performance group, faced a question that many artists are asking themselves: What does it mean to create in this moment?“In the political climate, we had a moment of looking around and saying, ‘What are we doing as artists right now?’” recalls Julie Rada, co-creator of Jane/Eyre, Grapefruit Lab’s queer adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre. “We were already working on the show, but had an existential moment about what we were doing with our art in Denver. America has major human rights issues, and our show is opening the weekend of the inauguration, so what do we have to say?"That questioning sharpened the group’s focus and clarified the stakes of their work. "During rehearsals, we realized how important it was to tell this feminist, queer story about women claiming agency in the face of oppression while remaining joyful and fun," Rada says.As a result, the timing of Jane/Eyre, which opens on January 17 at Denver's Buntport Theater, feels almost prophetic. First staged by Grapefruit Lab in 2018, Jane/Eyre brings Brontë’s 1847 novel into sharp, modern focus, using humor, Gothic aesthetics and live music by indie band Teacup Gorilla and musician Dameon Merkl to explore the constraints of gender, class and power.Jane/Eyre follows its title character, an orphaned young woman, as she navigates a life shaped by societal expectations. Her story begins in an oppressive childhood and moves through her journey as a governess at Thornfield Hall, where she encounters the enigmatic and deeply flawed Mr. Rochester. As their relationship unfolds, Eyre grapples with her own agency, questioning her place within a world that limits her choices as a poor, single woman.What sets Brontë’s work apart, especially for its time, is Eyre’s unwavering defiance. She refuses to compromise her principles or autonomy, even when doing so risks her happiness or security. Jane/Eyre co-creators Rada and Miriam Suzanne leaned into the queer elements they identified in the novel.“Jane has a lot of close relationships with other women,” Suzanne explains. “We found queerness in the text. Jane is constantly talking about how beautiful the women in her life are and how much she wants to spend her life with them. Does that mean it was intended? Who knows? But does it really matter if it was intended?"Grapefruit Lab emphasizes these dynamics, drawing attention to moments where Jane expresses deep admiration and affection for the women in her life. The adaptation doesn’t erase Rochester’s role — his problematic, magnetic presence remains central to the story — but it broadens the lens to explore how Jane’s connections with women shape her identity. By doing so, the production reframes Jane Eyre as a story of fluid relationships, where love and intimacy take many forms."That's what makes it queer in the contemporary sense of the word; there's a fluidity to her relations with all the people she interacts with, from Helen Burns to Diana to Rochester," Rada says. "We're fortunate to have this language of queerness and fluidity that wasn't available then. Are these relationships experiments? How are we defining them? It's left a little open-ended even in our piece."At the same time, the team reckons with the novel’s problematic elements, including its colonialist undertones and ableist depictions. “We don't lean into this very hard, but we recognize that the book has some issues in a way that doesn’t discard or cancel people but holds them accountable," Rada notes. "In a way, that message feels more relevant than it did before."Teacup Gorilla and Merkl's live music play a critical role in this conversation. More than a soundtrack, the music serves as a narrative device, giving voice to Jane’s inner world and the Gothic mood of the production. "We're always interested in not limiting ourselves to a single discipline, and music is certainly evocative and capable of emotional storytelling in a way that text cannot always provide," Rada says. "The band creates a lyrical, Gothic, romantic mood."Songs alternate between narration and first-person reflections from Jane’s perspective, amplifying the tension and depth of her journey. Teacup Gorilla’s full-length album, Jane/Eyre: No Net Ensnares Me, drops on January 10, allowing audiences to connect with the story’s emotional landscape before they see the show. The album is a watershed moment for the band, serving as its first full-length vinyl release.“With a lot of our projects, we have this question: Is it theater or a concert?" Rada says. "You get a full album of original music played live during the show, so it is equal parts concert and theater. This feels more like a true partnership with Teacup Gorilla than our other projects that were maybe more theater-led. In this production, the two elements are not separate distinct entities but come together as the fullest expression of our artistic skills." (Read more) (Toni Tresca)
If public-domain defenders are to prevail over deep-pocketed fights to hold on to lucrative copyrights in near-perpetuity, they might have to remind the public of why copyrights expire in the first place. They could point to the many examples of derivative work that is not only genuinely creative but in fact enriches and broadens the cultural landscape. Think of the way West Side Story brought Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet into a bustling, diverse, and radically different cultural setting. Or consider Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea, one of five mind-expanding books recommended last week by Ilana Masad. Rhys’s 1966 response to Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre fleshes out the backstory of Bertha Mason, the madwoman in Mr. Rochester’s attic, to tell an original tale about the toll of Caribbean colonialism. “Rhys’s project deals with Jane Eyre specifically,” Masad writes, “but her intervention asks us to consider other great literature in its historical and political context as well.” The novel is no less original for having been sparked by another. Like the plays of Shakespeare, who stole shamelessly himself, it serves as strong evidence that nothing will come of nothing. “Creativity,” Nevala-Lee writes, “doesn’t follow the logic of copyright law.” (Boris Kachka)
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean RhysIn Rhys’s terrific answer to Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre, now a classic in its own right, we follow the journey of the young woman who would eventually be known as the madwoman in Mr Rochester’s attic. Antoinette is a Creole heiress born in Jamaica – and far from the “lunatic” she was first described as. (Anna Bonet)
The Bronté Sisters explores the snow and the Brontës in her new video.
Wenmin Luo. Professor, College of Liberal Arts, Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Shantou University, Shantou, ChinaInternational Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation, 7(12), 244-250.Emily Brontë, the renowned British novelist, employs rich imagery in Wuthering Heights, imbuing everyday objects with profound symbolic significance to illuminate and deepen character development. This study focuses on two pivotal symbolic images in the novel ‘windows’ and ‘books’ and examines their roles in exploring the themes of human nature’s distortion and restoration. The ‘window of the soul’ symbolizes internal conflict, reflecting the tension between primal instincts and civilization, while the ‘window of reality’ represents societal oppression and emotional isolation. These images are crucial for understanding the fractured realities of characters like Heathcliff and Catherine. Meanwhile, books symbolize the transmission of knowledge, emotion, and reconciliation, serving as a bridge for characters to transcend hatred and rediscover their authentic selves. By comparing the experiences of two generations, the study reveals how love triumphs over hatred, ultimately restoring suppressed and distorted human nature. Through her masterful use of imagery, Brontë not only enriches the narrative’s thematic depth but also interrogates the complexities of freedom, societal constraints, and love’s transformative power within the human condition.
There are hundreds of events in the calendar to celebrate Bradford’s tenure. David Hockney, arguably the city’s most famous son, is behind a nationwide project to get people drawing (called DRAW!), while new artworks on nearby Penistone Hill are to be inspired by Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights. (Liam Kelly)
Jane EyreCharlotte Brontë, 1847This Victorian classic about an unloved orphan growing into a woman who is free, equal and passionately loved is a gothic romance, an erotic masterpiece, a work to read when you’re young, old, and all the ages in between.
Are psychopaths trendy nowadays?Yes, and it's trendy to explore and romanticize them a bit. I think of Dexter, You. In the Victorian era, the term didn't exist, villains were villains, and their motives and origins of evil were not explored. In Wilkie Collins' The Woman in White, Count Fosco, one of my favorite villains, is clearly a psychopath for doing what he does, but it wasn't the same. Now, psychopaths are seen as sexy. They're in fashion.Why?For a long time it was too morbid and it was not right to dwell on these things, and now we are allowed to enter that territory a bit and assess it. The bad boy has always been in fashion. And our desensitization is growing, little can impact us and it is getting worse. We started with Mr. Rochester from Jane Eyre who had the madwoman in the attic and now we are with people who shoot parents in the face. My mother would say that we are insensitive to so much violence. (Justo Barranco)
Jane//Eyre. No Net Ensnares MeThe titles of the songs are:1 – Bewick’s History of British Birds (Jane’s Theme)2 – Kind Angels Only (Gateshead Hall)3 – Resurgam (Helen’s Theme)4 – And Where in Summer5 – Paintings of the Sea6 – Some Scorched Desire7 – I Am No Bird and No Net Ensnares Me8 – There in the Darkness She Kindled the Bed
Further down the road in 2026, another Gothic masterpiece is getting reimagined for Gen-Z with Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman, Saltburn) putting her own spin on Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights with Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi in the lead roles. If the horror genre plays its cards right, we’ll be returning to the moors and crumbling castles of yore for years to come. (David Crow)
The Brontë sisters, between passion and tragedyIn the mid-nineteenth century, the Brontë sisters marked a turning point in English Romantic literature. Charlotte, Emily and Anne wrote with unprecedented dramatic energy. Jane Eyre, written by Charlotte, portrays a young governess with an unshakeable will, who faces trials and torments with dignity.For her part, Emily Brontë wrote a masterpiece of profound intensity in Wuthering Heights, a tragic tale set on the wild Yorkshire moors. The love turmoil between Catherine and Heathcliff fuels an epic atmosphere in which nature echoes the moods of the characters.Thanks to their explosive blend of dark romanticism and uncontrollable passions, these two masterpieces still inspire fascination and admiration today. (Amandine Enard-Hauger)
Jane Eyre (2011)Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë is a classic piece of English literature and the inspiration for the 2011 film adaptation with the same titular name. The film stars Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender as Jane Eyre and Mr. Edward Rochester. Jane becomes the governess at Rochester's estate where strange occurrences appear to be normal. There've been many adaptations of Brontë's brilliant work, but the 2011 adaptation emphasizes gothic romance themes from the novel. Fassbender's Rochester accurately portrays the Byronic hero seen in the genre as he remains a mystery to Jane and seems to be withholding dark secrets. The film also tackles those societal issues like gender roles and classism. (Valerie Soto)
A sample of Chinese Brontë-related publication:
Yin TianjiaoInternational Theory and Practice in Humanities and Social Sciences, 2(1), 215–222, 2024Wuthering Heights is a classic British literary work written by Emily Bronte, and this paper aims to analyze the main characters in the work using Freud's structural theory of personality, which can reveal the complex psychological activities and behavior motives of the characters. In this novel, Heathcliff's wild and revengeful behaviors reflect the id impulses, driven by primitive desires and revenge mentality; Catherine's inner struggle and conflicting behaviors reflect the ego in reconciling reality and desire; Edgar Linton's behaviors, representing moral and social norms, show the regulatory power of the superego in individual behavior. This analysis deepens our understanding of the novel's characters while highlighting the value of Freud's theory in literary criticism.
Victorian Psycho, Virginia Feito (February 4)$25Virginia Feito’s first novel, Mrs. March, illustrated the inner life of a woman folded in on herself with anxiety and burdened by the assumed expectations of others. It was pure psychodrama, a picture of the kind of strangled and cloistered existence that seems to belong to a time before suffrage. So naturally, Feito’s next book is set in the 19th century. Victorian Psycho is a riff on horror-adjacent “governess in a big house” gothic stories like Jane Eyre and The Turn of the Screw. But with a twist: What if the nanny is a freaking psychopath? The novel is already getting the feature-film treatment, starring Margaret Qualley and Thomasin McKenzie. So read the book now before the paperback gets one of those horrid movie-poster covers. (Bethy Squires)
I’m close to Brontë country, so Rosa Emily Brontë is on the list and, sticking with the literary theme, we’re planting Gabriel Oak, Desdemona and The Poet’s Wife.
The Capital Exchanges in Marriages in Charlotte Brontë’s Novels
Jing H and Tao Tao, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huai’an, ChinaCharlotte Bronte (1816-1855), being famous for her novel— Jane Eyre, is an outstanding British writer in the 19th century. By scrutinizing the marriages in Charlotte Brontër’s novels with the method of textual analysis, this paper summarizes several marriage patterns, which implies the popular values for good matching and the exchange of human capital, social capital, economic capital and cultural capital in marriages. The author contends that the ideal marriage that the female writer longs for is also inseparable from the essence of exchange, which is actually a form of exchange between the cultural capital she holds and the economic and social capital in the hands of the aristocracy. As an intellectual woman of the middle and lower petty bourgeoisie, Charlotte yearns for greater exchange value in marriage with the development of society and the rising of the bourgeoisie.
The 10th edition of the Persian translation of English novelist and poet Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel “Wuthering Heights” has recently been published.Elmi Farhangi Publications in Tehran is the publisher of the book translated by Ali Asghar Bahram Beigi.
Must-read books in Reader's Digest:
The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas
For fans of: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Caña
Published in 2022, The Hacienda qu¡'ickly became one of my favorite drama novels of all time (and Isabel Cañas is one of my favorite authors) when I read it last year. With its Jane Eyre-meets-Crimson-Peak atmosphere, it’s not hard to see why it ranks highly in drama content. In the aftermath of the Mexican War of Independence and the execution of her father, Beatriz marries in hopes of procuring safety for herself. She soon realizes the estate that was supposed to be her refuge has dangerous secrets, and the only one who believes her is a young priest. (Rachel Strolle)
Tue, Jan 7, 2025 at 7:00 PMOnlinePresented by retired professor of Arts and Humanities, Bill Thierfelder. Dr. Thierfelder has a PhD in English Literature and is docent emeritus at the American Museum of Natural History
This program examines the lives and works of Anne, Branwell, Charlotte, and Emily Bronte, with an emphasis on the lesser-known but equally satisfactory writing of this remarkable family. What we discover is that there’s more to the Bronte siblings than Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights. It’s a story of triumph and failure, lost love and addiction, and--most of all--the complications and abiding love of family life.
Presented in collaboration with the Groton Public Library and other area libraries.
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Margaret Drabble visits Haworth Parsonage and the Yorkshire Moors where the Brontës shared a legendary childhood. While touring the locations, she investigates how much the sisters' environment affected their work. First broadcast 12 July 1973The Brontës Lived Here: Writers' Houses airs on BBC Four HD at 3:05 AM, Monday 6 January. (Subtitles.)
Bradford-born actor Vinette Robinson gives a spellbinding performance as the narrator of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights.
Emily Brontë’s much loved novel stands out as a timeless classic. Set against the haunting backdrop of the Yorkshire moors and narrated by Wuthering Heights' housekeeper Nelly Dean, the story takes shape around the intense and destructive love between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw, whose passionate connection underpins a dark and tumultuous tale of revenge, obsession and the brutal forces of nature.
The novel’s setting, the desolate moors, mirrors the wild and uncontrollable emotions of its characters, creating an atmospheric and Gothic backdrop for the drama. Emily Brontë’s deep-dive into the darker aspects of human nature and the complexities of love deviates from the societal norms of her time, making Wuthering Heights a groundbreaking work of 19th-century literature.
Wuthering Heights: The Read with Vinette Robinson is broadcast as Bradford begins its tenure as host of this year’s UK City of Culture.
The Read is a series of outstanding performance readings of iconic British novels.
A Rural Studios production for BBC Four and BBC iPlayer. Filmed on location in the Yorkshire moors and Herefordshire, it is directed by Rachel Lambert. The Series Producer is Julie Colman, the Executive Producer is Grant Black. Commissioned by Stephen James-Yeoman for BBC Arts.
On her later album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” her view on growing older has changed. In the song “Peter” (2024), (...) she seems to callback to an earlier “Jane Eyre” allusion on the song “invisible string” (2020) on the album “Folklore” — a reference to a comment made in the novel by the character Edward Rochester, who uses the analogy of an invisible string to describe his connection with Jane. (Jessica Kronzer)
Buntport Theater Name-Your-Price“JANE/EYRE,” a queer adaptation of the classic novel, with original music by Teacup Gorilla and Dameon Merkl, is the latest original show from Grapefruit Lab. The show opens Jan. 17 at the Buntport Theater (717 Lipan St.) in Denver and runs for three weekends with performances on Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. Plus, there’s one Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. on Jan. 26. To make the production accessible to all theater lovers regardless of their ability to pay, all tickets are name-your-price. Denver actress Lindsey Pierce, plays Jane, with Joan Bruemmer-Holden providing all the additional characters, from Rochester to several women “friends” who Jane also considers living with in the novel. grapefruitlab.com/shows/jane-eyre-2025 (Laura Daily and Brian K. Chavez)
The BBC talks about the English Teacher band:At the age of 102, Yang Yi, a distinguished translator known for her work on English author Emily Brontë's classic Wuthering Heights, reminisces about the beginning of her 80-year friendship with the late literary giant Ba Jin.This touching moment is part of an eight-episode documentary Ba Jin, which was shot to commemorate the 120th anniversary of the birth of one of the most influential and well-respected writers of 20th-century China. (Xu Fan)
One of the UK's most promising new guitar bands, English Teacher, have kicked off the countdown of the top five on the BBC's annual list of music's rising stars.
The Leeds quartet have been voted in fifth place in BBC Radio 1's Sound of 2025 poll – with a panel of 180 music industry experts choosing them as one of the acts with "the best chance of mainstream success" in the next 12 months. (...)Like many of their songs, it draws inspiration from Fontaine's hometown of Colne in Lancashire, where the titular paving stone resides outside the town hall.The lyrics reference a host of local heroes – from Life On Mars actor John Simm to novelist Charlotte Bronte – juxtaposing the colour and vigour of the town's history against the social problems it faces in the current day. (Mark Savage)
So at some point, if you were unable to conceive, you'd be expected to just be abstinent forever — which doesn't really seem like it'd be particularly helpful. But at least that meant a woman wouldn't be "put away," which is giving Edward Rochester in Jane Eyre vibes (Kelley Greene).
AnneBrontë.org discusses Anne Brontë's fatal tuberculosis diagnosis in January 1849, including a moving doctor's visit description from Ellen Nussey, paired with details about an upcoming 2025 celebration of her life at St. James' Church in Bradford featuring piano music and prose readings.
When speaking of period dramas, most people’s minds instantly wander to cult classics like Jane Eyre, Little Women, Pride and Prejudice, or Wuthering Heights. While they’re the foundation of what historical romance is, built by groundbreaking authors like the Brontë sisters and Jane Austen, and has stood the test of time for well over a century, readers’ demands are shifting at a faster pace than the literary standard. (Hilary Tetenbaum)
“Brother Brontë,” by Fernando A. Flores: In a Texas border town wasteland, circa 2038, reading has been outlawed and a powerful big tech tycoon has forced all mothers to toil at a toxic fish cannery. And yet somehow this contemporary twist on “Fahrenheit 451” exudes a morbid sense of humor, thanks largely to its characters, including a pair of rebellious young readers, an underground author — and a tiger. Lone Star dystopia with an insistent plea for the importance of reading. (Publishes Feb. 11) (Chris Vognar)
Wazir Khanum, the enigmatic central figure, aligns her characterisation with the tradition of complex female protagonists in English literature, such as Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre (1847) and Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles (1892).Like Jane Eyre, Wazir Khanum embodies rare agency, skillfully navigating the patriarchal constraints of her environment. However, her narrative goes beyond Victorian paradigms, embedding her identity as a courtesan within the socio-cultural context of South Asia. This duality – reverence and marginalisation – gives her character a depth and complexity that is seldom paralleled in Western literary tradition. Through Wazir Khanum, Faruqi critiques and redefines autonomy and moral agency in a deeply stratified society. (Mereaj Rana)
The Times of India lists love quotes "that will warm your heart" including one from Wuthering Heights.
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