A new Wuthering Heights from Nelly's point of view:
by Eva Figes Introduction by Susan Faludi Dalkey Archive Press Paperpack: 9781628976618 eBook: 9781628976625 Publication Date: August 16th, 2026
Eva Figes' inventive reshaping of the psychological thriller, Nelly's Version—part dark comedy, part mystery novel—offers an unsettling journey into the mind of a witty woman stuck in a pastless present. A middle-aged woman suffering from amnesia checks into a small-town hotel under the pseudonym Nelly Dean with a suitcase full of cash and no idea where it, or she, came from. Distrustful of everyone from the waiter who serves her lunch to the store clerk who claims to know her from grade school, Nelly fears she is part of a conspiracy. At the same time, however, she remains strangely indifferent to the clues that might explain her puzzling circumstances and is unaffected by the many assaults, robberies, arsons, and other crimes occurring around her. Named after the housekeeper in Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights, Nelly Dean is an endearingly unhinged character who will fascinate and excite readers in this deranged literary thriller, featuring an introduction by Susan Faludi.
The Westmoreland Gazette reports that Tunstall church has launched a £500,000 appeal for repairs. St John the Baptist Church in Tunstall, located in North Lancashire and famed for its links to the Brontë sisters, hopes to raise the funds for specialist conservation of its windows, stonework and parapets. A recent survey found that several stained glass windows are in urgent need of repair, including those depicting Joan of Arc, St George, and St Michael. [...] The Grade I listed church was attended by the Brontë sisters during their time at school in nearby Cowan Bridge and later appeared as Brocklebridge Church in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre. (Sonia Veneziani-Rocha)
Variety and others announce that House feat. John Cale by Charli XCX for Wuthering Heights 2026 has been nominated for the Song - Feature Film category of the Hollywood Music in Media Awards. Also, Nicolette Di Dia for Music Supervision - Film.
Speaking of Wuthering Heights 2026, The Guardian can no longer discuss films without mentioning it. In an article about the film Wicker getting the 4DX treatment: The undeniable success of Wicker in 4DX (if many giggly “getting that wick” TikToks are to be believed) raises the question: is there a future for 4DX in erotic movies? Could we next see a Fifty Shades of Grey or Basic Instinct rerelease in 4DX? Could the format have saved Emerald Fennell’s should-be horny Wuthering Heights? Wicker may have opened fifth in the North American box office, but it has already achieved the improbable: unlocking new, tantalizing and ridiculous possibilities in the realm of cinema. (Adrian Horton) Cosmopolitan recommends watching the 2009 adaptation of the novel starring Tom Hardy and Sarah Lancashire. While BBC announces that its Christmas streaming on iPlayer will include both Jane Eyre 2006 and To Walk Invisible.
Times Now News describes The Tenant of Wildfell Hall as 'The classic book that exposed the dark side of marriage long before modern feminism'.
A Wuthering Heights fae romantasy. Of course it is.
Scarlett J. Thorne CAEZIK - Showrunner Press ISBN: 9781647102074 (paperback) October 29, 2026
Booklist calls Lord of the Heights "a dangerously romantic journey" and says Scarlett J. Thorne takes "classic gothic romance to new heights....dark retelling with a searing love story that fans of Rebecca Yarros, Rachel Gillig, and Sarah J. Maas will devour." The moors do not forget. They hunger. James Lockwood came to Yorkshire looking for silence. Instead, a storm kills his car, the road vanishes, and Wuthering Heights opens its door as if it has been expecting him. Nelly Dean knows why he has come. Behind the stone walls waits the true story of Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff: a girl with fire in her blood, a boy carried home in a storm, a blood oath carved between worlds, and a love fierce enough to tear the veil apart. This is Wuthering Heights reimagined as dark gothic fae romantasy: haunted moors, ancient bargains, a sentient manor, ghosts that are never only ghosts, and a romance as dangerous as it is unforgettable. Catherine tried to seal away her magic by choosing a mortal life. Heathcliff returns as something older and darker than the orphan the world remembers. As the solstice nears, the past begins repeating, and Lockwood must decide whether this house is asking him to witness a tragedy or help break the curse. A standalone gothic fantasy romance for readers who want classic atmosphere, fae magic, morally gray obsession, and a haunted love story that chooses healing over revenge. One manor. One curse. One chance to break it.
A columnist from The Telegraph wonders 'Why are young women so into fairy porn and sexy monsters? The answer can’t be good' (There are increasing numbers of young men absorbing all sorts of far-right messages, but by all means let's focus on judging what young women are reading for fun). Maas and co are clearly wonderful, almost psychic conjurors and entertainers, but they are no Charlotte Brontë or Edith Wharton, authors who gripped and entranced me in my own turbulent, disillusioned and yes, "heteropessimist" early days. Of course people should enjoy and consume romantasy if that's what fires them up. And no wonder that it does: the genre is, at heart, both crude and obvious, which chimes perfectly with the sensibilities of the social-media age. But I can't help but feel that its rise marks both the end of the heyday of English literature, and perhaps of maturity itself. (Zoe Strimpel)
We sort of went through this with Twilight back in the day, didn't we? Women are never reading what they are supposed to be reading for their own good. Even in the days of Charlotte Brontë, of course, women weren't supposed to be reading her books.
A contributor to Hindustan Times writes about 'Reading Nobel Winner Anne Carson in the Kullu Valley'. Ten of us are on two long rectangular tables set side by side –a bookshop owner, a chef, a snowboarding instructor, a wildlife conservationist, a Wall Street banker turned photographer, a retired Indian Administrative Services officer, a therapist, two writers and a librarian. We are trying to understand this complicated poem, this pastiche of memoir, of descriptions of the landscape, of dreams and an obsession with Emily Brontë. [...] Running through these landscapes of grief and loneliness, is our narrator’s obsession with Emily Brontë whose collected works she carries around with her. The fifth Brontë sibling, a motherless girl who wrote poetry and but one novel – Wuthering Heights, which was published when she was 29. A year later, she was dead. “Emily Brontë was good at cursing”, our poem’s narrator tells us. Elsewhere she puzzles “How did Emily come to lose faith in humans?” What did Emily know of evil and heartbreak? How could she write poetry and a novel like Wuthering Heights, so full of savagery and passion? Our narrator wonders. Sitting at the table, we are trying to make sense of these interwoven worlds as well. “What do the ‘hanged puppies’ in the poem mean?” the snowboard instructor says. “It’s a line from Wuthering Heights,” someone replies. “But hanging puppies-why?” the chef says. “Emily Brontë was an animal lover, maybe that’s her way of showing villainy and the wildness in human nature, to have characters like Hareton and Heathcliff hanging puppies,” I say. I have wondered about this myself earlier and, naturally, have already researched it online. Someone orders a black bean burger, someone else an avocado sandwich. The food arrives, the bread is broken and passed around. The conversation flows on, drifting through Brontë’s dark moors, Carson’s dreams and her grief, and back into our own lives. I look at my watch. Somehow, three hours have passed. (Sonya Dutta Choudhury)
Young Hollywood recommends '5 Classics To Read To Get In The Mood For The Colder Months' and one of them is 1 Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë Starting off strong with one of my all-time favorite books we have Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre (1847). Filled with secrets and a moody, gothic atmosphere, the book follows Jane after she takes a job as a governess and falls deeply in love with her employer, the mysterious Mr. Rochester. Tormented by her past, her current situation, and the dark secrets coming to light in this haunting manor, Jane is forced to face her reality and learn how to grow, making this novel a classic coming-of-age story. Considered one of the first feminist novels (as I further argued on in my AP Lit exam), Jane Eyre is a book about discovery, both of the self as of what lies beneath of what’s in front of your eyes. Full of substance, beautiful language, and one of the greatest twists in literature, Jane Eyre is just one of those books that haunts you long after finishing it and can enhance the tone of these months to come. (Renee Caballero)
Discussing film adaptations of Pulitzer Prize-winning novels, a contributor to Collider claims that There is no guarantee that a great book will also become a great film, as it’s actually seldom that they are equivalent in quality. There has certainly been no shortage of amazing classics of literature, the likes of which everyone had to read in high school, that were absolutely ruined when they were adapted to the screen. This year’s Wuthering Heights is only the most recent example, as Emerald Fennell only adapted half of the novel and seemed to entirely miss the point of what Emily Brontë was trying to say. (Liam Gaughan) The Sally Cookson adaptation of Jane Eyre is coming to Newcastle:
Adapted by Sally Cookson, Mike Ayers, and The Original Company Directed by Lily Dyble November 3-7 Stage 1, Northern Stage, Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RH, UK
A Mercury Theatre Colchester, Rose Theatre Kingston and Storyhouse Chester production in association with Northern Stage and supported by a grant from The Royal Theatrical Support Trust “I am no bird; and no net ensnares me.” One woman’s fight for a life that is worthy of her courage, and a love that is worthy of her heart. Orphaned as a young girl, the passionate and sensitive Jane longs to escape the clutches of her cruel aunt. Freedom beckons when she is offered the job of a governess in the house of the brooding and secretive Mr Rochester. As intrigue turns to attraction, Jane finds herself drawn in by Rochester’s mercurial charm. But when the truth finally comes out, she will be forced to choose between the man she wants, and the woman she wants to be. Nearly two centuries on, Charlotte Brontë’s groundbreaking story is as thrilling and relevant as ever in this bold production directed by 2025 RTST Sir Peter Hall Director Award-winner Lily Dyble, based on Sally Cookson, Mike Akers and the original company’s trailblazing adaptation. Audio described and British Sign Language interpreted: Thu 5 Nov, 6pm Interpreted by Caroline Ryan Captioned: Sat 7 Nov, 2.30pm
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