Although the plot rightly discusses the iniquitous vulnerability and powerlessness of women in society at the time, as the sisters have to initially publish using male pseudonyms and discussion in literary circles that women could not have written works such as theirs, the power of the play lies in the family dynamics, and the characters that each actor portrays.  Emily gives a rarely heard view, defending Branwell as being a victim of the expectations that are put on men.

It is important to remember that Sarah Gordon’s excellent script is rather like those ITV true crime dramas, based on known facts but with some licence of what was said by whom, in other words, it’s all true apart from the bits that aren’t.  The Criterion has put on a play which is both highly entertaining and thought-provoking and thoroughly deserves the enthusiastic applause. (Charles Essex)

Fennell, take note: you don’t have to completely revolutionise a period romance and stuff it full of sex and anachronisms to make it work for modern viewers. (Maddison Skipper)

Altuzarra didn’t treat the project as a scaled-down version of his namesake line. “I wanted to approach it in a very similar way that I do my own runway collections,” he says. As with many of his collections, that meant beginning with books as inspiration.

At the time, Altuzarra had recently read Emily Brontë'sWuthering Heights and Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and was “steeped in this world of romantic literature and romantic heroines and these windswept Scottish moors.” The novels became the collection’s central references, informing a wardrobe built around what he describes as a “sense of yearning, of desire, that kind of deep romance.” Or, as Posen puts it: “bringing your Jane Austen fantasies into today.” (Irina Grechko)

“Drawing inspiration from the Regency and early Victorian literary eras, the collection reflects the romance and mystery of classic Romantic and Gothic fiction,” according to a press release. Inspired by Wuthering Heights, these designs are meant to be worn passionately (and to frolic through wide fields in). (Victoria Montalti)

Ci sono libri che attraversano il tempo senza perdere la capacità di parlare al presente. Storie nelle quali passioni, conflitti, desiderio di libertà e conseguenze delle proprie scelte continuano a interrogare generazioni di lettori. È il caso di "Cime tempestose", unico romanzo di Emily Brontë e uno dei grandi classici della letteratura inglese, al centro del nuovo appuntamento di Libri Liberi, la rassegna promossa dalla Fondazione De Sanctis che porta la letteratura all'interno degli istituti penitenziari italiani.

Dopo la tappa milanese al Beccaria, Libri Liberi arriverà a Firenze il 30 settembre, al Carcere Minorile G.P. Meucci, per un incontro dedicato all'opera di Emily Brontë. A guidare i ragazzi attraverso le pagine del romanzo saranno la scrittrice Camilla Baresani e l'attrice Francesca Inaudi, chiamate a intrecciare lettura, racconto e confronto intorno a una storia che, a quasi due secoli dalla sua pubblicazione, conserva intatta la propria forza. (Translation)

Attachment Theory and the Victorian Orphan Figure: Charlotte and Emily Brontës’ Depiction of Resilience or Destruction Through Disrupted Attachment

by Sarah Hopper, Campbellsville University, 2026

The Evolution of Wuthering Heights Radio Adaptations:Analysis and Comparison

by Matej Mlakar, 

Univerza V Ljubljani Filozofska Fakulteta Oddelek Za Anglistiko In Amerikanistiko, 2026

This thesis is the first comprehensive look at the entire range of American and British radio adaptations of Wuthering Heights, the only novel written by Emily Brontë and originally published in 1847. The first chapter focuses on background information about the author and the novel, including the possible inspirations for the characters and locations presented in the story. This section also provides a brief summary of the novel and an overview of the existing adaptations across all media. The next chapter provides the theoretical framework for radio adaptations, including the history of the medium and the main characteristics of radio drama. The primary elements that constitute a radio drama are also considered, as well as classifications of these elements that have been proposed by authors such as Lance Sieveking, Andrew Crisell, and Dermot Rattigan. The following two chapters are dedicated to the analysis and comparison of all English-language radio adaptations of the novel. The thesis mainly discusses significant alterations to the plot and scenes, but it does not address minor changes that are inconsequential to the narrative as a whole. As several radio dramas closely follow the critically acclaimed 1939 motion picture instead, a brief description of the film has been included. Several adaptations whose recordings are unavailable are also included and briefly discussed using existing listings in newspapers, magazines and historical schedule data.

Nearly two centuries after “Jane Eyre” first defied the conventions of Victorian England, China is requiring a new generation of teenagers to read her story.

The British classic has long been popular in China and was already recommended reading for schoolchildren. But this fall, ninth-grade students across the country are being required to read the novel in full, according to Chinese state media. One report in an official newspaper held it up as an anti-materialistic love story that young people could learn from.

The book, in which the young orphan Jane Eyre works as a governess in the household of the wealthy but elusive Mr. Rochester, is widely celebrated in China for its themes of independence and equality between women and men.

A Chinese translation appeared as early as 1925, and there have since been numerous translations and adaptations for stage and screen. A British film adaptation was shown in Chinese theaters in 1979, just a few years after the end of the Cultural Revolution, as China was reopening to foreign culture.

Ping Zhu, a literature professor at the University of California, San Diego, who researches Chinese feminism and literature, said the novel is compatible with the Chinese government’s vision of women’s equality — one that can coexist with traditional gender roles and the heterosexual nuclear family. Its inclusion in the ninth grade textbook comes as China struggles with population decline and the government encourages young people to marry and have children, she said.

“‘Jane Eyre’ is about an independent woman, but she’s not too outrageous in her challenge of patriarchal power,” Ms. Zhu said. By the end of the novel, Jane has married Mr. Rochester and had a child. “All these things are what the Chinese government wants the younger generation to do,” Ms. Zhu said.

Published in Britain in 1847, “Jane Eyre” was striking for its depiction of a poor young woman insisting on her independence, dignity and equality in a society in which women — particularly married women — had severely limited legal and economic autonomy.

The novel has long been celebrated in China for its feminist themes, with state media often quoting Jane’s declaration to Mr. Rochester: “Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong! I have as much soul as you — and full as much heart!” (Yan Zhuang and Li You) (Read more)

The garden takes its inspiration from the exposed landscapes of the Yorkshire uplands: dry-stone walls, moorland planting and the way plants and wildlife respond to sometimes unforgiving conditions. [...]

Mr Roberts, founder of Patterned Earth, a garden and landscape design practice in Netherton, said: “I wanted to take a little piece of the landscape I know and love in Yorkshire to Belvoir.

"The moors, dry-stone walls and plants that somehow thrive in quite unforgiving conditions have always fascinated me.

“Weathering Heights was a playful nod to Wuthering Heights, of course, but the ‘weathering’ was important too.

"The garden was really about how landscapes, plants and wildlife respond and adapt to the conditions around them.” (Steve Teale)

Two other movie adaptions are for me the clear template for this film. Firstly, 1999’s The Winslow Boy, a Terence Rattigan play adapted and directed by David Mamet of all people, which on the surface is about a miscarriage of justice against a schoolboy, but is actually about how his older sister chooses which of her three suitors to marry. In the USA it was also rated G, which remains possibly the most surprising thing Mr. Mamet has done in his career. The other is 2011’s Wuthering Heights, Andrea Arnold’s unhappy adaption of the famously melodramatic novel by Emily Brontë. Largely filmed outdoors, with a great feeling for the weather, it has a rawness and sense of danger that remains palpable fifteen years later. It’s clear that Ms. Oakley decided, possibly because of these two films, to push her heroines onto rocks and hillsides to make it as easy for us to connect to their raw emotion, and that those emotions would be expressed in language to which even the littlest ears can listen. (Sarah Manvel)

On the 2026 VMAs red carpet, things took a darker turn. A Victorian gothic flavour hit the carpet, with Charli XCX, in a midriff-baring bandeau and skirt ensemble by Saint Laurent, leading the charge.

Call it a hangover from Margot Robbie’s Wuthering Heights press tour looks, but outfits that took their cues from the neo-Victorian aesthetic peppered the carpet. Black and lace appeared in equal measure, as did sumptuous materials like velvet and a generally witchy vibe. (Noni Reginato)

A young woman embarks on an unexpected journey. Despite the excitement and possibilities of her future, there’s also fear. She boards a train that will take her to a new home atop a stormy cliff at the edge of the sea, a place defined by the fog and its history. She’s a governess, and she’ll be responsible for teaching and caring for a wealthy boy.

This premise might sound like it’s from a classic Gothic story like Jane Eyre or The Turn of the Screw. But it’s actually from 1991’s Dark Shadows: The Revival, an NBC series that distilled the long-running original Dark Shadows soap opera into a 12-episode melodrama. It’s the best way to enter the world created by horror icon Dan Curtis, and it’s streaming in full on YouTube. (Maria Loreto)