A new book about the friendship of Charlotte Brontë and Elizabeth Gaskell:
by Susan Dunne´ Pen & Sword History ISBN: 9781036135096 30th March 2026
Charlotte Brontë and Elizabeth Gaskell shared one of the most remarkable literary friendships of the 19th century, one that ultimately led to the creation of one of the most controversial literary biographies ever written. The Life of Charlotte Brontë continues to spark debate over 150 years after its publication, but the deeper story of the friendship that inspired it has never been fully explored until now. In this fascinating and well-researched narrative, the intertwined lives of these two literary greats come to life. What drew them together despite their contrasting personalities? How did they influence each other’s work, navigate the challenges of publishing, and contend with the harsh judgment of critics? Did Elizabeth Gaskell’s well-meaning interventions, both personal and professional, shape the course of Charlotte’s life in ways never before considered? Through letters, historical records, and fresh insights, this book reveals the warmth, respect, and complexities of their brief but profound connection. A tale of admiration, resilience, and literary legacy, it sheds new light on the enduring impact of a friendship that helped shape our understanding of one of literature’s most beloved figures.
The Standard interviews Aimee Lou Wood and she mentions her forthcoming Jane Eyre role. Aside from film work, she has also been cast as Jane in a new television adaptation of Jane Eyre, a project she is, she says simply, “so excited” about. So, if Pattie Boyd represents discipline, Jane Eyre offers something else entirely. “I think it's going to be great to then do something like Jane Eyre,” she explains. “It's like, ‘okay, I'm playing Pattie. She was this really cool style icon, gorgeous, popular, sociable, and then I'll get to go and play feral Jane, which feels that feels more that feels more like home to me.’” (Lisa McLoughlin)
Swooon echoes the news that the Wuthering Heights retelling The Favourites is getting its own screen adaptation. Move over, Catherine and Heathcliff. It’s time to let Katarina “Kat” Shaw and Heath Rocha take center stage. Layne Fargo’s The Favorites altered our brain chemistry when she released her ice dancing romantic drama in 2025. The Wuthering Heights retelling leaves the moors behind for the ice rink as Kat and Heath emerge from their troubled childhoods looking to win gold. On March 24, Deadline reported that The Favorites would be getting a Netflix movie adaptation. (Avery Thompson)
The film doesn’t fail because it takes risks—if anything, its notion of transgression feels oddly adolescent—but because of the banality it ultimately imposes on what is, in essence, a profoundly tragic story of ill-fated lovers. (Diego Lerer)
The Times has an article on the fact that some parents are 'paying up to £800 a day for live-in tutors over the Easter holidays as they seek last-minute help for their teenagers’ GCSEs and A-levels'. It is reminiscent of the Victorian governess who would live with families while teaching their children, famously depicted in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre.
Jane Eyre could only dream of such a salary, though. Flabelus is a Spanish footwear brand founded in 2020 by Beatriz de los Mozos. The brand is best known for its Friulane or Venetian-style slippers, which are handcrafted in Spain using traditional techniques.
Eyre Mary Janes: - Velvet Mary Jane in brown with green piping and buckle closure.
- The outside of the shoe is 100% cotton velvet, and the inside is 100% organic cotton with anti-bacterial treatment for comfortable, breathable wear.
- The sole is made of eco-friendly rubber from recycled bicycle tyres, providing durable, sustainable, and anti-slip support.
Spanish footwear brand Flabelus names its ballet flats and mary janes after literary figures. This pair of mary jane shoes, an homage to Jane Eyre, is handcrafted from dusty green velvet and features Flabelus’s signature, ergonomic soles, made from the rubber of recycled bicycle tires. (Pameyla Cambe) - Red & black, long puffed sleeves, ruffled cuffs, ruffled turtle neck & ruffled waist, short dress.
- Invisible zip fastening in centre back as closure.
- The fabric is made of 63% viscose, 37% silk.
- Lined with fabric made of 100% viscose.
Forbes reminds readers that Wuthering Heights 2026 will be available for streaming this week and also what this digital release will include. Wuthering Heights, starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi in Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of Emily Brontë’s classic novel, is coming to digital streaming this week. [...] Warner Bros. announced recently that Wuthering Heights will arrive on digital streaming via premium video on demand on Tuesday, March 31. Wuthering Heights will be available to purchase on PVOD for $24.99 on such digital platforms as Apple TV, Fandango at Home, Prime Video and YouTube Movies & TV. Since PVOD rentals are typically $5 less than purchase prices, viewers should be able to rent Wuthering Heights for 48 hours for $19.99. Consumers who purchase Wuthering Heights on digital will have access to a commentary track by Emerald Fennell, as well as production featurettes. Per Warner Bros., the bonus featurettes, along with run times, are: Threads of Desire (6:49) "Jacqueline Durran brings Emerald Fennell’s imagined Gothic world to life through costume. Cathy’s evolving silhouettes unfold in clear acts, while Heathcliff’s transformation and the ensemble’s distinct looks reveal emotion, status, and obsession." The Legacy of Love and Madness (5:32) “Emerald Fennell reflects on her lifelong bond with Wuthering Heights and the hidden depravity of the Victorian era, reimagining Emily Brontë’s tale through emotion, memory, and desire to create an epic love story for a new generation.” Building a Fever Dream (12:07) “An in-depth look at how Emerald Fennell built a world that feels alive. Where design, sound, and performance fuse into one hypnotic vision of love, madness, and creation. The making of a living, breathing fever dream.” Rated R, Wuthering Heights, starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, will be released on PVOD on Tuesday. Warner Bros. also announced that the film, along with the same bonus features listed above, will also be released on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray on Tuesday, May 5. (Tim Lammers)
Redressing — and, in this case, undressing — the classics can be risky business. At best, as with daring new stagings of standard rep operas, new insights can grace familiar works. Fennel’s adventure in rethinking a landmark tale ends up being something of a hit-and-miss, bump-and-grind affair. (Josef Woodard) A veces, uno tiene la sensación de estar frente a un spot publicitario de dos horas y cuarto, porque la factura técnica es impecable y tendente al excesivo esteticismo, aunque la oscuridad se apodere de las atmósferas fotográficas en determinados pasajes. No obstante, se nota ese intento de darle un estilo autoral a esta producción que no deja de ser gran formato, más centrada en lo formal que en el fondo de la cuestión y en profundizar en los personajes. (Manuel Ángel Jiménez) (Translation)
The Times joins the many other sites featuring the so-called Brontë blush.
For The Telegraph, Charli XCX's Wuthering Heights album is one of 'The best albums of 2026 so far'. Charli XCX, Wuthering Heights ★★★★☆ Emerald Fennell’s big-budget, bonk-busting adaptation of Emily Brontë’s classic novel certainly ruffled a few feathers – including mine. But the film had one saving grace, in the form of Charli XCX’s trippy soundtrack, whose songs combine the Velvet Underground’s unparalleled knack for melancholy (John Cale features on the now-viral House) with Nine Inch Nails’s industrial riffs and Charli’s own blurry, distorted vein of electronica. Taken as a follow-up to Charli’s culture-dominating 2024 album Brat, Wuthering Heights makes perfect sense – it’s the tragedies of modern life and love told through one of English literature’s most beloved stories; music you can both cry and dance to. As the 33-year-old pop star wryly put it, Cathy and Heathcliff’s romance descended into ruin “without a cigarette or a pair of sunglasses in sight,” those two items of vice being prominent symbols in Brat, which served as a chewed-up love letter to hedonism. Wuthering Heights consists of just 12 songs, clocking in under 35 minutes. But songs like Dying for You, Chains of Love and Always Everywhere pack such a punch that their conciseness never feels like a curse. (Poppie Platt)
Even celebrities can’t resist looking book smart: Billie Eilish is set to star in a film adaptation of Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar; Margot Robbie found style inspiration from gothic fiction when promoting the Wuthering Heights movie in February [...]
Diario de Córdoba (Spain) looks at literary siblings, both real and fictional, including the Brontës.
Today, March 28, at the Brontë Parsonage Museum:
Sat 28 Mar, 10:00am The Brontë Space at the Old School Room
This full-day workshop explores the adaptation history of Wuthering Heights, from the lost 1920 film to the most recent adaptation. You will have the chance to explore the archive collection of behind-the-scenes materials.
The day will be divided into three workshops: - The first will explore early productions, including the lost 1920 film and the 1939 classic, and their impact on later adaptations.
- The second session will explore the history of Wuthering Heights on the small and large screen, looking at the ways it won its reputation as a romance, exploring behind-the-scenes details of production, and investigating how different adaptations faced the challenges of adapting the complex novel.
- The final session will explore international adaptations of Wuthering Heights from Medieval Japan to 20th-century France, looking at how a quintessentially Yorkshire novel was translated to different contexts.
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