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Rare first edition of Wuthering Heights to be auctioned for first time since 1908

The auction comes as the romance continues to captivate new audiences, fueled by a recent big-screen adaptation

The Independent UK

The other Brontë sister: why do we always forget about Anne?

A recent trip to Haworth, in West Yorkshire, got me thinking about Anne Brontë, who died 177 years ago this month. Stepping into St Michael and All Angels’ Church, a carved stone pillar prominently declares the location of the Brontë family vault. All members of the Brontë family – parents…

The Conversation

Sarah Hall: ‘Everyone wangs on about Anna Karenina – I’ve never been able to finish it’

The author on being inspired by Michael Ondaatje and how Hilary Mantel helped her overcome her aversion to historical figure novels

The Guardian - UK

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How to have a literary-inspired stay in Yorkshire’s Bronte country

With the Wuthering Heights film causing a surge of visitors to Yorkshire (and sales of the book skyrocketing), Lucy McGuire takes a trip to the region where Emily and her sisters grew up to learn more about the places that nurtured the literary family

The Independent UK

Lisa Rinna’s eerie Oscars afterparty dress was made from 11 pounds of real hair

The bizarre creation was made by 16 people across 152 hours

The Independent UK

Better than Wuthering Heights? The Brontës’ novels – ranked!

As Emerald Fennell’s film sparks debate, we celebrate the pioneering brilliance of the siblings’ work

The Guardian - UK

From luxury ‘dupes’ to literary doubles: why doppelgangers are everywhere right now

AI ‘twins’, Mar-a-Lago lookalikes, Melania impersonator conspiracies … doubles proliferate in today’s culture – and nowhere more so than in a series of unsettling new novels that draw on a rich gothic tradition to tap into our paranoid times

The Guardian - UK

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New Wuthering Heights film sparks fresh tourism boom in Yorkshire village: ‘It’s been quite mindblowing’

A new wave of Brontëmania has swept through Haworth

The Independent UK

How Wuthering Heights was shaped by Emily Brontë’s gothic poetry

Wuthering Heights initially baffled readers who dismissed it as “a strange book”.

The Conversation

3 new to Paramount+ movies you need to stream this weekend (Feb. 13-15)

Paramount+ just added a ton of must-watch movies worth watching this weekend. Here's my top 3 picks.

Tom’s Guide

Like Jane Eyre, I’ve been seen as unconventional and abnormal. I’m autistic – is she too?

Nearly 200 years since Charlotte Brontë published Jane Eyre, her unconventional orphan Jane – with her intense emotions and sense of injustice – continues to captivate and intrigue readers.

The Conversation

Perspectives at the Royal Ballet review: a hurtling journey from Benjamin Britten to Sufjan Stevens

4/5 This collection of rather abstract works starts at mystery and ends in exuberance

Evening Standard

15 of the Best Enemies-to-Lovers Books of All Time

Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy may be the blueprint, but you're guaranteed to fall for all of these novels.

Marie Claire

Postures: Jean Rhys in the Modern World review – sex, squalor and jungle sweat for an eternal outsider

Artists as varied as Sarah Lucas, Gwen John and Georg Baselitz are called upon by critic-curator Hilton Als to chime with the writer of Wide Sargasso Sea

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Jane Austen was a satirist – why isn’t she treated like one?

From the pompous vanity of Sir Walter Elliot in Persuasion (1817), to the shallow reading habits of Isabella in Northanger Abbey (1817), few characters in the works of Jane Austen are spared the gentle satire of her famously ironic narrative voice. Similarly, some of her best remembered characters, like Elizabeth…

The Independent UK

Pride & Prejudice at 20: How an intoxicating adaptation became the ultimate 21st-century romcom

FLASHBACKS: Two decades since its release, Joe Wright’s lush interpretation of Jane Austen’s classic novel – starring an Oscar-nominated Keira Knightley – remains a swoon-worthy generational touchstone for millennials and Gen Z. Clarisse Loughrey salutes its legacy, its daring… and its infamous hand flex

The Conversation

Passion, integrity and self-reliance: why Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre is a heroine for our times

In our guides to the classics, experts explain key literary works.

The Guardian - UK

Tina returner: why discovering lost songs, films and books is simply the best

Finding a forgotten track by the late singer goes to the heart of who we are, how we connect and the way we define ourselves

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Woman & Home

From feminist trailblazers to relatable icons, these are our favourite fictional women

Whether it's Jane Austen's early trailblazers or modern heroines, these women prove why girls really do run the world

The Guardian - UK

Class, hunger and a ‘skinny’ Jane Eyre

Letter: Michèle Roberts responds to an article by Sarah Moss on literary heroines being thin

The Guardian - UK

My Lady Jane review – you know what Tudor dramas are missing? Magic animals

This joyously bananas look at the nine-day queen features shapeshifting servants transforming into owls. It’s a wild, fun bit of escapism – perfect summer viewing

The Guardian - UK

From Kirklees to Croydon, some historic buildings English councils could sell

Local authorities are thinking of plugging budget shortfalls by raising millions selling off public assets

The Guardian - UK

Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

A snail in space, dinosaurs on the beach, a fresh take on Jane Eyre, and a kebab-eating incarnation of Otis Redding

The Guardian - UK

Campaigners save Bradford birthplace of Brontë sisters

Crowdfunding and significant donation from Nigel West – who has a family connection to Charlotte’s husband – secure property, with plans to transform it into a cultural and education centre

The Guardian - UK

The Penguin Book of Elegy by Andrew Motion and Stephen Regan review – surprisingly uplifting

From Charlotte Brontë grieving Emily to Ted Hughes lamenting a lamb, this exceptional anthology of poems is full of scholarly discernment

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