Books

Emily Brontë

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The Guardian·essay·Lucy Mangan
The forgotten genius: why Anne wins the battle of the Brontës | Television & radio | The Guardian

Anne Brontë wrote a rawer, braver feminist masterpiece than her famous sisters — and Charlotte buried her reputation out of jealousy. Time to fix that.

Score: 76Read at theguardian.com
The Guardian·essay
The strange cult of Emily Brontë and the 'hot mess' of Wuthering Heights | Emily Brontë | The Guardian

Wuthering Heights is a flawed, melodramatic novel — so why does Emily Brontë inspire such fierce, female-led devotion? Her myth matters more than her reality.

Score: 76Read at theguardian.com
Roger Ebert·review·Sheila O'Malley
Emily movie review & film summary review:

Emma Mackey brings fierce, complex life to Emily Brontë in Frances O'Connor's boldly speculative biopic — wild guesses that somehow feel emotionally true.

Score: 74Read at rogerebert.com
The Guardian·interview·Claire Armitstead
Frances O’Connor: ‘I’m putting Emily Brontë in the centre of her own story’ | Emily Brontë | The Guardian

Actor Frances O'Connor makes her directorial debut reimagining Emily Brontë as a passionate, rebellious romantic — expect a feminist revisionist biopic, not a reverent period piece.

Score: 74Read at theguardian.com
Los Angeles Review of Books·essay·Eileen Battersby
Who Was Emily Brontë? | Los Angeles Review of Books

Emily Brontë was a reclusive, animal-loving loner who rarely left home — yet produced one of literature's most ferociously passionate novels. How?

Score: 72Read at lareviewofbooks.org
The Independent·review
BOOK REVIEW / Desperately seeking the mysterious Emily: 'Emily Bronte: Heretic' - Stevie Davies: The Women's Press, 8.99 pounds | The Independent | The Independent

Stevie Davies reads Emily Brontë through her work rather than sparse biography, exploring her paradoxes, sexuality, and place in intellectual history. Thoughtful but occasionally overreaches.

Score: 72Read at the-independent.com
Nasty Women Writers·essay·Theresa C. Dintino
Emily Brontë’s Poetry: An Overlooked Oeuvre - Nasty Women Writers

Emily Brontë's poetry—championed by Charlotte, Woolf, and Dickinson—rivals *Wuthering Heights* yet remains largely unread. A compelling case to finally open her collected poems.

Score: 68Read at nastywomenwriters.com