On the day on which autumn begins, The Telegraph and Argus recommends 'Pretty villages and towns to visit in autumn' in West Yorkshire including
HaworthHaworth is one of the most famous places in West Yorkshire due to being the home of the Brontë sisters.The Yorkshireman adds: “It also has beautiful cobbled streets, rolling moors and a vintage charm that pulls in tons of visitors every single year.“There are plenty of places to eat and enjoy a pint after you’ve finished exploring this historic Yorkshire village, making for a truly wholesome day out.” (Molly Court)
It's also the season of all things Gothic and so The Irish Times looks into books that 'explore a musical subculture that is both dead and very much alive'.
Wuthering Heights (Penguin English Library) by Emily BrontëSet on the wild, heather-tufted moors of West Yorkshire, Emily Brontë's tale of the obsessive passion between Cathy and Heathcliff is the literary equivalent of Joy Division’s Love Will Tear Us Apart. A masterpiece of Gothic fiction. (Ann Scanlon)
Den of Geek ranks a very Gothic film on a list of 'Guillermo del Toro Movies Ranked from Worst to Best'.
8. Crimson Peak (2015)Mismarketed as an outright horror movie, Crimson Peak is more of a loving del Toro homage to the lush, color-saturated European Gothic romantic thrillers of the 1960s; the kind helmed by the likes of Mario Bava and many of his Italian contemporaries, with a touch of Rebecca or Jane Eyre for good measure. All the movie is missing is Barbara Steele, but instead del Toro has Jessica Chastain as Lucille, the depraved sister of Thomas (Tom Hiddleston), whose incestuous relationship is the awful secret at the heart of Allerdale Hall—their brooding, crumbling ancestral family home where ghosts reside.Chastain is fantastic, as is Hiddleston, but the woman that Thomas weds and brings to Allerdale with tragic results is played by Mia Wasikowska, who is fine in the role but not quite up to the pyrotechnics of her costars. What Crimson Peak lacks in genuine terror or suspense (the plot fairly telegraphs itself), it makes up for in the performances by Chastain and Hiddleston, the incredible lighting and production design, and the slowly rotting House of Usher-like edifice of Allerdale. Bava would be proud. (Don Kaye)
Infobae (in Spanish) features Gothic-love Mariana Enríquez.
Es capaz de analizar con ellos un partido de Novak Djokovic con la misma agudeza que un disco de Nick Cave o un libro de Emily Brontë, y cada uno se va agradecido y queriendo más, con ganas de leer un libro nuevo, escuchar música que no conocen o, simplemente, volver a lo que les gusta. (Gonzalo Fiore Viani) (Translation)
La Nación (Argentina) discusses books that have taken inspiration from classics such as Minae Mizumura's A True Novel.
Con una estrategia diferente, la escritora japonesa Minae Mizumura (Tokio, 1951) toma como premisa Cumbres borrascosas, la celebrada novela de Emily Brontë, y escribe Una novela real –fue publicada en su momento por Adriana Hidalgo– , la historia del multimillonario Taro Azuma, que de un momento a otro se desvanece de la faz de la tierra. En un juego de narradores que se parece a las cajas chinas, Mizumura rastrea lo que sucedió con ese personaje. La historia de su vida se vuelve signo de la transformación de Japón luego de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Al mismo tiempo, la escritura despliega una serie de recursos narrativos que vuelven la novela una obra maestra. No solo logra encarnar el amor de los protagonistas de la novela de Brontë en los jóvenes Taro y Yoko, sino que además encarna en el Japón de posguerra todos los elementos del gótico de la novela inglesa, con un escenario brumoso en el que el pasado se vuelve un habitante activo en la vida de los personajes. (Verónica Boix) (Translation)
Study Finds has a list of the 'Top 5 Literary Masterpieces Most Recommended By Experts' (no less!). Jane Eyre is one of them. The Telegraph reminds us of the fact that TB killed 'literary greats such as John Keats, Charlotte Bronte and George Orwell' but it's still a very real threat today. However, of all the Brontës that TB did kill, Charlotte Brontë wasn't one of them as she is thought to have died from hyperemesis gravidarum.
