![]() The myth of Emily relies on her image as a noble savage: a child-like innocent who had little contact with the world beyond her Yorkshire village and beloved moors. ![]() This can be traced back to her older sister Charlotte’s own myth-making around Emily following her death in 1848. In this, her bicentenary year, her enduring appeal as a romanticised figure is much discussed. But it’s also down to how Brontë is remembered as an author. ![]() ![]() This is partly because Wuthering Heights is a brutal novel, despite all the romance associated with it. With their fierce, independent heroines, brooding anti-heroes and all sorts of dastardly plots, it’s no surprise the Brontë sisters and their novels occupy a special place in screen adaptations of literature.Įmily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights (1847) tends to attract different kinds of film and TV adaptations to the usual polite drawing-room dramas. ![]()
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