Wuthering Heights

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Wuthering Heights the Film Is Helping Out the Book

Penguin reports 469% year-on-year surge in UK as Emerald Fennell movie adaptation nears release

(Newser) - Emily Bronte's stormy lovers are back on the moors, with big bucks trailing behind. Penguin Classics UK says sales of Wuthering Heights in Britain have shot up 469% year-on-year, with 10,670 copies sold this January compared with 1,875 in January last year, reports the Guardian . The surge...

Moviegoers, Clear Your 2026 Calendars

BBC critics spotlight 16 adaptations, long-awaited sequels, franchise prequels coming in the new year

(Newser) - Moviegoers who like their calendars crowded may want to start now circling dates in 2026. BBC critics have sketched out a year stuffed with sequels, prequels, reboots, and a few big swings from some of Hollywood's most bankable directors. The first heavy hitter on the BBC's list arrives...

Wuthering Heights Casting Riles Book Fans

Emerald Fennell's adaptation stars Margot Robbie as Catherine, Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff

(Newser) - Responses have not been entirely favorable to the casting of Australian actors Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi to lead Emerald Fennell's adaptation of Wuthering Heights. "There was one Instagram comment that said the casting director should be shot," said casting director, Kharmel Cochrane, at a film festival...

Thanks to 50 Shades , Now the Classics Get Sex Scenes
Thanks to 50 Shades, the Classics Get Sex Scenes
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Jul 22, 2012 2:30 PM CDT

Thanks to 50 Shades, the Classics Get Sex Scenes

Introducing 'Clandestine Classics'

(Newser) - Jane Eyre is great and all, but wouldn't it be so much better if it featured tons of "explosive sex" scenes? Thanks to Clandestine Classics , it soon will. The company is publishing erotic versions of that and other tomes including Pride and Prejudice, 20,000 Leagues Under the ...

Want an Oscar? Try Buying One
 Want an Oscar? 
 Try Buying One 
Feb 25, 2012 12:51 PM CST

Want an Oscar? Try Buying One

15 up for auction next week, and the academy is not happy

(Newser) - Face it, Taylor Lautner: This is your only chance. Fifteen Oscar statuettes will be auctioned Tuesday in the largest such sale ever, says the Los Angeles Times , and bids during the online and telephone event are expected to reach up to $4 million. All of the awards currently belong to...

Psychologists: Victorian Novels Helped Us Evolve

Victorian literature upheld cooperation, personal sacrifice

(Newser) - Victorian novels didn't just tout moralistic values of 19th-century British society, they helped altruistic genes flourish, a study claims. Evolutionary psychologists say classic characters such as Mr. Darcy and Count Dracula helped instill and promote a sense of right and wrong in society, the Guardian reports, specifically the notion that...

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