Withering slights: Emily Brontë was no oddball, author argues
(The Guardian Books News)

Book published this week by Claire O´Callaghan seeks to dispel `damaging myths´ about Wuthering Heights authorTwo hundred years after her birth Emily Brontë is still remembered as an oddball, a people-hater and the weirdest of three weird sisters.But a book published this week aims to rehabilitate the reputation of the author of Wuthering Heights, one of the greatest novels ever written: she may have been shy and reserved but she was not strange and should be seen as a woman ahead of her time, the academic Claire O´Callaghan argues. Related: Kate Bush makes second tribute to Emily Brontë with art installation Continue reading...