"Other Brontes are on tap Anne is a traditional ale, Charlotte an IPA, Branwell a porter but the barman says Emily, an amber ale with a malty biscuit flavour, is the most popular. It's the obvious choice today, anyway: in a few hours, Oscar-winning film-maker Emerald Fennell will be at the Bronte women's writing festival in a church just up the road, discussing her adaptation of Emily's 19th-century gothic masterpiece Wuthering Heights."
"It all started with Fennell's casting of Hollywood stars Jacob Elordi and Margot (Heathcliff, it's me, it's Barbie) Robbie causing uproar. An erotic teaser trailer full of tight bodices, cracking whips and sweaty bodies had the same effect. But heads were really sent spinning by reports of a scene with a public hanging and a nun who fondles the corpse's visible erection. One early review said readers would be shocked and disgusted by the book's cruelty, inhumanity and diabolical hate"
"Since my visit to Haworth, the full trailer has been released, showing Fennell's brand of anachronistic sets and costumes (think sugary, eye-popping interiors and red latex gowns), some suggestive licking and bread-kneading, and Elordi's (admittedly quite good) Yorkshire accent: So kiss me and let us both be damned! Such a wild response was only to be expected. As I drink up and step out into the cobbled streets of this village built on a hill, Wuthering Heights' potency is still palpable."
A crisp afternoon in Haworth, West Yorkshire, finds Brontë-themed beers on tap, with Emily amber ale the local favourite. Emerald Fennell will attend a Brontë women's festival to discuss her adaptation of Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights. Casting Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie and an erotic teaser trailer sparked uproar. Reports of a public hanging scene and a nun fondling a corpse intensified controversy, and an early review warned readers would be shocked by cruelty and diabolical hate. The full trailer shows anachronistic sets, red latex gowns, suggestive sensuality, and Elordi's Yorkshire accent, amplifying strong local reactions while the novel's potency remains palpable in Haworth.
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