Elizabeth Gaskell: The Unsung Author Jane Austen And Brontë Fans Will Love

Last year, fellow Jane Austen fans had a bumper harvest of new shows and audiobooks as part of the 250th anniversary of her birth. 

And though the response to Emerald Fennell’s 2026 film version of Wuthering Heights has been pretty mixed, there’s no denying it’s brought about a bit of a Brontë boom; sales of the book have skyrocketed.

(If you ask us, that’s a good reason to adapt the two Brontë novels that have never had a TV or movie version made).

To me, that also means we’re long overdue for an Elizabeth Gaskell revival.