Five Variations of Jane Austen’s Emma

Emma Woodhouse, as Jane Austen describes in the opening line of Emma, “seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence.” She’s “handsome, clever,

Engaging Characters: Their Likability & The Longevity of Their Novels

What attributes help a writer develop engaging characters? To explore this question, researchers at McMaster University, York University, and the University of Toronto designed a

Five Variations of Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen’s most popular novel, introduces us to the Bennets, a family with five grown daughters whose marriage prospects are bleak due

Does A Kid In Your Life Want A “KinderGuide” For Jack Kerouac’s On The Road? Too Bad.

Back in January, a group of literary estates (Truman Capote, Ernest Hemingway, Jack Kerouac, and Arthur C. Clarke) and publishers (Penguin Random House and Simon

The Author of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Did He Rip Off a Classic In A Subsequent Manuscript?

On August 26th, Hachette Book Group sued Seth Grahame-Smith, known for Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, for breach of a

The Challenges of Modernizing a Classic Novel (Alternatively titled, “Jane, Jane, & Jane”)

Patricia Park’s Re Jane—a contemporary Korean American retelling of Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre–had been collecting dust on my virtual “To Be Read” shelf for quite