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,
Tag: Classics
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
