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

The Worst Pick-Up Lines in Literature

Literature is full of awkward attempts at romance. Here are a few of my favorite examples, including two from a certain someone who turns 200-years-old

“I wish Juliet Stevenson Would Read Supreme Court Decisions To Me”

So Mr. A.M.B. said, having just finished listening to the audiobook version of Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre.* It’s narrated by Juliet Stevenson, whom many of

Jane Eyre: A Contemplative Traveling Companion

While traveling for work last week, Mr. A.M.B. mentioned someone named “Jane” repeatedly in the emails and text messages he sent me. Was he talking

Our Shrinking World

As a Jane Eyre fan, I’m not sure what took me so long to read Charlotte Brontë’s Villette (1853). Beth at Too Fond encouraged me

“Covering” the Classics: an Homage or a Rip-Off?

Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre (1847) has inspired numerous adaptations. Margot Livesey’s novel, The Flight of Gemma Hardy (2012), is a recent example. Borrowing heavily from