A contributor to
LitHub recommends 'Seven books to scratch that
Pride and Prejudice itch' and one of them is
Patricia Park, Re: Jane
This 2016 novel is technically an homage to another classic—Brontë’s Jane Eyre. But Park has a knack for echoing mannered 19th century conundrums. When this Jane, of Queens—an orphaned, hapa student of nunchi—accepts an au pair position with English professors, her world begins to open up in unexpected ways. A coming into self story befitting our time. (Brittany Allen)
While a contributor to
The Delaware Gazette recommends some books under 200 pages which 'nonetheless pack a punch!'
• “Wide Sargasso Sea” by Jean Rhys. Rhys brings one of fiction’s most fascinating characters to new life: the madwoman in the attic from Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre. This work introduces us to Antoinette Cosway, a young woman who is sold into marriage to the prideful Mr. Rochester. (171 pages) (McDaniel-Browning)
The Sydney Morning Herald discusses the AI Agatha Christie used by BBC Maestro's series
Agatha Christie on Writing and wonders,
It feels like the tip of the iceberg. In 2024, US software company ElevenLabs partnered with the estates of Laurence Olivier, Judy Garland and James Dean to use the late actors’ voices as narrators for books and other text material on its Reader app. How long, then, before Jane Austen or Charlotte Brontë, quills in hand, are explaining Elizabeth Bennet or Jane Eyre? If the Queen of Mystery’s “realness” is any guide, the answer is, imminently. (Lenny Ann Low)
La autora bilbaína, de raíces gallegas, ha defendido el acceso libre y emocional a los clásicos. «No impondría un canon, pero sí animaría a que los jóvenes lleguen a ellos por entusiasmo. Da igual si entran por Jane Eyre, por Delibes o por El Cid. Lo importante es que un libro les lleve a otro». (Translation)
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