#Charlotte Bronte

Anatomy of a Scene: Jane Eyre’s Red Room

How three adaptations of Jane Eyre have handled the book's famous Red Room scene.

And I’d Do It Again: Books We Wish We Could Read Again for the First Time

What books do you wish you could read again for the first time?

Five Thoughts on a First Ever Reading of Jane Eyre

A few years ago, I wrote a silly post about literary confessions — one of which was that I frequently ...

Fear of Flash Gordon and Sibling Rivalry: Why Authors Use Pen Names

So, like the end of a Scooby Doo cartoon, debut detective novelist Robert Galbraith has been unmasked as none other ...

Casting Downton Abbey From Literature, Part II–Downstairs

Several weeks ago I shared a possible cast of Abbey’s “upstairs” denizens; this week, we turn to the popular BBC-produced ...

Casting “Downton Abbey” from Literature: Upstairs

Hardcore Downtonites (and I use the term “hardcore” deliberately–what is “Downton Abbey” if not porn for Anglophiles?) like me have ...

(Non)Spooky Reads: Books For the Wimp in Us All

Around this time of the year, it seems everyone gets all excited about getting scared out of their pants. Halloween ...