Book reviewer Ron Charles from The Washington Post simply describes my reaction to hearing about The Austen Project, a series of Jane Austen novels retold by modern bestselling authors, in his review of Eligible, the modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice: [Mrs. Bennett has] the right idea when she says, "I've always far preferred a good book." We already … Continue reading Eligible and Modern Retellings of Jane Austen
Tag: contemporary literature
Shorter, Condensed, Succinct, Abridged
My trip to the library on Friday started with slight disappointment but ended with a flurry of thoughts about what we - as readers, scholars, editors, people of the present - do to and with literature of the past. First, the disappointment. The book I had on hold was ready to be picked up and brought … Continue reading Shorter, Condensed, Succinct, Abridged
February Reading Challenge: Anna Karenina
My desire to get through this Leo Tolstoy creation is red hot; unfortunately my success with doing so is as non-existent as a flame in an outdoor fireplace buried under four feet of snow. I have tried reading this novel over and over and over again, and while I did get further this month than … Continue reading February Reading Challenge: Anna Karenina