Meddling gods and magic drama in New Orleans, a fresh spin on Jane Eyre, a Dollywood romance, and more of today's best YA book deals. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-06-08 11:00:00 UTC ]
In 1966, after more than a quarter century in obscurity, the Dominica-born British author Jean Rhys published what is now considered to be her masterpiece. Wide Sargasso Sea is an astonishing, hallucinatory fantasy about the early life, and eventual psychological disintegration, of the first... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-08-24 12:59:00 UTC ]
Quercus has acquired The Deception of Harriet Fleet, a historical fiction debut set in the landscape of County Durham, described as a "recasting of Jane Eyre" that is "chilling, dark and brimming with suspense". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-28 07:05:41 UTC ]
Contemporary recordings breathe new life into such books as “To the Lighthouse,” “Jane Eyre” and “The Handmaid’s Tale.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2019-11-22 17:06:26 UTC ]
New agents and imprints, Northern Ireland’s first Man Booker winner … this year, the books world turned towards inclusivity and a broadening of perspectivesRead John Dugdale’s analysis of the 100 bestselling books of 2018“You brought it on yourself, longest friend. I informed you and informed... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-12-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Screenwriter and 'Crazy Ex-girlfriend' executive producer Brosh Mckenna has adapted Charlotte Bronte's classic novel 'Jane Eyre,' into 'Jane,' an updated graphic novel coming in which Jane is now a young art student who lives in contemporary Brooklyn and works part-time as a nanny for the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publisher responds to challenge from the schools minister to provide schoolchildren with affordable access to great books From Solomon Northrup’s 19th-century memoir about his years in captivity, Twelve Years a Slave, to classic novels such as Gulliver’s Travels and Madame Bovary, schools... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Major imprints ‘confident’ they can meet schools minister Nick Gibb’s challenge to inspire children with sets of canonical novels at ‘minimal cost’Classic novels such as Great Expectations, Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre should be available in secondary schools for all pupils to read,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Borough Press has acquired a collection of short stories inspired by Charlotte Brontë, edited by Tracy Chevalier. Authors contributing stories for the collection, Reader, I Married Him, include Helen Dunmore, Susan Hill and Emma Donoghue. Each will use Brontë's famous line from Jane Eyre as... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pan Macmillan is adding a further twist to the erotica trend, acquiring a racy re-telling of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]