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Passion, integrity and self-reliance: why Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre is a heroine for our times

In our guides to the classics, experts explain key literary works.

The Conversation · Mar 26, 2025

Review: 'Reluctant Immortals' cleverly restores agency to 2 mistreated characters

If you're going to completely reimagine the stories of two famous literary characters, you might as well do it with style.

Tribune News Service · Aug 31, 2022

Gwendolyn Kiste rewrites famous horror heroines' stories in 'Reluctant Immortals'

PITTSBURGH — There was always something about the stories of Lucy Westenra and Bertha Mason that Gwendolyn Kiste felt were incomplete — and that's putting it generously.

Tribune News Service · Aug 31, 2022