Texts from Jane Eyre: And Other Conversations with Your Favorite Literary Characters
Author: Mallory Ortberg
It is not often that I find myself laughing as I read a book: maybe I review too many crime novels! In any event, Texts from Jane Eyre had me chuckling and reading all night; this book is a literary aficionado’s dream! From Medea, Gilgamesh, Achilles, Dido, Plato, Circe, all the way to The Yellow Wallpaper, this compendium of witty and absolutely charming text messages from and to characters that we all know from history, great short stories, novels, plays, up to and including Nancy Drew, Atlas Shrugged and Fight Club had me laughing out loud and rereading over and over again.
Of course, this is the book of choice for your holiday literary folks, but don’t forget the little people too: college students, housewives, professors, welders, all of us: there is something for everyone here in these simply “right on” texts that tumble from Mallory Ortberg’s pen.
My favorites have to be Cormac McCarthy and The Hunger Games, as Ortberg sports with the best and brightest from the past as well as the future. Ortberg can be found at the cult favorite Web site The Toast, but don’t miss this famous character Texts from Jane Eyre as Ortberg saunters forth with some of the most hysterical, often passive aggressive feed bites from Scarlett O’Hara, Daisy Buchanan and a host of characters that create the most irreverent readings you will ever find!
From the book:
- John Keats (texting to an anonymous person)
Oh my god
Oh my god
Do you know what I LOVE
Like what I am just crazy about
Is it this urn
THIS URN
I figured
You seemed really excited
THIS GRECIAN URN
It’s really pretty
FUCK OFF WITH THAT REALLY PRETTY BULLSHIT
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OK readers so I LOVE LOVE LOVED it!
Oops gotta go, wanna see what Scarlett has to say to Rhett!!!!
Ratings are based on a 5-star scale
Overall: 4.5
Review by Broad “A”
We received a copy of this title for our book review. All opinions are our own
Texts from Jane Eyre: And Other Conversations with Your Favorite Literary Characters
My top picks must be cor-mac McCarthy and the hunger games as orberg game with the best and brightest from the past and what’s to come. Orberg can be found at the religions most loved web webpage the toast… yet do not miss this popular character tests from Jane Eyre as orberg walks forward to with the absolute most crazy, regularly inactively forceful food nibbles from Shara, daisy Buchanan and a group of characters that make the most disrespectful readings you will ever find.
This looks cute!