![]() Faye hasn't embarked on a retelling of Brontë's masterwork, or anyone else's, for that matter. While the story's eponymous heroine lives in Victorian England, is orphaned and sent to a boarding school and then winds up as a governess on a grand estate, her similarities to, say, Jane Eyre stop at the name. ![]() Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye is that book. Let's say you've read every classic 19th century woman's novel, every canonical retelling of those novels, the more recent mashups (like "Pride & Prejudice & Zombies" and "Android Karenina"), and yet you know there's something missing, a book that would combine the dense plot and rich characterizations of bygone books with more modern sensibilities. ![]() ![]() Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Jane Steele Author Lyndsay Faye ![]()
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