I have spent years of my life reading and loving Charlotte Brontë’s novel “Jane Eyre.” But in the last few years I have realized something: The main character of this novel isn’t Jane, but Bertha; the ...
The Secret History of Jane Eyre: How Charlotte Brontë Wrote Her Masterpiece. By John Pfordresher. W.W. Norton; 254 pages; $26.95; £20. CRITICS relish a bit of detective work. Four hundred years after ...
Three-fourths thriller and one part reimagined classic, “The Wife Upstairs” is a feisty Southern charmer that’s twisty enough to make dinners late in kitchens everywhere. Taking plot and character ...