Samantha Ellis

Telling tales | 31 December 2015

Mallory Ortberg hilariously imagines how some of the greatest fictional characters would have texted today

Charlotte Bronte 's Jane Eyre (Photo: Getty) 
issue 02 January 2016

  • Texts from Jane Eyre: And Other Conversations with Your Favourite Literary Characters

    Mallory Ortberg

    Corsair, pp. 240

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