num_pages: 226
description: Hilariously imagined text conversationsthe passive aggressive the clever and the strangefrom classic and modern literary figures from Scarlett OHara to Jessica Wakefield.Mallory Ortberg the co-creator of the cult-favorite website The Toast presents this whimsical collection of hysterical text conversations from your favorite literary characters. Everyone knows that if Scarlett OHara had an unlimited text-and-data plan shed constantly try to tempt Ashley away from Melanie with suggestive messages. If Mr. Rochester could text Jane Eyre his ardent missives would obviously be in all-caps. And Daisy Buchanan would not only text while driving shed text you to pick her up after she totaled her car. Based on the popular web-feature Texts from Jane Eyre is a witty irreverent mashup that brings the characters from your favorite books into the twenty-first century.
language: English
title: Texts from Jane Eyre: And Other Conversations with Your Favorite Literary Characters
publisher: Henry Holt and Co.