Texts from Jane Eyre
Mallory Ortberg
Henry Holt and Co.
<p><B><P>Hilariously imagined text conversations&#8212;the passive aggressive, the clever, and the strange&#8212;from classic and modern literary figures, from Scarlett O'Hara to Jessica Wakefield</B><P>Mallory Ortberg, the co-creator of the cult-favorite website <I>The Toast</I>, presents this whimsical collection of hysterical text conversations from your favorite literary characters. Everyone knows that if Scarlett O'Hara had an unlimited text-and-data plan, she'd 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, she'd text you to pick her up after she totaled her car. Based on the popular web-feature, <I>Texts from Jane Eyre</I> is a witty, irreverent mashup that brings the characters from your favorite books into the twenty-first century.</P></P></p>