Is Jane Eyre Okay?

Marlon and Jake explore why we're so eager to revisit the worlds of our favorite stories, asking whether great characters are better left where their authors left them—or if there's value in imagining what came before or after. Tune in as they unpack the appeal of sequels, the pitfalls of origin stories, and why some fictional worlds are more powerful when they remain a mystery.

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• A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes
• Lord of the Flies by William Golding
• Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
• The Life and Loves of a She-Devil by Fay Weldon
• Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis
• Flashman series by George MacDonald Fraser
• Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
• The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding
• The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare
• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
• Lost Horizon by James Hilton
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
• Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
• The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
• Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
• Little Men by Louisa May Alcott
• David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
• The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
• Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
• Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
• A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
• Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
• Bleak House by Charles Dickens
• Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
• Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
• Big Blonde by Dorothy Parker
• The Tempest by William Shakespeare