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Top 10 Tuesday — Books Based on Classics

18 Nov

Happy Tuesday! Today’s TTT topic is modern day classics — contemporary books that will one day be recognized as classic pieces of literature. Honestly, I am just not feeling this topic so I am going in another direction. Shocking, I know. I am going with books that are based on or inspired by classics, ones I have read (denoted with an asterisk) and those that I’d like to. Let me know if you would read any of these. Sorry/not sorry for all the Jane Austen-inpired books.

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Top Books Based On/Inspired By Classics

Dear Mr. Knightley (Daddy Long Legs) by Katherine Reay*

The Heart of Bennet Hollow (Pride And Prejudice) by Joanne Bischof DeWitt*

Jane Fairfax (Emma) by Joan Aiken*

The Lady’s Guide to Death And Deception (Pride And Prejudice) by Katherine Cowley*

Longbourne (Pride And Prejudice) by Jo Baker*

March (Little Women) by Geraldine Brooks

Mrs. Elton in America (Emma) by Diana Birchall*

The Murder of Mr. Wickham (various Austen novels) by Claudia Gray*

Unmarriageable (Pride And Prejudice) by Soniah Kamal

Wide Sargasso Sea (Jane Eyre) by Jean Rhys