NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A witty, moving, piercingly insightful new novel about a marvelously complicated woman who can’t be anyone but herself, from the award-winning author of ChemistryLONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL • “A deeply felt portrait . . . With gimlet-eyed observation laced with darkly biting wit, Weike Wang masterfully probes the existential uncertainty of being other in America.”—Celeste Ng, author of Litt...

**DAKOTA JOHNSON’S TEATIME PICTURES DECEMBER BOOK CLUB PICKONE OF NPR’S “BOOKS WE LOVE” 2024“One of the most nuanced, astute critiques of America now I’ve read in years. And it’s also frequently hilarious.”—Los Angeles Times“A funny, perceptive look at what it means to defy societal expectations…timeless.”—Washington Post“[For] basically anyone who is breathing, Rental House is a must-read."—San Francisco Ch...

**PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD WINNER • WHITING AWARD WINNER • Smart, moving, and funny, a unique coming-of-age story about a quirky, overworked narrator who seems to be on the cusp of a perfect life but finds herself on a new path of discoveries about everything she thought she knew."Told in a hilarious deadpan that recalls Gish Jen and Nora Ephron." —O, The Oprah Magazine**At first glance, the life of the narrator of Weike Wang’s debut novel seems ideal: she is studying f...

From the award-winning author of Chemistry and Rental House, a sharp and perceptive novel about two artists who wonder if their instant and electric connection is romantic, platonic, creative, destructive, or even remotely sustainableWidely celebrated as a pitch-perfect chronicler of life’s most intricate relationships, Weike Wang brings her uniquely wry wit and tender observations to the “will they or won’t they” dynamic between two new friends, ...

"Villette! Villette! Have you read it?" exclaimed George Eliot when Charlotte Brontë's final novel appeared in 1853. "It is a still more wonderful book than Jane Eyre. There is something almost preternatural in its power."Arguably Brontë's most refined and deeply felt work, Villette draws on her profound loneliness following the deaths of her three siblings. Lucy Snowe, the narrator of Villette, flees from an unhappy past in England to b...

The Summer 2016 issue of Ploughshares. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Two out of each year's three issues are guest-edited by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles, with the Winter issue staff-edited.This 45th anniversary issue, guest edited by novelist Claire Messud and literary critic James Wood, includes new work from Viet Thanh Nguyen (winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize), Lydia Davis, Carys Davies, an...

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A witty, moving, piercingly insightful new novel about a marvelously complicated woman who can’t be anyone but herself, from the award-winning author of ChemistryLONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL • “A deeply felt portrait . . . With gimlet-eyed observation laced with darkly biting wit, Weike Wang masterfully probes the existential uncertainty of being other in America.”—Celeste Ng, author of Litt...

Named by The Washington Post as a Notable Work of Fiction in 2017 and by Entertainment Weekly **as a Best Debut Novel of 2017Named a Best Book of 2017 by NPR, Ann Patchett on PBS NewsHour, Minnesota Public Radio, Maris Kreizman, and The Morning NewsNational Book Foundation “5 Under 35” HonoreeLonglisted for the Aspen Words Literary PrizeA luminous coming-of-age novel about a young female scientist who must r...

**DAKOTA JOHNSON’S TEATIME PICTURES DECEMBER BOOK CLUB PICKONE OF NPR’S “BOOKS WE LOVE” 2024“One of the most nuanced, astute critiques of America now I’ve read in years. And it’s also frequently hilarious.”—Los Angeles Times“A funny, perceptive look at what it means to defy societal expectations…timeless.”—Washington Post“[For] basically anyone who is breathing, Rental House is a must-read."—San Francisco Ch...

From the award-winning author of Chemistry and Rental House, a sharp and perceptive novel about two artists who wonder if their instant and electric connection is romantic, platonic, creative, destructive, or even remotely sustainableWidely celebrated as a pitch-perfect chronicler of life’s most intricate relationships, Weike Wang brings her uniquely wry wit and tender observations to the “will they or won’t they” dynamic between two new friends, ...

'JANE EYRE' was first published in October 1847. Half a century since this tale of the North by an unknown writer stole upon London, and, in the very midst of the serial publication of ' Vanity Fair,' took the town by storm, obtaining for its author in the course of a few weeks a success which, as the creator of Becky Sharp afterwards said to her, a little sadly and sharply, 'it took me the work of ten years to achieve.'Half a century, in the view of the Roman Church, is often hardl...

The Professor was the first novel by Charlotte Bronte. It was originally written before Jane Eyre and rejected by many publishing houses, but was eventually published posthumously in 1857. The book is the story of a young man, William Crimsworth. It describes his maturation, his loves, and his eventual career as a Professor at an all-girl's school. The story is based upon Charlotte Bronte's experiences in Brussels where she studied as a language student in 1842. Excerpted from Wikipedia, t...