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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm
The Eyre Affair isn't based on Jane Eyre, although having some familiarity with the plot and the ending of it will help immensely - otherwise some parts just won't make as much sense. I've only read it the once, I think, and many years ago at that, so you certainly don't need to be on intimate terms with it.
You're more likely to come away from each boook with a list of works you want to read 
I've never found a crib sheet, although there may be something buried in the Jasper Fforde forums or website that lists them. But authors referenced include:
Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Shakespeare, Arthur Conan Doyle, Jasper Fforde, the Brontes, Enid Blyton, George Eliot, Lewis Carroll, Leo Tolstoy, W E Johns...
Plus half a tonne of puns, daft references and so on. |
Well, I"m almost done with the book, and I must say, its a keeper. Thankfully, there is a quick synopsis of Jane Eyre towards the end. Told me everything I needed to know (for me)
You are so right, I just made a bee-line to our books here, and downloaded "Martin Chizzelwitt". This is huge for me, since (gasp!) I am most definitely not a fan of early English writers. 'sigh. And perhaps I may have to eventually try some others.....altho sad stories make me weep and run for my Xanex.