The thing about Lindner’s “Catherine” - and one could also say this about Stephenie Meyer’s third “Twilight” book, which also pays homage to “Wuthering Heights” - is that the novel on which it’s based involves a collection of selfish, impulsive characters who would drive you crazy in real life. Her “Catherine” has a similar vibe, with a punk-era heroine who falls for the brooding Hence, a musician with whom she has an intense (and doomed) romance. Recreated “Jane Eyre” as a story about a young woman who falls for a rock star. They’ve certainly sold well.Īnd that’s probably why we’ll see a fresh crop of new takes on old stories in 2013, starting with April Lindner, who’s turned Emily Brontë’s classic “Wuthering Heights” into the angst-ridden tragedy, “Catherine.” In 2010, Lindner Say what you want about authors riffing on old material, but these reboots are good reads. Gaughen’s “Scarlet” transformed Robin Hood’s Will Scarlet into a woman who winds up falling for the legendary thief. Marissa Meyer’s “Cinder” turned poor Cinderella into a cyborg Jodi Lynn Anderson’s “Tiger Lily” gave voice to a more silent member of the Neverland gang and A.C. Young adult reimaginings of “Cinderella,” “Peter Pan,” and “Robin Hood” have been done, all within the past year.
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