"The Forgotten Letters of Jane Eyre and Anna Karenina" is a window into the souls of the heroines created by Charlotte Brontë and Leon Tolstoy. The letters in this book paint a picture of an Anna who escapes the novel to reveal the secrets of her adultery and her erratic search for an ideal love; and of a Jane who is a little more satisfied but who never stops being a critic of the world in which she finds herself. Every line sparkles with the passionate observations of these two women concerning their loves, journeys, social and artistic lives. And for added zest, there is a sinister murder which, despite the distance, Jane tries to resolve with her own ingenuity.