Briefing

The Great Gatsby at 100

Mark Twain and the making of an American literary revolution

What makes a novel of ideas?

Dazzling, sweeping and full of plot twists!

Reconsidering the legacy of Huck’s ‘enormously admirable’ sidekick

Book adaptations have never been more in demand, but can they ever really do justice to the original work? With a slew of bestsellers getting the big- or small-screen treatment, Christobel Hastings explores why the trend is good news for women