Goodreads asked Laura McNeal:

What books are on your summer reading list this year?

Laura McNeal I'm working on a historical novel set in the 19th century, so I'm reading or re-reading books that were new and exciting to Robert and Elizabeth Browning: Madame Bovary, which was Robert Browning's favorite novel when it first appeared, and Villette, which Elizabeth Barrett Browning liked better than Jane Eyre for some reason. I will also continue reading the letters they wrote to one another and absolutely everyone they knew, possibly because they had servants and never slept. Elizabeth's letters are incredibly alive and charming--much more personal, modern, and accessible than her poetry.

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