Tuesday, May 13
Despite the infinite number of chick-flick adaptations of Jane Austin novels, Victorian literature is not just for girls. "Victorian Night," a reading hosted by The Pacific Standard Fiction Series, will feature authors Douglas A. Martin and Arthur Phillips. Martin's book Branwell is a novel about the forgotten Brontë brother, and Phillips, author of Prague, has recently published a third novel, Angelica, which is a ghost story set in the 19th century.

7 p.m., 82 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, 718-858-1951.

Thursday, May 15
Jules Feiffer, master of the tragic comic, will publish The Explainers: The Complete Village Voice Strips, 1956-1966 in June. After four novels, five films, seven plays, ten children's books, and about 50 years of quirky cartooning, Feiffer's proven himself a lifer. He'll host a discussion of his work.

7 p.m., Strand Bookstore, 828 Broadway at 12th Street, 212-473-1452

Wednesday, May 21
In Personal Days, former Voice literary editor Ed Park describes office life as a nest of neuroses whose hatchlings hop about half-heartedly, hoping no one will shoot at them. Some members of the New York City work force may find The Believer editor's work just a hair too believable. Park will discuss cubicle literature with his editor at Random House, Julia Cheiffetz.

7 p.m., McNally Robinson, 52 Prince Street, 212-274-1160