by Charlotte Brontë, Lesbazeilles / Traduction Souvestre
by Charlotte Bronte I began reading Jane Eyre just to open my horizons on well-known historic authors a little and was immediately drawn in by the main character. As a child, Jane had a certain fire to her that I could respect and on the strength of that, I added several other Bronte sisters books...
This will not be a review of 'Jane Eyre' but rather a comparison. 'Villete' by Charlotte Brontë is one of my favourite novels, so I have been postponing the pleasure of reading 'Jane Eyre' for a long time. Well, the latter turned out to be a rather eery, almost ghostly, experience. What was my surpr...