Not the long-winded, soppy love story I was expecting! Though there were a few very convenient coincidences and occurences which made me raise my eyebrows.
(Original Review, 1981-01-31)Ever since my first reading of Jane Eyre I've always viewed it as an account of the indelible effects of emotional abuse, and as such, a very grim book indeed. The novel opens with a recall of the emotional deprivation the 8-year-old Jane receives daily at the hands of h...
Jane Eyre is super well-suited to a shoujo manga format - very soapy! I liked the cute art, though backgrounds were sometimes a little sparse. The plot moves pretty quickly to cover childhood through maturity, and parts are inevitably summarized, but key events got good coverage, and the central rom...
I was surprised by this combination: english classic literature with japanese popular culture in the form of manga comics. It was strange to read backwards (the correct way to read manga is explained in the book) but I got used to it. I read Pride and Prejudice and Emma by Jane Austen and Jane Eyre...
‘The next day commenced as before, getting up and dressing by rushlight; but this morning we were obliged to dispense with the ceremony of washing: the water in the pitchers was frozen. A change had taken place in the weather the preceding evening, and a keen north-east wind, whistling through the c...
Well, I finally did it. I finally read Jane Eyre. ::bracing myself:: It was okay. I know I'm treading on sacred ground here with many, many fans - and I did like it! I just didn't love it. Not like I love Austen, the most obvious comparison to be made by classic lit neophytes such as myse...
*3.5 starsI enjoyed Jane as the main character, she is a complex character who is constantly developing. I really enjoyed this first half of the book. in the second half romance was mixed into it and I wasn't feeling the romance. I was constantly annoyed by the love interest and I didn't like. That ...
*3.5 starsI enjoyed Jane as the main character, she is a complex character who is constantly developing. I really enjoyed this first half of the book. in the second half romance was mixed into it and I wasn't feeling the romance. I was constantly annoyed by the love interest and I didn't like. That ...
I can't believe I didn't read this in high school! That being said, I probably wouldn't have enjoyed it as throughly in high school. My Serial Reader app definitely paired me well with this one!
First things first: I received this book through NetGalley. I just really love these classic, thankfully I still have lots of them to read. There is just no easier way to dive into these classics than reading them in this form. It may not be as in depth as reading the original but still, it's ea...
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