Holy shit. Imagine getting this book after having to read Jane Austen as an assignment. You have gotten a taste of the female writing in the 19th century - or so you think. The first thing that strikes you is that the writing - while certainly not fully up to the modern standard of prose - t...
Austen and the Bronte sisters have long been closely associated in my mind, solely on the dubious grounds that they were the Big Names of 19th Century female novel writing. However I hadn't actually read them. I was under the impression that they were all obsessed with marriage (understandably) and ...
This is an excellent book about how to live as a Christian woman in the modern day. Taking Jane Eyre, with her strong convictions of what is right and her resolve to always act on them, as a model, the author builds an excellent guide for building "a formidably detailed moral sensibility".
I’ve known the broad outline of Jane Eyre’s plot for a long time, of course, but that never made me want to read the book. Tragic orphan, cruel boarding school, fiercely brooding Rochester, mad wife in the attic, etc, etc. It all sounded overblown, almost ridiculously gloomy, and far too melodramati...
I found Charlotte's cool, limpid prose much more appealing than I had Emily's in Wuthering Heights and enjoyed the relaxing experience of reading this classic, though it seemed to end several times. However, the treatment of the 'mad' wife upset me and this undermined my respect for Jane, otherwise ...
I own 2 different editions, in 2 different languages. The Gothic feeling is excellent, and I must say that the BBC Master-series made me appreciate Mr. Rochester much more than the first time I read the book. Re-read after watching the fantastic mini-series, which is highly recommended.
I love love love this book. I finished it a few days ago and it was amazing. Loved the character Jane. There were a lot of characters that I would have loved to smack beside the head so hard and other that I would love to have deck them. Like for one Smacking the back of the head: Mr. Rochester for ...
This is a beloved book and one of those quintessential Gothic romances, but what I love about it the most is encapsuled by it's title, because in the end it's more about its heroine than its romance, and that is what pulls me through in spite of the Gothic elements that might otherwise make me want ...
3.5Yes I really liked this book but it wasn’t something amazing for me, may be because neither I got too much involved with Jane nor I got smitten by Mr. Edward Rochester. Perhaps the huge expectation which I had built did this to me or the constant comparison which I had been doing all along betwee...
I read this quite a while ago and it's still stuck with me. The love story between Jane and Mr Rochester is fantastic, but some of the book just didn't make sense to me. I felt that there was too much included about her painful youth and then the ridiculous point at which she was sleeping in ditches...
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