Reviews - Jane Eyre | The StoryGraph

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Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë

4.11 AVERAGE

georgiaahxo's review against another edition

4.0

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

plathcel's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful mysterious

Plot or Character Driven: Character

“Do you think I can stay to become nothing to you? Do you think I am an automaton? — a machine without feelings? and can bear to have my morsel of bread snatched from my lips, and my drop of living water dashed from my cup? Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong! — I have as much soul as you, — and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, or even of mortal flesh:— it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God’s feet, equal, — as we are!”

“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will; which I now exert to leave you.”

“I am not an angel, and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself Mr. Rochester, you must neither expect nor exact anything celestial of me.”

!!!!!!! i will never forget this book !!!!!!!

lillowo's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous emotional lighthearted slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

So enjoyable to read classics. This was an interesting read about a woman who really comes into herself. I get why it's a classic, feminist, and why people still love it today.

saandragms's review against another edition

5.0

“Sacrifice! What do I sacrifice? Famine for food, expectation for content. To be privileged to put my arms round what I value - to press my lips to what I love - to repose on what I trust: is that to relea sacrifice? If so, then certainly I delight in sacrifice!”