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4.11 AVERAGE
4.11 AVERAGE
I read this book first in junior high. I was too young for it. The language wasn't difficult but I didn't truly appreciate the themes of the novel. I just challenged myself to read every single book on the classics shelf at my school library; Jane Eyre was located on the shelf.
Last month, my online book club selection was Jane Eyre. I wasn't looking forward to reading it because I hadn't enjoyed it in junior high. But I cracked open the book anyway and was richly rewarded. I now love this novel. I can understand and sympathize with the trials that Jane endured. I can admire her perseverance and her determination to stand up for what she believes is right. This book is going on my favorites shelf and I will be rereading it.
A couple of my favorite quotes -
It is vain to say that human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility; they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it. Millions are condemned to a stiller doom than mine, and millions are in silent revolt against their lot. Nobody knows how many rebellions, besides political rebellions, ferment in the masses of life which people earth. Women are supposed to be very calm generally; but women feel just as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties, and a field for their efforts, as much as their brothers do; they suffer from too rigid a restraint, too absolute a stagnation, precisely as men would suffer; and it is narrow-minded in their more privileged fellow-creatures to say that they ought to confine themselves to making puddings and knitting stockings, to playing on the piano and embroidering bags. It is thoughtless to condemn them, or laugh at them; if they seek to do more or learn more than custom has pronounced necessary for their sex (123).
God has given us, in a measure, the power to make our own fate; and when our energies seem to demand a sustenance they cannot get - when our will strains after a path we may not follow - we need neither starve from inanimation. nor stand still in despair; we have but to seek another nourishment for the mind, as strong as the forbidden food it longed to taste - and perhaps purer; and to hew out for the adventurous foot a road as direct and broad as the one Fortune has blocked up against us, if rougher than it (419-420, St. John to Jane).
Last month, my online book club selection was Jane Eyre. I wasn't looking forward to reading it because I hadn't enjoyed it in junior high. But I cracked open the book anyway and was richly rewarded. I now love this novel. I can understand and sympathize with the trials that Jane endured. I can admire her perseverance and her determination to stand up for what she believes is right. This book is going on my favorites shelf and I will be rereading it.
A couple of my favorite quotes -
It is vain to say that human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility; they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it. Millions are condemned to a stiller doom than mine, and millions are in silent revolt against their lot. Nobody knows how many rebellions, besides political rebellions, ferment in the masses of life which people earth. Women are supposed to be very calm generally; but women feel just as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties, and a field for their efforts, as much as their brothers do; they suffer from too rigid a restraint, too absolute a stagnation, precisely as men would suffer; and it is narrow-minded in their more privileged fellow-creatures to say that they ought to confine themselves to making puddings and knitting stockings, to playing on the piano and embroidering bags. It is thoughtless to condemn them, or laugh at them; if they seek to do more or learn more than custom has pronounced necessary for their sex (123).
God has given us, in a measure, the power to make our own fate; and when our energies seem to demand a sustenance they cannot get - when our will strains after a path we may not follow - we need neither starve from inanimation. nor stand still in despair; we have but to seek another nourishment for the mind, as strong as the forbidden food it longed to taste - and perhaps purer; and to hew out for the adventurous foot a road as direct and broad as the one Fortune has blocked up against us, if rougher than it (419-420, St. John to Jane).
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
emotional
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
3,5 Sterne
Für seine Zeit ein sehr feministisches Werk mit einer starken und eigenwilligen Protagonistin.
Manchmal fällt sie für mich zu erwachsene Entscheidungen (sie ist 18-19!), aber das hat vielleicht etwas mit der starken Gottesfürchtigkeit und die Angst um ihr Seelenheil zu tun.
War sehr unterhaltsam, hatte auch seine langatmigen Momente.
Ich mochte ihre Dialoge mit Mr. Rochester bei denen sie oft pfiffig und frech war :-D
Für seine Zeit ein sehr feministisches Werk mit einer starken und eigenwilligen Protagonistin.
Manchmal fällt sie für mich zu erwachsene Entscheidungen (sie ist 18-19!), aber das hat vielleicht etwas mit der starken Gottesfürchtigkeit und die Angst um ihr Seelenheil zu tun.
War sehr unterhaltsam, hatte auch seine langatmigen Momente.
Ich mochte ihre Dialoge mit Mr. Rochester bei denen sie oft pfiffig und frech war :-D
emotional
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
“Do you like Mr. Rochester?
⬛️yes
⬛️no”
— Mr. Rochester to Jane Eyre, disguised as a fortune teller
Three stars for the experience of reading this. It was fun to re-read, when I haven’t properly read Jane Eyre since college. A lot of the quirks from the time this was written are a little funny now, honestly, and I had many good laughs. Five stars for the experience of listening to the audiobook, read by Thandie Newton, who does the voices.
⬛️yes
⬛️no”
— Mr. Rochester to Jane Eyre, disguised as a fortune teller
Three stars for the experience of reading this. It was fun to re-read, when I haven’t properly read Jane Eyre since college. A lot of the quirks from the time this was written are a little funny now, honestly, and I had many good laughs. Five stars for the experience of listening to the audiobook, read by Thandie Newton, who does the voices.