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4.11 AVERAGE
4.11 AVERAGE
My pick for Sept. Wow, this book is chock full of obscure words.
It almost seems to me that there's a different author somewhere around Chapter 22-23. The tone seems different and the style seems different. Mr. Rochester suddenly begins calling Jane "Janet" and he seems much looser and more casual. She, on the other hand, becomes bitchy. I'm scratching my head. I still have a long way to go. Maybe this will all be explained?
Well, I just finished this book and I'm stymied. I have to let this sink in a while before I can say whether or not I liked it. It has many Victorian elements, of which I'm not usually a fan. I guess I just thought I would like Jane more and that it would be a more romantic story. I'm still scratching my head.
It almost seems to me that there's a different author somewhere around Chapter 22-23. The tone seems different and the style seems different. Mr. Rochester suddenly begins calling Jane "Janet" and he seems much looser and more casual. She, on the other hand, becomes bitchy. I'm scratching my head. I still have a long way to go. Maybe this will all be explained?
Well, I just finished this book and I'm stymied. I have to let this sink in a while before I can say whether or not I liked it. It has many Victorian elements, of which I'm not usually a fan. I guess I just thought I would like Jane more and that it would be a more romantic story. I'm still scratching my head.
emotional
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
funny
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Despite the most famous line of this novel being "Reader, I married him", this is not just a love story. Never have you met a more principled creature than Jane Eyre. She knows what is right, she knows what she values, and she knows who she is. This observation is not new - Jane's integrity and Victorian-age feminism is what many praise about this story.
What is not as often spoken on is the intense, gothic atmosphere that Brontë writes so viscerally. Her descriptions of the appearance of people, interiors, nature, all set the mood for each new scene so effortlessly, you may not even notice it if you don't pay attention. The edginess of some of these scenes do not get nearly enough recognition honestly - bits of this book have surely inspired so much contemporary weird girl lit.
My favorite part of the Eyre lore, though, is how Charlotte Brontë bamboozled publishers, editors, and readers with a pen name and had great success with her book that may otherwise have been dismissed. I'd like to give her the original "you go, girl!".
What is not as often spoken on is the intense, gothic atmosphere that Brontë writes so viscerally. Her descriptions of the appearance of people, interiors, nature, all set the mood for each new scene so effortlessly, you may not even notice it if you don't pay attention. The edginess of some of these scenes do not get nearly enough recognition honestly - bits of this book have surely inspired so much contemporary weird girl lit.
My favorite part of the Eyre lore, though, is how Charlotte Brontë bamboozled publishers, editors, and readers with a pen name and had great success with her book that may otherwise have been dismissed. I'd like to give her the original "you go, girl!".
adventurous
funny
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
So ein unerwartet gutes Buch! Sehr gut geschrieben und die Geschichte hat mir sehr gut gefallen. Hätte ich bei einem Klassiker nicht unbedingt erwartet! Wird bestimmt eins von meinen Lieblingsbüchern.
I adored this book!! Need an essay about the mad woman in the attic
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced
In conversation the other day when discussing this book, I said "I'm not really a classics kind of guy," and a friend instantly retorted "I think that's a bit of an understatement." It's true - I'm really really not a classics kind of guy. To allow myself some slight exaggeration for dramatic effect; I love Shakespeare, I love modernism, and I don't love anything in between. I even did a masters degree in specifically contemporary literature so I wouldn't have to bother with them any more.
So then, it was with astonishment and delight that I loved Jane Eyre. I have little to say about the contents of the book itself that countless others haven't undoubtedly said, it's late in the evening as I finish it and I won't bother with a full literary analysis. But I am surprisingly moved. Many people I love very much have told me to read this book over the years, when I finally acquiesed my mum insisted that I read a old hardback copy that her grandpa bought for her. Even with such an intense response from others, I didn't have high expectations for my personal enjoyment. I thought I'd probably find it interesting, hopefully enjoyable, potentially tiresome, and that I would come out of the other end having ticked a box but fundamentally unmoved. This has happened before with hotly suggested classics. I'm just not a classics kind of guy.
But I loved it! I found it captivating and emotional and impactful in a way that I truly wasn't expecting. I've specifically made time in my day over the last week just to sit down and read it, on lunch breaks when I didn't have it to hand I was sad that I couldn't read some more. I read it for three hours solid after work this evening and saved the last 30 pages for when I got in bed, as a cosy final gift to myself to close out the day. How deeply pleased I am to be wrong.
So then, it was with astonishment and delight that I loved Jane Eyre. I have little to say about the contents of the book itself that countless others haven't undoubtedly said, it's late in the evening as I finish it and I won't bother with a full literary analysis. But I am surprisingly moved. Many people I love very much have told me to read this book over the years, when I finally acquiesed my mum insisted that I read a old hardback copy that her grandpa bought for her. Even with such an intense response from others, I didn't have high expectations for my personal enjoyment. I thought I'd probably find it interesting, hopefully enjoyable, potentially tiresome, and that I would come out of the other end having ticked a box but fundamentally unmoved. This has happened before with hotly suggested classics. I'm just not a classics kind of guy.
But I loved it! I found it captivating and emotional and impactful in a way that I truly wasn't expecting. I've specifically made time in my day over the last week just to sit down and read it, on lunch breaks when I didn't have it to hand I was sad that I couldn't read some more. I read it for three hours solid after work this evening and saved the last 30 pages for when I got in bed, as a cosy final gift to myself to close out the day. How deeply pleased I am to be wrong.