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If it were for that I'd give it 5 stars, however the 2nd half is heavily racist, ableist, xenophobic, and classist. Themes of colonialism and religious missions, institutionalisation, grooming (Jane is sadly very much groomed by the men in her life), etc. There is no condemnation of any of this, no revolt against bigotry in the narrative. Therefore, I can't give it a pass for being "of its time", as there are many classics which either resist against or refuse to entertain such bigotry.
Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Incest, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Colonisation, Classism
Minor: Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, Death of parent
Graphic: Misogyny, Toxic relationship
Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Grief, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, Classism
Also, I didn't realise how many red flags poor Jane is surrounded by. I begrudged her choice to go back to Rochester, but he was so much better than her cousin.
The story provides keen insight into what could happen to a poor and helpless woman in a patriarchal society. It seems so easy for the men in her life to push her around and even order her to marry them, it makes me so uncomfortable.
Also, as an Indian woman, I find St. Johns mission to rid the hindu heathens of their beliefs so ridiculous and disturbing. I don't know how people can go around claiming they have the greatest thing and try to fear monger people into a religion, its baffling.
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Colonisation, Classism
and if i DIED MS. BRONTË.
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness
Minor: Death, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Antisemitism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Incest, Misogyny, Racism, Grief, Death of parent
Minor: Sexual violence, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Colonisation
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Classism
Graphic: Ableism, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship
Moderate: Confinement, Infidelity, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Classism
Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Suicide, Classism
Minor: Toxic relationship, Violence, Colonisation
Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Blood, Classism
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Colonisation
Minor: Death, Death of parent
Graphic: Ableism
Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Mental illness, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Classism
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Classism