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tobereadbookshelf 's review for:
Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Brontë
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This took several surprising turns and at times I could not tell quite where the story was headed. As a modern independent woman, some of her hopes and motivations were foreign to me and at times I felt Jane was a bit naive. I could not help but feel that she was lucky to not have encountered any less honorable men that might have taken advantage of her with less noble intentions.
When the death of an unknown relative granted her financial stability and independence, a large part of me felt that she would have been safer staying single. The conclusion made it clear that independence was not the true desire of her heart and with a description like the one that follows, I cannot deny that it seems she did make the right choice for herself. Perhaps the ability to make choices for yourself is true freedom.
“I have now been married ten years. I know what it is to live entirely for and with what I love best on earth. I hold myself supremely blest - blest beyond what language can express; because I am my husband's life as fully as he is mine. No woman was ever nearer to her mate than I am: ever more absolutely bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh. I know no weariness of my Edward's society: he knows none of mine, any more than we each do the pulsation of the heart that beats in our separate bosoms; consequently, we are ever together. To be together is for us to be at once free as in solitude, as gay as in company. We talk, I believe, all day long: to talk to each other is but more animated and an audible thinking. All my confidence is bestowed on him, all his confidence is devoted to me; we are precisely suited in character - perfect concord is the result.”
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Pre Read: I’m challenging myself to read a few classics this year. If nothing else I think it will be cathartic to FINALLY be able to remove them from my TBR. 😅 With any luck I’ll gain a few new favorites along the way.
When the death of an unknown relative granted her financial stability and independence, a large part of me felt that she would have been safer staying single. The conclusion made it clear that independence was not the true desire of her heart and with a description like the one that follows, I cannot deny that it seems she did make the right choice for herself. Perhaps the ability to make choices for yourself is true freedom.
“I have now been married ten years. I know what it is to live entirely for and with what I love best on earth. I hold myself supremely blest - blest beyond what language can express; because I am my husband's life as fully as he is mine. No woman was ever nearer to her mate than I am: ever more absolutely bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh. I know no weariness of my Edward's society: he knows none of mine, any more than we each do the pulsation of the heart that beats in our separate bosoms; consequently, we are ever together. To be together is for us to be at once free as in solitude, as gay as in company. We talk, I believe, all day long: to talk to each other is but more animated and an audible thinking. All my confidence is bestowed on him, all his confidence is devoted to me; we are precisely suited in character - perfect concord is the result.”
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Pre Read: I’m challenging myself to read a few classics this year. If nothing else I think it will be cathartic to FINALLY be able to remove them from my TBR. 😅 With any luck I’ll gain a few new favorites along the way.