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“I see at intervals the glance of a curious sort of bird through the close set bars of a cage: a vivid, restless, resolute captive is there; were it but free, it would soar cloud-high.”
After eight years as a student and teacher at Lowood School, orphan Jane Eyre is anxious to see more of the world. This desire leads her to Thornfield, a large home in the English countryside, where her lone pupil is a ward of the enigmatic Edward Rochester. Jane believes she has finally found a home — but her joy is destroyed when she learns Thornfield’s horrifying secret.
This was quite the book to start the year with. It’s been awhile since I’ve read one of “the classics,” and it left me with a ton of feelings and questions. Fortunately there’s lots of commentary (contemporary and modern) to chew on. The Close Reads podcast did an excellent series a few years ago — listening to that gave me good things to bring up at book club and think about on my own. The themes of duty versus desire, strength versus weakness, and the importance of having a strong sense of self were fascinating. It’s easy to see why Jane Eyre is still loved, hated, and endlessly adapted. Our book club conversation was one of my favorite things about my January reading.
Give this a try if you like incredible writing, a story with a strong atmospheric feel, and are ready to have lots of complicated feelings.
After eight years as a student and teacher at Lowood School, orphan Jane Eyre is anxious to see more of the world. This desire leads her to Thornfield, a large home in the English countryside, where her lone pupil is a ward of the enigmatic Edward Rochester. Jane believes she has finally found a home — but her joy is destroyed when she learns Thornfield’s horrifying secret.
This was quite the book to start the year with. It’s been awhile since I’ve read one of “the classics,” and it left me with a ton of feelings and questions. Fortunately there’s lots of commentary (contemporary and modern) to chew on. The Close Reads podcast did an excellent series a few years ago — listening to that gave me good things to bring up at book club and think about on my own. The themes of duty versus desire, strength versus weakness, and the importance of having a strong sense of self were fascinating. It’s easy to see why Jane Eyre is still loved, hated, and endlessly adapted. Our book club conversation was one of my favorite things about my January reading.
Give this a try if you like incredible writing, a story with a strong atmospheric feel, and are ready to have lots of complicated feelings.