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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Urgh, Jane Eyre has my heart.
The 2011 Jane Eyre film is one of my favourite films, so when I saw Spotify had the audiobook for it I had to give it a go. And it didn't disappoint. I'm not normally a classics person, having tried my fair share of Austens over the past couple of years, but this was on another level. Maybe it was because I spent half the time taking the mick out of the characters while listening because I knew what was going to happen, but this book just hit differently.
I loved the interactions between Jane and Mr Rochester, but more importantly I loved Jane as a character. Especially considering the time this was written, she is strong, independent (and says so at one point) and not afraid to speak her mind. While I was not a fan of her subservient manner towards some men (especially in calling Mr Rochester 'Master' even when engaged to him), I'm putting this down to her upbringing in a strict, religious, boarding school setting, if just to keep classing her as, in my mind, a feminist icon.
This audiobook has confirmed that audiobooks are the best way for me to enjoy classical literature, if just because you can zone out a bit during the arduous descriptions, and I can't wait to sit down and read the physical book for myself one day. I will say that I wasn't a massive fan of the narrator, but I think that was partially down to the dreary, grey tone of the book, more than her being a bland speaker.
The 2011 Jane Eyre film is one of my favourite films, so when I saw Spotify had the audiobook for it I had to give it a go. And it didn't disappoint. I'm not normally a classics person, having tried my fair share of Austens over the past couple of years, but this was on another level. Maybe it was because I spent half the time taking the mick out of the characters while listening because I knew what was going to happen, but this book just hit differently.
I loved the interactions between Jane and Mr Rochester, but more importantly I loved Jane as a character. Especially considering the time this was written, she is strong, independent (and says so at one point) and not afraid to speak her mind. While I was not a fan of her subservient manner towards some men (especially in calling Mr Rochester 'Master' even when engaged to him), I'm putting this down to her upbringing in a strict, religious, boarding school setting, if just to keep classing her as, in my mind, a feminist icon.
This audiobook has confirmed that audiobooks are the best way for me to enjoy classical literature, if just because you can zone out a bit during the arduous descriptions, and I can't wait to sit down and read the physical book for myself one day. I will say that I wasn't a massive fan of the narrator, but I think that was partially down to the dreary, grey tone of the book, more than her being a bland speaker.