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And the things brought up in this book? That was first published in ? May your eyes never shed such stormy, scalding, heart-wrung tears as poured from mine. May you never appeal to Heaven in prayers so hopeless and so agised as in that hour left my lips: for never may you, like me, dread to be the instrument of evil to what you wholly love.

But Jane always puts herself first, and even though she wants to be loved more than anything, she will constantly fight for her own place in the world where she lives on her own terms for her own beliefs. Jane loves herself, and in turn it made me love Jane, and this masterpiece of a story. Overall, I fell completely in love with this. This was so intelligently crafted and so expertly woven! And the dark feelings and vibes throughout really makes this such a unique and amazing reading experience.

And I think this is a book that I will be able to read and reread over and over for the rest of my life. You also best believe that if I ever have children, this will be required reading once they get a bit older, because this book seriously has an immense amount of power.

And I truly believe this is my favorite classic of all-time now. And I never want any woman to feel like a bird trapped in a cage. View all 35 comments. My mother didn't love me and wanted me to go to boarding school. There was a very good one in the nearest city I lived in a village about 13 miles away.

My father wouldn't hear of it, he went to work in the city every day and I remember him saying to my mother, how would I feel if I was left there and he came home every day?

They had a big row which I overheard and my mother suggested a compromise, that I come home at weekends. My father wouldn't go for that either. Then I was supposed to go to Cheltenham Ladies' College, but after a brief interview they declined to have the third member of my family. The other two, cousins, one on my father's and one on my mother's and coincidentally we all have variations of the same first name, had both been expelled. Probably about boys, I forget now, but we were all 'early developers' that way and we weren't like really well-behaved either.

And my brother but he was expelled from Hebrew school only. He put a firecracker in the headmaster's desk, which my father had also done and also got expelled for but we didn't know it until my brother got into trouble.

That was rubbed in by the housekeeper we had a live-in housekeeper who never lost an opportunity to show how much contempt she felt for me.

She made my brother's bed, washed his underwear, hung up his clothes and shined his shoes. It wasn't that the chores were onerous, it was that I was the only one in the house excluded from having them done.

My father though, had hated boarding school. He was expelled from several. He used to run away. He had a strange upbringing. He also lived in a village, and there were boy cousins there was only one girl in his generation of a lot of boys in another village and a lot more in the city.

Whenever any of them got into trouble they would just go and stay with an aunt instead of going home. He told me no one really minded who turned up at the dinner table and they were always ready with excuses. So then he would get away with having run away for a couple of days until the school called his mother, my grandmother who loved me very much , and she would have to track him down and there would be hell to pay.

On his third school, he wrote the classic note of novels, I saw it and wished I owned it. He wrote to his mother, "Don't try to find me, I have gone and joined the army. He hated school. He wanted to be a farmer and went to Agricultural College rather than university, but on his father's death had to join the family company. So my father was really keen on not sending me away and not forcing me into a career I really didn't want.

So in Jane Eyre going to boarding school, I could see myself as the outcast, the one who wasn't accepted, the outcast, the plain girl as my mother was always rubbing in, fat, plain, awful hair, thunderthighs and best dressed in brown, grey, bottle green or navy, never pink, red, or flower prints.

So I felt like Jane, I identified with her. I thought if I could get away maybe I could become part of a group, people would like me. I also thought I could get away from the endless berations of my faults and the accompanying beatings. I reread it at about 13 and understood the book much more. Jean Rhys was from Dominica, an island I know well. When I was first there her family home in Roseau had become a guest house and that was where I stayed. Not much of a review of an excellent book, but it was why I loved it so much.

View all 64 comments. Aug 27, Gabriella Risatti rated it did not like it. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I read Jane Eyre for the first time as an adult and I can't help but feel sorry for every junior high or high school student who was forced to read this book. I thought getting through this book was very difficult. I assumed I would love it since I generally love books by Jane Austen, but I didn't find many similarities at all.

Jane Eyre was boring and unbelievable. I did enjoy the first half of the book because I had such hope for her, but then it just became dull and unrealistic. I never bought the romance between Jane and Mr. Rochester, nor did I buy the coincidence of her happening to arrive on the doorstep of the only relations she has in all of England during her time of need.

I also find it strange that she dedicates the last paragraphs of the book primarily to St. John Rivers, when he was such a small part of her life, not to mention the fact that the part he did play was primarily negative.

Bronte failed to draw me into the lives of these characters or like them, frankly, which made this a very long read for me. It's beautiful! Around the Year in 52 Books Challenge Notes: - A book from the Rory Gilmore Challenge View all 10 comments.

The Brontes fuelled my love for reading and convinced me that the classics weren't all mean, nasty books that fascist teachers made you read in school just to torture you.

I grew up with Austen and Dickens, whom I loved, but the Brontes always seemed to come out on top for some reason. Jane Eyre is my second favourite after Wuthering Heights. I love the darkness and sadness of their novels, but the more View all 5 comments. Nov 09, Ellen rated it it was amazing Shelves: novels , favorites. In December , on a radio show with an audience of I want you to understand that I'm talking about the evolution of American culture here, and not so [The picture disappeared which made the comments rather irrelevant.

I want you to understand that I'm talking about the evolution of American culture here, and not so much Mrs Clinton," Limbaugh told his audience. Interestingly and at the same time, we have John McCain, another presidential prospect, who was 71 years old [11 years older than Hillary Clinton:].

Somehow this is different. Society has agreed that women age, and men grow more distinguished. Ah, bullshit. McCain looked plenty old and acted like an irrational coot. However, the more important point is how little we've changed. Women still must be beautiful. And, for the most part, beautiful women still populate contemporary fiction. The impact of presenting such a heroine may be gauged by a male critic a 19th century Limbaugh in the Westminister Review , who writes, "Possibly none of the frauds which are now so much the topic of common remark are so irritating, as that to which the purchaser of a novel is a victim on finding he has only to peruse a narrative of the conduct and sentiments of an ugly lady" Showalter From the opening scene, Jane's personality dominants the horizon.

Having endured the young master's abuse for some time, Jane strikes back and, as punishment for her passion, is banished to the red room. The room is chill, garish, and where Mr. Reed died. Jane's cries to be released are ignored, and she falls into unconsciousness. Although Jane suffers no lasting harm, her thoughts before she is thrust into the room isolate well why her path will be harder than fate had dictated already: I know that had I been a sanguine, brilliant, careless, exacting, handsome, romping child—though equally dependent and friendless—Mrs.

Reed would have endured my presence more complacently; her children would have entertained for me more of the cordiality of fellow-feeling; the servants would have been less prone to make me the scapegoat of the nursery.

Again and again, Jane cannot sit back and depend on the free pass beauty often accords, but must choose to give up or to fight her way through. Jane chooses to fight, and it is her passion, wit, and intelligence that make her an unforgettable heroine. One of the most beloved novels in history for many generations ; "Jane Eyre" is set in England in the 's. The story of a neglected girl orphan of that name who never gives up her dream of happiness, no matter how remote a possibility, this goal can ever be reached.

Hated by her cruel Aunt Mrs. They look down at the beggar, this little poor girl this imp One of the most beloved novels in history for many generations ; "Jane Eyre" is set in England in the 's. They look down at the beggar, this little poor girl this imposition, why is she here?

They show every day their contempt, not even bothering to hide it. It would be so nice everyone thinks, if Jane wasn't there. Her miserable, tormented life seems everlasting no escape, where would she go? And treated like a lowly servant not a loved relative, she the orphan has to keep her feelings to herself. Bessie the nurse maid, is the only person that treats Miss Eyre kindly, secretly of course. The frosty aunt very reluctantly raised Jane, until the age of ten, then gladly Mrs.

Reed sends the unwanted prepubescent Jane , to a charity school Lowood's, run by a clergyman the tyrannical Mr. Brocklehurst, he forgot the teachings of Jesus. Harshly treated there too, as are the other students Jane is hungry and cold, often , by the director Brocklehurst, a man that believes in discipline, except for his own luxury- loving family!

Jane grows up a lonely woman with few friends, only one in fact fellow student Helen, there for a short time she hopes there has to be something better than mere existence.

Leaving the horrible school after eight long years, the last two as a teacher the teenager gets a job as a lowly and paid little, governess , in a gloomy mansion far away. Her new "master" is the rather distant and frightening Mr.

Edward Fairfax Rochester, a mysterious man that spends little time at home. Jane becomes attractive to the not very attractive Rochester, many questions are left unaccountably unanswered at Thornfield Hall.

The little girl Adele, the governess teaches and takes care of sometimes. Along with her French nurse, Sophie, is she Rochester's child or just his ward? Those strange horrific noises up on the third floor , dreadful, devilish and inhuman laughs in the middle of the night, what is causing them? How did the owner of the house make all his money? Will the plain Jane ever find a place to call her own and find love and contentment?

This classic book written by one of the brilliant but short- lived Bronte sisters Charlotte, will not disappoint readers of great literature, still worth the effort after more than a century and a half of its existence View all 30 comments. Jun 25, Lisa rated it really liked it Shelves: books-to-read-before-you-die , favorites.

This is so unusual that I smile like a maniac. I am so glad to hear that. What are you reading at the moment? Jane Eyre? Ca "I love reading", says a year-old girl in class today. Can this be true? Is a classic a classic a classic?

Can an idealist school librarian go home and keep the faith in Reader Heaven for once? As long as young readers find the time and the space and the leisure and the pleasure of reading about the trials of Jane Eyre, there is a place for us faithful guardians of bookish love.

When I came home, I found my own copy of Jane Eyre on my daughter's bed. She finds it hard, but good. View all 28 comments. Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte is composed of many wonderful dialogues. The author likes it very much because it is wonderful, alive and intense in my mind. This book is highly recommended for all readers who love to read love stories and have a fascination with historical styles. View all 18 comments. I often think of classics as "required reading," usually accompanied by a barely suppressed groan.

Because, surely, they can't actually be any good. I'm not sure why I've always associated well-known and well-loved classics as such, but I suppose it must be the expectation to love it just as much as the world. It's silly, I know. A person can't be expected to love all books, classic status or not, but still, I wondered if I would enjoy it.

Jane Eyre is one of those novels that proves me completel I often think of classics as "required reading," usually accompanied by a barely suppressed groan. Jane Eyre is one of those novels that proves me completely wrong and I'm glad of it. It is not beloved simply due to its age or progressiveness or pretentious nature, but because at its heart it's a damn good book. You hunger for it, but she holds on to it ever so slightly -- not to the point of frustration, but instead leaves a trail of bread crumbs to keep you from starving.

And the best part is that you delight in every moment. At the same time, while I thoroughly enjoyed the romantic aspect, I was also equally intrigued with Jane Eyre's life in general. While at times she lived under horrible circumstances, her resilience was nothing short of admirable. She never let her hardships define her as a person or let it compromise her morals even when she was at her lowest. In the end, her luck does turn around and she finds happiness, which at times I felt was way overdue.

Thandie Newton's narration was even better than I expected. Her voice brought the novel to life and at times, I could have sworn several different people narrated instead of just her. It was very apparent that she had a healthy amount of respect for the novel, and her reading, imparted the same into me. It felt like her voice said, "These words are amazing, this prose is magic, this story enchanting. I'm thrilled to be reading them to you.

I was very impressed and believe listening to this version was the best decision for me. I never was once bored because Newton demanded all my attention. This is the first time that I've read Jane Eyre and I'm glad I did at this point in my life where I'm fully able to appreciate the various themes conveyed.

That's not to say I wouldn't have understood certain things, but I'm sure there are lots of books where we come away thinking, "Wow, this was exactly what I needed right now. Ah, the joys and magic of literature! All the things that I love in a good book was here and more: masterful character development, interesting plot, and OMG, the witty dialogue. I could have read an entire book composed of Jane and Mr. Rochester's banter alone! This book brought me many happy sighs and I'm thrilled to have found a new all-time favorite in a classic tale.

Definitely an oldie, but goodie for sure. More reviews and other fantastical things at Cuddlebuggery. View all 16 comments. Jun 22, Greta rated it it was amazing Shelves: classics , best-reviews. In she crafted the story of the quite rebellious and strong-willed Jane Eyre, an orphan that sees a lot of death early in life and grows up in an abusive environment. As she gets older and starts to work as a governess the plot emerges into a love story, that is disrupted by terror, violence and horror, caused by the mentally disordered and secretly hidden woman Bertha Mason, who is the sister and wife of her lover and later husband Rochester.

It is the perfect victorian novel, combining love, death, emotion, terror, a lot of social criticism and feminism. Jane Eyre Constant Segregation and punishment of the young Jane Jane goes through a terrible childhood and defines herself as a person, instead of just accepting her position as a voiceless orphan. She protests against injustices and and has her own mind which constantly leads her to be punished and humiliated, like having to stand on a pedestal for hours for everyone to see.

As she gets older, her abuse hunts her. She was frequently locked in a room when she misbehaved, a memory that reoccurs all through the novel. The feeling of exile and imprisonment stays with her all through her life, as she continues to be socially ostrazised, financially trapped, and excluded from love. Afraid that she will never find a true sense of home or community, Jane searches for belonging but also has an intense need for autonomy and freedom, which leaves her conflicted.

In addition to class hierarchy, she has to fight against patriarchal domination and against those who believe women to be inferior to men. She finds herself torn between romantic love and her autonomy as a woman, as well as her moral duties. She has to learn how to gain love without sacrificing and harming herself and her religious believes. Yet, as paid employees, they were mostly treated as servants; thus, Jane remains poor and powerless.

This double standard crystallizes when she fell in love with her employer Rochester, to whom she is intellectually, but not socially equal. Ultimately, Jane is only able to marry him, because she almost magically comes into inheritance that makes her financially equal after all. Madness What makes the novel extremely weird is Rochesters mad and dangerous wife and sister Bertha Mason, locked away in the attic.

She causes extreme harm and severe injuries. Her burning the house down and Rochester loosing his eyesight and one hand is only the climax. She can be interpreted in different ways, as her existence prevents Jane from having a happy marriage and her death enables it, but also catalyses the growth of Janes self-understanding. Her imprisonment in the attic mirrors Janes imprisonment in the room from her childhood, a punishment for her anger and lack of conformity.

She is the victim of oppression and rejected by her husband and everyone around her but she is also a threat and agressor. Besides touching incest, which is topic in the novel more than once, the imprisonment of a woman with a psychiatric disorder can be seen as both inhuman and enlightening. It reveals the treatment of neuropsychiatric diseases in Victorian England. She was hidden and locked away from society to protect the families name, which was a common attitude toward neuropsychiatric disease.

Therefore the novel brought the issue of the humane treatment of patients with mental illness into broader view. Bertha is described as having a progressive psychiatric illness, violent movements, and possible cognitive decline. She also features a typhus epidemic, tuberculosis, and a stroke. Bronte has sparked the discussion over the possible diagnosis of the woman in the attic and the treatment of patients with neuropsychiatric disease as a whole.

This insight remains important today as patients with Huntington disease and their families have a long history of stigmatization and prejudicial representation. This is emancipating strangeness and educational disturbance. I completely love the ending of the book, which is sort of a happy ending, but that could only be achieved by violent death and injury, leaving messed up lives and questioning moral believes, View all 32 comments. Dec 20, Manny rated it liked it Shelves: older-men-younger-women.

Reader, she married him. Jan 19, Anne rated it it was ok Shelves: read-with-jillybean , classics , read-in I finished this one this morning, and I'm glad I finally read it. I can't say, however, that I enjoyed it, would recommend it, or will ever read it again. Not in this lifetime, anyway. For starters, I didn't like Jane.

Yeah, when she was a kid I felt sorry for her, but the older she got the less I liked her. Her religious convictions and the decisions she made because of them had Bertha looking like the picture of sanity by comparison.

Speaking of, why in the world did she wander off in th Whew! Speaking of, why in the world did she wander off in the middle of the night with no money? What did she think would happen? Was manna supposed to drop out of heaven? And I don't buy that an educated, sensible woman would just run off into the night without taking enough with her to make sure she could survive. An idiot would have better sense than that.

But by the end of the story, I was almost wishing she had wandered off after St John and contracted some disease. The fact that she didn't totally realize what an awful freak St John was nailed the lid on her coffin to me. Even at the very end of the book, she kept talking about all of the great works he was doing for God.

He was an ass, and I would have told him to give me my five thousand pounds back! At least Bronte had the sense to kill him off at the end. Well, maybe he wasn't quite dead yet, but he was on his way to meet his maker. I also thought it was more than just a teeny bit fishy that she ended up on the doorstep of the only family she had in the entire world. Exactly how likely is that?

Not very. Then there is the man himself, Mr. He wasn't anything to write home about for sure. Let's start with the obvious, shall we? He was cold, condescending, secretive. Oh yeah, and he was ugly to boot. Can anything else be said about him to make him more of a catch? I know! Just in case, let's have him keep a drooling homicidal wife hidden away in the attic! Personally, I think Bronte had covered all the bases at this point. Did he honestly not see anything wrong with letting her marry him while he had that crazy bat of a wife locked upstairs?

If he had just told her the situation to start with, I might have liked him a little better. Probably not.

I never actually figured out what she saw in him. My best guess ended up being low self-esteem coupled with a bad childhood. The 'gothic mystery' part of the plot ended in the middle of the book, and shortly thereafter ended anything remotely interesting. Say what you will about Looney Bertha, but at least she pumped some life into the story.

And wasn't it just awesome that Bertha burned the house to the ground and then leaped to her death? Nice exit big girl! I gotta say, she was by far my favorite. Lest we forget, she also managed to mangle Rochester's good looks even more before she bowed out. Now Jane's man looks like a one-eyed, one-armed, flying purple people eater. Of course, she doesn't mind, because now she feels she can be of use to him. Jane, I can tell we will never see eye-to-eye on things, so I'll just let it go.

Our friendship was never meant to be. For some, you will forever remain the stoic heroine who finally gets her Happily Ever After.

For me, you are just a ninny with bad taste in men. As Adele would say, Adieu. Reader, this review is over. View all 71 comments. Now I know why Charlotte Bronte said this of Jane Austen: "The passions are perfectly unknown to her: she rejects even a speaking acquaintance with that stormy sisterhood". A perfect blend of passionate romance, gothic mystery, romantic description of nature, soci Now I know why Charlotte Bronte said this of Jane Austen: "The passions are perfectly unknown to her: she rejects even a speaking acquaintance with that stormy sisterhood".

A perfect blend of passionate romance, gothic mystery, romantic description of nature, social commentary and humor, all rendered in vivid, gorgeous prose. One cannot help to admire Jane Eyre, the little governess who could. She rises above her harsh upbringing to become a governess, poor but ever fiercely independent. Even the promise of love and comfort with the man that she worships is not enough to sway her from the path of integrity.

One cannot help to admire Charlotte, who makes her intensely human; a woman of virtue, yet one who is not above jealousy and doubts, and who constantly struggles with the personal cost of her decisions. A deeply felt, and ultimately moving story of love and redemption that will linger long after the last page is turned. View all 50 comments. Readers also enjoyed. Videos About This Book. More videos In April the family moved a few miles to Haworth, a remote town on the Yorkshire moors, where Patrick had been appointed Perpetual Curate.

The school was a horrific experience for the girls and conditions were appalling. They were regularly deprived of food, beaten by teachers and humiliated for the slightest error.

The school was unheated and the pupils slept two to a bed for warmth. Following the tragedy, their father withdrew his daughters from the school. At home in Haworth Parsonage, Charlotte and the other surviving children — Branwell, Emily, and Anne — continued their ad-hoc education. In her father returned home with a box of toy soldiers for Branwell.

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SparkTeach Teacher's Handbook. Summary Read our full plot summary and analysis of Jane Eyre , scene by scene break-downs, and more. John Rivers Helen Burns Mrs. Literary Devices Here's where you'll find analysis of the literary devices in Jane Eyre , from the major themes to motifs, symbols, and more. What is the red-room? Directed by Franco Zeffirelli, this version offers a somewhat muted take on the classic tale.

Anna Paquin plays young Jane, excellently capturing her defiant spark and temper. Charlotte Gainsbourg plays Jane as an adult. She is still passionate, but this side of her nature is tempered by her experiences at Lowood and her knowledge that, as a single young woman with no fortune, the world will not react kindly to strong displays of emotion on her part. Jane Eyre is a gothic romance, but many adaptations treat it as a classic period piece and ignore the gothic elements.

With long shadows and stark black-white contrast, the locations feel the way they are described in the book. Lowood feels lonely and oppressive, while Thornfield feels truly haunted by secrets bordering on the supernatural. Orson Welles gives a fantastic performance as Rochester, commanding every scene he is in. The actor's larger-than-life screen presence is perfect for the character and the story. Here is another version that aired as a television series on BBC.

These four episodes cover everything in the novel, from Gateshead to Moor House. Scenes with Jane and Rochester pulse with romance and mystery, and the chemistry between Ruth Wilson and Toby Stephens is undeniable.

Certain changes are made to the dialogue in an attempt to modernize the story for newer audiences, and these changes may not work for everyone.

Each version has its strengths, but no other has captured the essence of the novel the way that the version has. Director Cary Fukunaga and screenwriter Moira Buffini make the brilliant decision to begin the movie with Jane fleeing Thornfield.

The rest of the story—Jane's childhood, her romance with Rochester, her attempted marriage—is told through flashbacks. This improves the pacing of the film and keeps the audience engaged. Though many actors have put their own spin on these characters, this cast cannot be matched.

Michael Fassbender is a nearly perfect Rochester. Meanwhile, Judi Dench and Jamie Bell , as well as the rest of the supporting cast, give great performances, as well. Mia Wasikowska is the star, and perhaps the greatest strength of this adaptation is the way it is so clearly meant to be Jane's story.