Click on a thumbnail to go to Google Books.
Loading... Jane Eyre (Barnes & Noble Classics) (original 1960; edition 2005)by Charlotte Brontë (Author)
Work InformationJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (1960)
» 189 more Favourite Books (19) Female Author (1) BBC Big Read (6) Five star books (12) Books Read in 2018 (22) Out of Copyright (2) Folio Society (41) A Novel Cure (1) Books Read in 2017 (59) BBC Big Read (8) Ambleside Books (29) Books Read in 2016 (187) 19th Century (8) Top Five Books of 2014 (165) Carole's List (18) Childhood Favorites (31) Elevenses (62) Women's Stories (11) Books Read in 2020 (132) Books Read in 2019 (121) Books Read in 2022 (122) First Novels (3) Books Read in 2013 (91) Top Five Books of 2013 (1,265) Top Five Books of 2018 (241) Overdue Podcast (13) Victorian Period (1) Well-Educated Mind (10) Top Five Books of 2015 (502) Books Read in 2014 (375) Books About Girls (14) Europe (12) A Reading List (25) AP Lit (27) Movie Adaptations (60) United Kingdom (19) Read These Too (6) Historical Fiction (542) A's favorite novels (17) Books Read in 2023 (2,232) Fake Top 100 Fiction (21) READ IN 2021 (29) Books Read in 2008 (47) Generation Joshua (15) Greatest Books (11) Great Audiobooks (52) BBC Top Books (16) Books Read in 2004 (120) Books Read in 2007 (273) To Read - Horror (41) BitLife (5) Books Read in 2012 (93) 100 (4) Shelf 101 (4) 1840s (4) Favourite Books (7) Books Tagged Abuse (30) sad girl books (10) Romans (11) Plan to Read Books (16) le donne raccontano (17) Safe as Houses (1) Junky Paperbacks (2) Delete This List (15) Favorite Long Books (300) I Can't Finish This Book (186) Best Horror Books (254) Unread books (981) Loading...
Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.
Jane Eyre is full of a variety of challenges that Jane, the protagonist, must face. This leaves with a vast genre for the book, some might call it a romance, some adventure, and others will call it a classic. Now, it is all three of them, it will leave a heart racing and when you close the book you will not know where this book has left you in reality. It is that sort of a book where you need to know what happens next, it is the book that leaves you with suspense you never knew you could acquire. ( ) This book has several illustrations of the terrible effects of keeping secrets. Here are a few: - Mrs. Reed concealing from Jane that she has relatives who care about her. (Spiteful) - Mr. Rochester concealing that he is married led to a lot of suffering for him and for Jane. - Jane concealing her identity when she fled delayed her getting good news for 4 months. I was delightedly impressed with the integrity, the strength of character that Jane Eyre exhibited. She was at times frank in her assessments, and stalwart in being true to her values. That made the book for me. As I began to read, it reminded me of Fanny Price in [b:Mansfield Park|45032|Mansfield Park|Jane Austen|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1309203298s/45032.jpg|2722329]. They both were in a household of relatives who (to put it politely) were unkind. Now to read [b:Vanity Fair|5797|Vanity Fair|William Makepeace Thackeray|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1344386439s/5797.jpg|1057468], but probably not this week. This was my first reading of Jane Eyre, though I've seen at least one film adaptation. I found the writing melodic and not too challenging which kept me reading when life was hard for Jane. The character of Jane is generally a sympathetic one and I was cheering her on. The novel is in first-person though I didn't notice it as there were rarely any 'I's'. The downside to this technique is you don't see what other characters are thinking. Most people know the story of Jane Eyre. The story of an orphan who is despised by her adopted family, then sent to an orphan school, and earns her place as a governess. She obtains a situation in Mr Rochester's household at 18 and falls under his spell, but there's something or someone in the attic. Gothic vibes surround this tale as it keeps you in suspense till the very end. Other gothic elements are Rochester himself such as moodiness and changeability, the rookery, the Dickensian childhood and the secret in the attic including the weird sounds and occurrences in the night. The focus of the novel is on Jane, her journey through a difficult childhood, to falling in love and the gothic elements that surround her. Also her struggle between passion and faith. Faith is Jane's guiding light from adulthood and she follows it through most of the novel. Her passion for Rochester also makes her forget his faults. https://readableword.wordpress.com/2021/10/29/jane-eyre-by-charlotte-bronte/ Belongs to Publisher SeriesAmstelboeken (12-13) — 60 more Collins Classics (11) detebe-Klassiker (21581) Doubleday Dolphin (C5) Everyman's Library (287) Harper Perennial Olive Editions (2018 Olive) insel taschenbuch (813) manesse im dtv (24032) Novelas eternas (4) Oxford English Novels (1847) Penguin Clothbound Classics (2008) Penguin English Library, 2012 series (2012-04) Perpetua reeks (66) The Pocket Library (PL-44) Prisma Klassieken (13) Project Gutenberg EBook (1260, 23077) Reinaert-reeks (46) A tot vent (305) Virago Modern Classics (364) Zephyr Books (42) Is contained inThe Complete Novels: Agnes Grey / Jane Eyre / The Professor / Shirley / The Tenant of Wildfell Hall / Villette / Wuthering Heights by Charlotte Brontë Vilette / Jane Eyre / Shirley / The Tenant of Wildfell Hall / Agnes Grey / Wuthering Heights by Charlotte Brontë The Brontë Collection: Includes Jane Eyre, The Professor, Shirley, Villette, Wuthering Heights, Agnes Grey, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Cottage Poems and More by Charlotte Brontë The Complete Novels of the Brontë Sisters (8 Novels: Jane Eyre, Shirley, Villette, The Professor, Emma, Wuthering Heights, Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall) by Charlotte Brontë 6 Volume Set Jane Eyre, Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Wuthering Heights, Agnes Grey, Professor, Poems, Miscellanea, Shirley, Villete by Charlotte Brontë Brontë Sisters: The Professor / Angrian Tales and Poems / The Tenant of Wildfell Hall / Agnes Grey / Wuthering Heights / Jane Eyre / Villette / Shirley by Anne Brontë Agnes Grey / The Tenant of Wildfell Hall / Jane Eyre / The Professor / Villette / Wuthering Heights / Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell by Anne Brontë 90 Masterpieces You Must Read (Vol.1): Novels, Poetry, Plays, Short Stories, Essays, Psychology & Philosophy by Various Jane Eyre/ Wuthering Heights/ Little Women/ Adam Bede/ Emma/ Pride and Prejudice by Trident Press International ContainsIs retold inHas the (non-series) sequelHas the (non-series) prequelHas the adaptationThe Graphic Canon, Vol. 2: From "Kubla Khan" to the Bronte Sisters to The Picture of Dorian Gray by Russ Kick Is abridged inIs parodied inInspiredHas as a studyHas as a commentary on the textHas as a student's study guideDistinctionsNotable Lists
Jane Eyre is raised in her aunt's house after the death of her parents. Her aunt cannot stand the queer, quiet child and sends her off to a spartan boarding school where she is severely mistreated. She survives, however, and eventually finds herself a situation as a governess in the household of Edward Rochester. She and Rochester fall passionately in love, in one of the great literary love stories. But a dark secret in his house will tear them apart and send her alone into the wilderness before she can find her way back to him. No library descriptions found.
|
Current DiscussionsNonePopular covers
Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)823.8Literature English English fiction Victorian period 1837-1900LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |