Jane Eyre [unidentified version]

I am so glad I read it. Finally, finally, finally. Now I understand not just the literary references but the true genius of this novel. It explores the human character in a number of different members of humanity: a friend at the boarding school, the minister who runs the boarding school (taken from Charlotte's own horrific experience as a child); the intense love between two individuals from different classes; the intense soul searching when a suitor is not the one. What a gift to humanity in general that Charlotte wrote this book.

I think I just don't love the Brontes as much as I love Jane Austen and George Eliot. Maybe they're too serious for me? But mainly I think they just are so thirsty for such unappealing men that it's hard to root for anyone to get what they want.

2017-12-17

I don't buy the "great romance" between an orphanage girl and practically the first man she sees. And St John Rivers is just creepy. I did like the school part when I was a child, but when I grew up I grew away from this book

My favorite Mid-century romance novel

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