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Summary: A bit boring....
Review: While it's a highly symbolic and intellictual book, I feel that Bronte drags on sometimes. This book is not for you if you have a hard time concentrating or getting into a book. However, if you love to analyze and discuss, then this would be a great book! Also, if you get confused, sparknotes.com offers some great guidence. :)
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Summary: a classic you'll actually read and love....
Review: How could you not love this book? Even though it's a "classic" it's not intimidating like, say, Moby Dick. It has a perfect balance of everything - tragedy without melodrama, a wicked family without the modern day drug/alcohol problems, romance without mushiness, and a happy ending without sappy triteness. If you really (for some weird reason) can't get into it, rent the movie. Then read the book - you'll truly appreciate its greatness....
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Summary: The Best Romance Novel Ever!!!!!!
Review: Jane Eyre is written beautifully. I read it this past year in 8th grade. I have never read something this wonderful. It brought tears to my eyes when I read it. Charlotte Bronte should get nothing but highest praise for writing this magnificent book. The book may be long but it is well worth it to read. I stongly suggest all to read this book!!
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Summary: This deserves 105 stars!!!!!
Review: I chose to read this novel over my spring break and it turned out that reading it was about the only thing I could do. Upon picking up the gargantuan book I was a bit wary of the read, but after reading the first paragraph I was enchanted and further lured on. Bronte did a wonderful - no - fascinating job of creating such a strong, honest, and demanding character as Jane Eyre. Even as an orphaned child, in the care of her abhored aunt Reed, Jane displays such an immense amount of passion and creativity. These characteristics are further refined and blended with a touch of integrity as Jane suffers through the ill-treatment and neglect that she receives at Lowood, a charity school that Mrs. Reed sends her to so to be corrected of her faults. After having spent nearly eight years enduring the ghastly conditions of Lowood, Jane leaves her old life behind so to fill the position of governess at Thornfield Hall. During here stay at the mansion, she is confronted by something she has been completely ignorant of before - love. Her dark and strong, though not handsome, master, Mr. Rochester, causes a hearty seed to implant itself within the unmoving foundation of her soul. This seed of love flourishes and intertwines Jane's emotion's with those of beloved Mr. Rochester. Though love is said to withstand and conquer all, a mysterious and horrifying obstacle challenges the bond that has developed between Jane and Mr.Rochester. As the battle is carried out, Jane's soul and destiny are both tried and tested, thus forming a truly moving and unforgetable novel. Charlotte Bronte's writing is one of intense passion - not just the violent emotion of love, but that of faithfulness and devotion to ones' self and to others. As you travel from page to page of Jane Eyre's life, you will be forced to take into consideration your own character and moral values. Although it was a rather extented read, I do not regret for one moment the time I spent indulging myself in this enticing piece of profound literature. I sincerely believe that all who take on the task of reading this novel will benefit by it in one aspect of their life or another.
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Summary: This is a classic!
Review: If I read it in high school, I don't remember it. I do remember reading Wuthering Heights ~~ but that was in college. Jane Eyre is much more romantic than Wuthering Heights ~~ it is a Cinderella Tale with a happy ending too!Jane was orphaned at a very young age and was raised by a cold-hearted aunt and terrible cousins before being shipped off to an institution. Jane makes the best of her lowly lot in life and decided to take a chance of living life to the fullest by taking a governess job for Mr. Rochester. Little does she know how much life would change because of that decision! The trials and tribulations that beset Jane are those that every woman can identify with. The joy and fear of falling in love with Mr. Rochester (Edward) is inspiring. The tragic secret that Edward failed to disclose to Jane ~~ sending her away is so sad. Jane finds herself again in a town many miles away from her beloved ~~ and finds her family after all these years. Only the unrequited love for Edward was the mar on the beautiful paradise she has found. She does find love again and grows into this splendid woman who is strong and independent ~~ and yet, still very feminine. I strongly believe that everyone should read this classic as Charlotte Bronte wrote a thought-provoking novel filled with description and conversations. It is a moral book ~~ designed to make the reader think of what is right and what is wrong. Jane stood up for her belief at the cost of her love ~~ though it was one of the hardest decisions she has ever had to make. And love finds her again. This is a book that makes you believe that if you have faith, things will come right and true for you. Even if it wasn't already a classic, it should be. How many books have withstood the test of time? This one is a golden treasure to add to your library!
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Summary: I only wish there was a rating of zero stars...
Review: because this book deserves it. I first read it in the 9th grade, and it was literally a struggle to the very end. Summoning all my effort, I laboriously read this book with a lack of interest unsurpassed to this very day. It was useful only when I had trouble falling asleep. Each page of this dull, overly dramatic book felt like an eternity. There are pages upon pages of meaningless and increasingly uninteresting rambling. Plain Jane gains no sympathy from me. Apparently, she enjoys suffering, as evidenced by her constantly changing opinions and the way she strives to make her life more difficult when handed easier options. (Ex: When the guy finally admits his love for her, she goes off into the rain, poor and near-death, upon the advising of some voices she hears.) The plot is long and unbelievable. For example, how can you hide a woman in your house for years, a woman who, by the way, screams, throws fits, and sets things on fire? And nobody notices this? The ending is no better -- sappy and contrived, it left me ill. Absolutely hideous, I would not even recommend this to the worst of my enemies. This book fails to become even briefly captivating. It starts off horribly and, impossible as it may seem, only gets worse throughout.
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Summary: Another Bronte Masterpeice
Review: However lengthy, the pages go by quick when you read this book. It's an asorbing page turner, causing you to grunt and yell aloud at the stupidity and density the two main characters seem to live on. This is thee original romance novel; introducing you to memorable characters and plotlines. It's said to be gothic, and in a sweet, quaint way it is. The narrator is a plain girl, who has morals and lives by them(however much it makes you scream). The fancied is Edward Rochester, a genius in his own right, with brilliant plans. The hidden secret-- it's a shock. (Just don't let anyone tell you beforehand). This book gets five stars, because of all it contains (or, rather, because it leaves out nothing a great novel should have).
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Summary: An Excellent Edition of Jane Eyre
Review: The Bedford/St. Martin's edition of Charlotte Brontë's "Jane Eyre" is a wonderful edition for burgeoning scholars. Although the text of "Jane Eyre" itself lacks the volume of notes that the Penguin Classics edition or the Norton Critical edition has, it makes up for this minor defect in its wealth of critical contexts. "Jane Eyre" itself is a novel dealing with Jane's life and pursuit of love and independence in early nineteenth century England. The novel begins with Jane as a young orphan girl, living with her cruel and abusive aunt Reed and cousins, John, Eliza, and Georgiana. Often treated like an outcast, Jane must come to terms throughout the novel with her own physical inferiority and figure out how to make a life for herself with the social disadvantages of low class and gender. One theme which runs throughout the novel itself deals with Jane's relationships to strong male characters, like Reverend Brocklehurst, Mr. Rochester, and St. John Rivers. Another important motif in the novel deals with Jane's femininity - and how she positions herself as an independent woman, often in the mold of Wollstonecraftian feminism - and how she reconciles education and rationality with sentimentality and passion. Politically, anxieties and concerns with British Imperialism also manifest themselves throughout the novel. Widely read as Brontë was, the novel also positions itself in the British literary tradition, appropriating themes and practices from authors like Samuel Richardson, Wollstonecraft, Mary Shelley, Byron, Wordsworth, the gothic tradition, and so on. The Bedford/St. Martin's edition is extremely useful for students, as the second half of the book is devoted to critical methodologies, including concise essays outlining major areas of critical theory - to wit, feminism, psychoanalysis, deconstruction, cultural criticism, and marxism. These essays provide broad frameworks for critical thought, and each is followed by an exemplary critical article and a wealth of bibliography for further research. While I personally would rather use the Penguin Classics or Norton Critical edition, the Bedford/St. Martin's is a suitable edition for close reading and study.
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Summary: Not That Bad
Review: Not that bad is truely an understatement. This novel is a classic, all respects to the word. I, a man, find this book to be one of my favorites. The book is strong in creativity, contains a remarkable flow from word to word, and has a grand notion of human emotion. What gives this book these qualities? READ IT!!! The three qualities revolve with each other. Creating a self powering novel that easily controls the moments of you emotion through the revealing of the plot to the audience with superb timing. Only one problem, a little too ironic at times, don't ya think. My small speal isn't even close to giving the novel any justice. "It was near: and as I had lifted no petition to Heaven to avert it--as I had neither joined my hands, nor bent my knees, nor moved my lips--it came: in full heavy swing the torrent poured over me. The whole consciousness of my life lorn, my love lost, my hope quenched, my faith death-struck, swayed full and mighty above me in one sullen mass. That bitter hour cannot be described: in truth, "the waters came into my soul; I sank in deep mire: I felt no standing; I came into deep waters; the floods overflowed me." I primarily choose this because of its connectiveness to the traits mentioned prior and because it won't ruin the book. Maybe this will be the first thing you read before reading the rest of the book. Or atleast I hope so.
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Summary: A little boring , but enjoyable.
Review: As an orphan, Jane has no money and no one to care for her. After enduring hardships with an aunt who doesn't love her and struggling at a strict boarding school, Jane has come to a place where she may be able to find happiness and love. This novel starts out slow, but the action picks up, developing the romance and the mystery in the novel. Charlotte Bronte uses imagery and numerous allusions in the novel. The most notable allusion is the bird allusions. This bird motif suggests freedom or independence, specifically, the independence of Jane. This theme, on a broader scheme, suggests women's independence, a subject that is not uncommon, but unorthodox at this time period. Another common allusion is a biblical allusion. These set a religious tone in the novel. Not only does Bronte allude to the Bible, she also uses religion to play a role in the development of Jane, most notably the religious boarding school and St. John Rivers. These things seem to have a negative effect on Jane, which cause her to sometimes stray a bit from religion. Even though she is negatively effected by those two elements, Jane still has religious morals that are found in the novel. Jane is honest and is not afraid to speak her mind to anyone. One can find many elements that make this book enjoyable and well worth reading. Even though starting out slow, the action intensifies with plot twists and suspense that make one rush to finish this novel.
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