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Summary: Do not miss out on this book...
Review: Remember all those 'classic' novels you read in high school? How many of them do you actually remember? Well, if Jane Eyre was one of those long-forgotten books, pick up a copy. To read it as an adult is a joy: it's a sweeping, disturbing, intense, thrilling, very romantic gothic love story, written in the voice a very intense, almost claustrophobically self-aware young heroine. Jane is no Ophelia - she's a complicated, remarkable character, and a very strong female character in a genre that usually draws women as beautiful victims at best.There's something for everyone in this book: Windswept castles, difficult and neurotic family members, dark secrets about tragic former lovers, good triumphing over evil, all that good juicy stuff that makes a great romantic story. What elevates Jane Eyre is Bronte's remarkable style & skill and her sharp and complex characterizations. Trust me on this: If you don't remember it from your teens, you should give it a try now. Here is one novel that more than lives up to it's 'classic' status.
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Summary: I cheered and cried all at the same time...
Review: To be honest, I haven't read many classics, but this is by far my favorite book ever. I was assigned to read it for school and am now completely obsessed. I have three different copies of the story, but my first copy was this cover. What makes this book endurable and able to plow through for the first one-hundred-thirty pages and then keep reading for the next three-hundred-forty-one is the characterization. You love Jane, you hate Mr. Brocklehurst, and I don't know about anybody else, but I loved Mr. Rochester, Helen Burns, and Diana and hated St. John Rivers and Mrs. Reed. All characters stir feelings of either love or hate in you. This truly is the first, and the best, soap opera in the world! I was told by some that they thought the ending lacked - ha ha! The ending couldn't have been better in my opinion. I, personally, didn't see it coming. When Jane was actually contemplating marrying St. John Rivers, I openly yelled "No! No! You can't marry him! You love Mr. Rochester whether he's married to a lunatic or not! Don't marry the moron! He's forcing you into it!" This book evoked emotions from me I've never gotten before while reading a book. It evoked emotions I never even got watching a movie. Well, maybe it did, only they were excrutiatingly amplified. It was painful to read of Jane leaving Thornfield, even more painful to watch this self-respecting woman beg for food, and yet uplifting to read of her scorning St. John's idea of love and Mrs. Fairfax's label of "beggar." All in all, whether you're assigned to read it or not, "Jane Eyre" is overly well worth its 461 pages.
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Summary: Jane Eyre
Review: Okay, when I first read it, I absolutely hated it. Maybe because me too was expecting Jane Austen. But it has some good things: you learn a lot, it gives to you good lessons. But is extremely dramatic, unrealistic (a man with a crazy woman hidden in his house??????????????). So, it has lot of things that leaves you like (?) and reminded me mexican soap operas :p. Me too don't see why it was so highly rated. If you want something good, that leads you to know the character's personality, go read Jane Austen.
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Summary: Immediate Success
Review: JANE EYRE is a wonderful story about a woman's struggle to survive and go on to realize her full potential. It is also a stirring tale of romance in which love conquers evil and despair. The plot is interesting while the main characters are multi-dimensional and very intriguing. The book has almost too many characters but some are memorable simply because they seem so real. The story begins with Jane Eyre as an unwanted orphan in the care of a cruel aunt who has two spoiled children of her own. Jane is sent to an austere boarding school where she develops into a remarkable young woman able to overcome tremendous obstacles and discouragements. She gets a job as a governess for a young girl at Thornfield which is owned by Edward Rochester. The evolving love relationship between Jane and Edward becomes the focus of the novel whose broad message is uplifting in spite of the sombre mood and tragic events which often intervene. I like Charlotte Bronte's writing style. It is easy to see why she became an immediate success with the publication of JANE EYRE in 1847.
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Summary: Jane Eyre is a timeless classic.
Review: Jane Eyre is a timeless classic. This book combines great literature with the ever gripping universal theme of love.Bronte outdoes herself, as she passionately throws the reader into the life of a Victorian governess. The readerenters a world of heartbreak. The reader almost becomes Jane as she is neglected and mistreated by her aunt. One feels Jane's agony and desire for her master. We feel the pain as she leaves him upon discovering his wife. We feel her heart ripped open when she discovers the burnt down house. We rejoice when she and her now mamed lover are reunited. Whether male or female, whether in love or scorched by it, Jane Eyre captures the very essence of being human and experiencing love. Bronte does not speak of love, the reader does not merely read about it. Bronte immerses the reader into the experience of true love and all of the pains which come with it. Vicariously, through Jane, we delve into the matters of the heart--the only theme that truly makes a difference, and definitely composes great literature. Jane Eyre is a timeless classic.
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Summary: A Classic Love Story
Review: It took me a while to get into this novel. I like it the characters are interesting and very dark. It starts off really slow but picks up eventually. I like how it ended and the words are nice to read.
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Summary: Don't watch the movie and expect to know a thing about Jane!
Review: This is an absolutely wonderful and captivating book. Once you start it you just gotta finish it! The best part of Jane Eyre (pronounced "air") is the love story between Jane and Edward, her employer. Edward keeps a dark secret , the nature of which isn't telegraphed but instead thrust upon the reader all at once (very well done!!!), that makes him both penurious and tragic. This makes him a somewhat odd match for Jane who is the epitome of virtue and is self denying. The cat and mouse play in the begining of their relationship, the way they individually struggle after the secret is revealed, and the ultimate resolution of their love story makes this one of the greatest novels in Engish literature. This brings me to the movie. It isn't a very good adaptation of the book. Major parts of the plot are missing or altered beyond recognition and signifigance. I watched the movie AFTER I read the book and was glad I did it in that order. Their are some stories that just have to be read in order for you to enjoy them;Jane Eyre is one of them (David Copperfield is another). But that's o.k., Charlotte Bronte has provided us with a tale that mesmerizes and impacts its reader like few others can. If it comes down to the movie or the book...read the book.
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Summary: Very moving, captivating story
Review: That person who said he/she wasn't going to read it because it looked "dry as hell" is missing out on a lot. While the first couple of chapters are somewhat boring, after that the pace never flags, despite the 500-odd-page length. Many chapters in the book are very intense and moving, and it is not too hard to feel for Jane. I thought she might be a very righteous, prim-and-proper person, but was surprised and delighted to discover that she's very flirtatious with Rochester once they declare their love, and playfully delights in her hold over him. Their conversations are fascinating and very revealing. It is always clear that she is passionatly in love with him and no one else, but still more than willing to leave him once the "terrible secret" is revealed. While not quite as strong and feminist a character as I expected, she nonetheless does show an iron will and desperate desire to do what's right more than once. When someone in the book was talking about a Mr. Rochester and made it sound like he'd died, my heart literally stopped for a minute until I (and Jane) realized the man was talking about Rochester's father. That was near the end, and by then I'd become so caught up in it I really couldn't put it down. It is not just a romance novel for women; I'm a 13-year-old boy and I enjoyed it immensely. Deserves its status as a classic, and is most certianly not dry as hell.
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Summary: Jane Eyre: Charlotte Bronte's Most Captivating Work
Review: Quite arguably one of the greatest British novels ever penned, Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" is so all-around-wonderful, it's no wonder that it's been adapted into 5+ movies.
We first meet Bronte's Jane as a child, young and abused, in the care of her aunt. We immediately take Jane under our wing, feeling more her personal protector with each turn of the page. Then, one day, Jane is a woman. Though retaining many of her childlike tendencies, Jane is determined to be independent: leaving her old boarding school victorious and free, she begins a governess position at the manor home of the elusive and mysterious Mr. Edward Rochester. It is Jane who tames Rochester's brooding and arrogant heart, reducing him to schoolboyish desperation.
So deliciously provactive is "Jane Eyre," that it is impossible not to devour it within days; my own worn-with-love copy sits next to a dog-eared "Villette."
It is sometimes speculated that Charlotte Bronte exercised her complicated mind through the written word; "Jane Eyre" is beautiful evidence of that.
As the story slows to its conclusion, you will find yourself lost: hungry for more of Jane, more of Rochester, and more of the magic that is "Eyre." Quench that thirst with more Bronte (perhaps Emily's "Wuthering Heights" or some of Anne's poetry?) or, if you're like me, a second read of the irresistible "Jane."
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Summary: Great fiction is not an illusion
Review: Jane Eyre is a fascinating, introspective novel about a girl who refuses to let herself be stepped on and reaches out for what she wants, while always keeping her Christian ethics in check. The writing is beautiful and haunting, and the characters are vivid and real. However, this novel relies too much on coincidence and is at times sentimental and melodramatic.. Overall, it is not nearly as good as Charlotte Bronte's final novel, Villette, which is more mature in its writing, themes and characterization.
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