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Summary: One of the most unique and beautiful love stories
Review: This is, hands down, one of my favorite books. It is not the typical romance story - the heroine is not a gorgeous, delicate, flower and the hero is not a young, virile Hercules. The characters are more realistic, allowing the reader to be more sympathetic. Jane Eyre is described as being the plainest of the plain, but her strength and independence make her a rare individual. She is a dynamic character whose love transforms her in the end.
This is book really moved me. I would recommend this book to anyone, especially anyone who has the time to read it in one or two settings and not have to worry about writing a paper on it. It'll be worth your time!
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Summary: If you're a teacher, don't make your students read this book
Review: While Jane Eyre does have a really cool story line, I did not enjoy reading this book. I never understood what was going on. It was like blah, blah, blah, blah. Each chapter is like 20 pages long! I guess it wouldn't be so bad if I didn't have to read 7 chapters every week for honors lit. (that's alot!) Cliff notes are a very good thing. If you actually like to read and have alot of time on your hands, then I recommend this book. If not, go play soccer, you'll have alot more fun! (I promise! hehe)
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Summary: The most BORING book in the world!
Review: I am writing this because I just had to read the book as a requirement for English. It is the worst book in the world, and it drags on and on and on. I definitely would not recommend this book for anyone who likes action, mystery, or high paced books. If you want to be bored out of your mind, sure, go ahead and read it. Don't say I didn't warn you! If you ask me, sparknotes are the best thing for this book.
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Summary: Classic
Review: Charlotte Brontes classic novel has ignited a love of literature, although I admit I first read it for a school assesment 6 months ago, the next 4 times was out of love for every word in the book!!! Being a romantic the Jane-Mr Rochester saga was the main page turner, but also the intrege of Grace Poole and her secret as well as the way we see Jane grow in mind, heart and soul. As a buildingsromand it shines, it was one of the first modern (if you can call it that!) novels to use such a technique. Truly beautiful. I reccomend it to all.
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Summary: !!!!!!!
Review: This is probably one of my top ten fave books of all time. The love story in it was (in my opinion) very intense a lot of the time (the part where she comes back just kills me every time). I can understand how you would not like this book if you don't like cheesy love stories (and, trust me, the ending is VERY cheesy) but it's just a wonderful book in all. The parts where Jane is not with Rochester can be tedious sometimes but, fortunately, since I've read it, I can skip those parts and just read the good ones. When Jane leaves Rochester, Bronte describes it in such a way that it makes the reader feel as if they were leaveng their one true love. The only thing that gets me is the age difference between Rochester and Jane but I don't stress over it. I recommend this book to anyone who needs a good romantic pick-me-up.
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Summary: Jane Eyre--great novel
Review: This gothic classic has more than a dash of melodrama--cruelty to orphans, wicked step-aunts, a darkly handsome quixotic hero, a monster in the attic, catastrophe and more. Yet Jane Eyre transcends the thrilling parts of the book to become one of English's greatest novels. The novel is not without weakness; the entire St. John section is a bit overdramatic and somewhat contrived; yet it is essential to the novel not only for the symmetry but also to contrast a life that would only satisfy the flesh and sacrifice the soul (Mr. Rochester's proposal) versus a life sacrificing the flesh entirely for the sake of the soul (St. John.) Jane Eyre never falters from her conviction that, to be whole and true to oneself, both the spiritual and the carnal sides must be fulfilled. This was a daring proposal in Victorian England, and Jane Eyre was labeled "coarse" by one critic. Even more daring was that this philosophy was espoused by a woman writer, which is why Charlotte Bronte wrote the book under a gender-neutral pseudonym (Currer Bell.) Why should you read this classic? Initially, Jane Eyre can be enjoyed for its well-told and enjoyable story--very romantic and exciting. What makes Jane Eyre an enduring classic is that you can read it and re-read it many times over for the perfection of its structure. I have a hard time choosing between Jane Eyre and Eliot's Middlemarch as "best English novel."
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Summary: A Lovely Classic For Everyone to Indulge In!
Review: ". . .no one ever sleeps here: one would say that if there was a ghost at Thornfield Hall, this would be its haunt." This a quote from Charlotte Bronte's 'Jane Eyre', a marvelous masterpiece set in the 1800s filled with suspense, action, and a pinch of romance. Orphaned when she is a small child, Jane Eyre is left in the clutches of her hateful aunt, Mrs. Reed, and her bullying cousins at Gateshead Hall. So marks the reader's advent into Jane's dreary world. Sent to Lowood School at the of ten, she eagerly expects a genial environment only to be met by a cold, hostile institution plagued by Mr. Brocklehearst, the arrogant headmaster. Despite two high points in her stay at Lowood (she is befriended by Miss Temple, a solicitous music instructor, and a saint-like pupil named Helen Burns), they are brutally taken away from her. Helen tragically dies from typhus, and Miss Temple marries a minister and moves away. Jane's only escape from Lowood is a position as a governess at Thornfield Hall eight years later (when she is eighteen) that she accepts. When she arrives at the manor, she is heartily greeted by the housekeeper, Miss Fairfax. Mr. Edward Rochester, the owner, usually travel abroad and is absent most of the time. Jane's duty is to tutor his foster-child Adele Vareans, an adorable six-year-old French girl. It finally seems as if Jane has discovered a home for herself and is at last distinguished as a bona fide person. However, her tranquility and niche are suddenly threatened when the brooding Mr. Rochester returns home. Odd events occur, such as screams in the night, crazed laughs echoing in the halls, blazing fires, and the presence of an unexpected guest. To worsen matters, Jane finds herself falling in love with her master despite the fact that she suspects he is concealing a secret past of himself from her and others. Exactly what is it and will Rochester ever be romantically interested in "plain" Jane? To unearthen the answers, one has to enter the allure, intrigue, and enigma of Charlotte Bronte's delightful story of the struggles, identity, and emotions of a heroine on a quest for her destiny: Jane Eyre. --P. J. Persad
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Summary: A Fabulous Novel
Review: Jane Eyre is most definitely one of the most wonderful and captivating books that I've ever read. I chose the book for a school project and was honestly not expecting to enjoy the read. I was pleasantly surprised to find a book that was relatable and a thoroughly enjoyable read. I couldn't put it down. No well-read person should miss out on this classic.
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Summary: Jane Eyre is a romance to beat all romances.
Review: Jane Eyre is so much more than a romance, it is a shocking landmark in litirature never to be forgotten.The novel starts off with Jane Eyre telling about her childhood (the novel is in first person by Jane Eyre) Jane Eyre's childhood was not an easy one. Her mother and father die, and leave her to her uncle who soon thereafter also die's so she is left with the wife of her uncle who is not particularly fond of her, so unfond of her that the aunt sends Jane to a boarding school where she makes a few friends, and has no relatives present. When Jane is 18 she leaves the school and finds a place called 'thronfeild hall' where she falls in move with a man twenty years older than she. That is all I will tell you now because I just hate spoiling the end of novels to the public.
Read Jane Eyre, even if you don't enjoy Romance, you'll fall in love with the novel, and feel for the characters.
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Summary: Less than interesting...
Review: or engaging, or involving, or insightful or brilliant. Jane Eyre is not a book that is celebrated because of its overwhelming greatness, but because it was 'dared' to be written in the 19th century- by a woman, no less, and contained female sexuality at a time when any sexuality was rather frowned upon. Well, I am all for the courage and the steps forward taken in writing this book, but that doesnt mean its particularly interesting, absorbing, or anything else that makes it worth your while, or anyone elses. I can, and have, read such classics as 'A Tale and Two Cities', other works by Dickens, 'The Scarlet Pimpernel', etc. All those books were of the same period but at least were quite interesting and over all a great experience.
Jane Eyre is neither. All of the dreary symbology (chestnut tree, mad wives, mansions burning down) and all of the prophetic dreams do nothing to prop this book up. Charlotte Bronte makes ghosts seem dull and spirits and fairies positively mind-numbing. All of Jane Eyre's encounters are couched in a style thats drier and staler than moldy bread. Fire? Murder? wild spirits? its all here. But none of it is the least bit worthwhile to read. In the end, we have a heroine that has wandered from place to place and eventually settles down ith her past love, Rochester, once he has 'redeemed' himself by his courage in trying to save his mad wife (in the attempt he loses his sight and an arm). In typically fairy tale fashion, Rochester gains his sight back. I have a suspicion that he would have grown another arm if we gave hima few more years. The book that Jane Eyre reminds me most of is 'The Scarlet Letter'. If anything, this is more boring. This dull, mind-numbing book is about as entertaining as watching fungus grow. The fact that its riddled with 'deep symbology' makes it not one bit more interesting.
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