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Summary: Jane Eyre
Review: While I enjoyed this book, I was disappointed. I found it to be verbose, going on and on for long passages where nothing much changed or happened - just repetitious. In addition, it is profoundly and deeply Christian, to the point of preachiness. This last may not be a problem for you if you happen to share the author's views.However, if you can live with its faults, it is otherwise well written. Jane Eyre and Edward Rochester are well drawn characters, interesting and unexpected. The plot has sufficient twists and turns to hold your interest. And the ending is satisfying, a big plus for me. In summary, it is more dated than, say, Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice (a personal favorite), but it is still worth reading. (This review is of the unabridged audio version of the book.)
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Summary: Brilliant novel
Review: Just a beautiful, engaging novel. Wonderful charaterization, imagery, and dialouge. It's a long book but it will fly by...and don't listen to those who say that no literature is superior. Literature is judged by its capacity to evoke subtle feelings with accomplished structure and technique. JANE EYRE passes the test.
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Summary: A Touching Classic
Review: This classic novel tells the tale of an orphaned, moneyless girl named Jane Eyre. When Jane Eyre comes to work as governess for a little French girl at a mansion called Thornfield, life is great. But her world is turned upside down when she finally meets her employer, Mr. Rochester. Mr. Rochester is a troubled and temperamental man, yet at the same time sensitive and giving. Jane can't help falling in love with him. But little does Jane know, there still is another mystery at Thornfield that could destroy Jane and all of it's occupants. This classic is an unforgettable read. Mixed with drama, action, and romance, this story is touching and a page turner. Though, at first, it is difficult to read, you get used to the vocabulary and the way the author writes. This book is a must read!
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Summary: Great books are illusions
Review: While cultural pundits try to convince you that some literature is better than other literature, the truth is that all art is relative to individial tastes. Thus, it doesn't make any sense to think that a novel like this one is really any better than say, Michael Crichton or Stephen King. Aesthetic standards can't be grounded. Thus, don't listen to anyone who tries to distinguish between "serious" works of literature like this one and allegedly "lesser" novels. The distinction is entirely illusory, because no novels are "better" than any others, and the concept of a "great novel" is an intellectual hoax.
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Summary: Great piece of literature!
Review: This book is definetly a great piece of literature! It's one of the best books I've ever read. This has much depth and meaning to it, and has many underlying meanings. The book is beautifully and lushly written. The multi-faceted characters give this book much depth. Strong-willed Jane, Enigmatic Rochester, Kind Fairfax, gleeful Adele, Terrifying Bertha Mason, Stoic St. John, among other characters give this book a variety of characters and all are unforgettable characters. Love and Passion, Hate and disdain, desire and greed, deception and mystery, etc. abound in this book. Bronte is a genius, and it shows in this book!
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Summary: Jane Eyre
Review: Do you really need a review of Jane Eyre from me? You do not. There are five hundred and fifty eight reviews of Jane Eyre here ahead of me, and in fact, didn't I already write one and forgot about it? I may have. I don't have the desire to sort through all the Jane Eyre reviews and see. But, the point is, the book has been thoroughly worked over by critics, scholars, Victorian-era enthusiasts, college-girl nymphomaniac readers, feminists, Bronte fanatics, and possibly even extraterrestrials who slipped some info-disc we shot into space 20 years ago into a Martian disc-player and sampled the complete text. I'm not sure, mind you, whether Isaac Asimov, or Oprah Winfrey, ever got around to jabbering about Jane Eyre, though they both seemed (Asimov), or seem (Winfrey), to know everything--but Asimov apparently did write about everything in his lifetime, and Oprah surely has an opinion... Me? I loved the language...some of the most captivating, superb passages ever ensconced in a dusty old fiction they say we should read. The plot? Oh, I liked Daniel Deronda better...but then Daniel does more for me than this Rochester fellow, who's fairly transparent and yakkety, compared to DD. On the other hand, Jane herself has it all over what's-her-name from the George Eliot novel--she's morally grounded, fierce in love, a survivor, and not a shilly-shally-er when it comes to decisions--and has a name that doesn't flit from the mind a few months later (it's always easier to recall a character's name, of course, when it's the title of the book, except for that Jude fellow, who's last name remains Obscure). The plot, meanwhile? Well, it's simple, and it follows Jane around wherever she goes, whether she's reduced to begging at doorsteps (leave it to Jane to uncover the hypocrisy of a series of Welcome Mats), or whether she appears to have finally got what she wanted from life (she even gets what she doesn't want: Money; such talent this woman has!). Or, does she? That would be telling. She's also good at hearing strange voices...whether they be creepy, maniacal voices from strange rooms in large mansions, or disembodied voices crying across the landscape ("Jane, HELP!"; she is a talent, this Jane!). So what have I accomplished? I fear a backlash, but all I have tried to do is write the most irreverent Jane Eyre review around (though an Asimov critique may already have me beat), designed not to blend into the morass. It's a great book, okay? I can't give it five whole stars because I gave Daniel Deronda five stars, and Jane Eyre isn't as good as Daniel Deronda, so it follows that Jane Eyre gets four stars. What do you want from me, blood? And no, I am not reading The Eyre Affair next. I don't work that way. Well, okay, I am likely to read the novelization of the Brain Of Morbius before reading Warmonger, but that's Dr Who stuff.
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Summary: The Bronte Masterpiece: The Best Edition
Review: Written in 1847 by the woman writer Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre remains a classic of 19th century literature. This novel was one of the finest of its time and what made it all the more incredible was that it was written by a woman. Charlotte Bronte and her sisters, the Brontes, were British women who grew up in Yorkshire, the English countryside. To kill time when they were bored in the domestic and boarding-school ambiance, they wrote great works of literature. It's a must read for young women, but also for men and young males (preferably in the high school or college level) Jane Eyre is ultimately a literary novel and only a literary-minded intellectual can truly enjoy it for the masterpiece that it is. It ranks among the greatest works of English fiction, taking its place with the other male greats- Shakespeare and Charles Dickens. Curl up, warm up some tea or coffee, put on some mood music and read this incredibly engaging book. In this edition, we get commentary and preface by noted scholars. Jane Eyre has been scrutinized time and again. It is understood by many that the heroine Jane is Charlotte Bronte herself. It's partially autobiographical in some portions- Charlotte Bronte did grow up in lowly conditions and was in boarding school that was cold and freezing. Charlotte did love a married man who was older than her, though nothing came of it of course. Jane Eyre, a feisty, spirited young orphan, is taken away from her home where her wicked aunt and cousins mistreat her. She is taken to a boarding school for girls until she comes of age. She lands a job as a governess for the eccentric and mysterious Mr. Rochester, who is hardly ever at home and takes care of his daughter Adele, teaching her to read and write, etc. But the mystery surrounding Mr. Rochester's past becomes a present reality in Jane Eyre's own life. Furthermore, Mr. Rochester and Jane Eyre fall in love. A novel that is inspired by Gothic fiction, it is strewn with Gothic, supernatural and suspenseful atmosphere and symbolism. The tree that is struck by lightning is a warning for Jane Eyre to leave Mr. Rochester's mansion, the strange cries in the attic later turn out to be Mr. Rochester's first wife, the crazed Bertha. A fire destroys the mansion and Mr. Rochester ends up diabled and blind. Bittersweet though the ending is, Jane Eyre and the blind Mr. Rochester marry and live happily, after much water under the bridge. This novel is a long read and should take up at least a whole summer, but it's very worth reading. It's a classic. Time and again, it will appear on the list of reading material for high school and college courses. And a bit of advice- dont' just read it to pass a class, get into the story. You will score even more points.
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Summary: Don't read it if you don't have to.
Review: I had to read this when I was a Junior in high school. It was the worst book I have ever read. It was long and boring. The aurthor took about 3 sentences to explain something that could have been done in one sentence. I feel bad for the kids who have to read this. Good luck and find the clif notes!
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Summary: THE BEST BOOK IN THE WORLD!!!
Review: The day after I watched the 1983 BBC Version of Jane Eyre on video, I went to the library and borrowed the book. Wow! It was just amazing. The characters completely come to life, and you can find yourself in the determined Jane or mysterious Rochester. Now, besides the book, I have 4 movie versions, the musical soundtrack, the script of the musical, the 1936 play by Helen Jerome, A Modern Retelling of Jane Eyre, the cassette recording of the novel, and a cassette recording of a child's book of Jane Eyre. I know, I'm obsessed, but really, it's such a good story!!! You've got to read it!
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Summary: timeless classic
Review: i've read jane eyre many times and it only gets better with each reading-up there on the list of greatest books of all time, beautifully written.
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