Rating: 
Summary: The greatest novel of the 1840s
Review: Alright, joint greatest with Wuthering Heights. This novel for all its faults (journalistic style, over reliance on coincidence, a certain Byronic vulgarity to Rochester) simply transcends other English fiction of its time. Charlotte Bronte magics Jane Eyre into existence, the reader inhabits her consciousness. The book's first readers had never read anything like it: you can see why. It is has been continuously in print for over one hundred and fifty years and is a classic in the truest sense of the term. Fie on those who gave it one star!
Rating: 
Summary: my review
Review: I love the story of Jane Eyre. I've seen several versions of the movie, but I never read it. So, I bought the book and started reading. After five minutes, I was forced to go to the dictionary. After another five, to the dictionary again! I know she is from a different time, but goodness. I never had this trouble from Jane Austen. I took two stars away for that and for the long drawn out descriptions and conversations. I had to force myself through the book in order to get to the story, which as great as it is..is hardly worth the headaches if your vocabulary is not up to par.
Rating:
Summary: Excellent novel worth reading
Review: Mixed with Charlotte Bronte's eloquence is a character you actually feel when you read this book. The descriptive characteristics of Jane's surroundings make it easy to imagine what Bronte is trying to portray. Her writing is a work of art in itself. I have read this book over and over again and would highly recommend it to others who want a story about love, fear, pride, hope, sadness, and experiencing life all rolled into one.
Rating: 
Summary: Dry dissertation of romantic drivel
Review: Although I hate to douse such a highly acclaimed story with a lowly single star rating, I can say with certainty that "Jane Eyre" was by far the worst novel I have ever read. I can see how followers of Romantic love stories would find this legnthy tome a lovely and engaging read. However when it is forced down the throats of unwilling English students, Bronte's ultra-quixotic plot, and seemingly incessant need to detail the most superficial minutia only add to the painful legnth of the novel. By page 400, I had become so tired of Jane's apathetic nature, I was indifferent to the outcome, so long as it came swiftly.
Rating:
Summary: Exciting Gothic story
Review: When it was first published, people lauded its creation, but after discovering that Currer Bell was actually a woman, Charlotte Bronte, they were horrified with the passion with which she wrote. Oh, what passion! It tells the story of Jane Eyre, an orphan who goes to become a governess and falls in love with her employer, Mr. Rochester. Bronte doesn't idealize their love, for Jane is plain, and Mr. Rochester, is not found handsome either. "Jane Eyre" has mystery, romance, and adventure, the perfect kind of story. This is my favorite book.
Rating:
Summary: Jane Eyre
Review: Jane Eyre is an 18th Century classic that has continued to be published and sought after for over 150 years. The story is an extraordinary one. Jane Eyre is gripping in its intensity and the plot continues to keep the reader guessing until almost the last page. Rarely has a story contained such a diverse content. There is cruelty, romance, gothic undertones, joy, sadness and the torment of unrequited love. Here you will find human emotions in their extremes. It's a fantastic story! The 18th Century dialect may be troublesome if your not used to it, so keep the dictionary to hand and enjoy!
Rating:
Summary: Exciting and enjoyable
Review: I read this book a couple of months ago and really enjoyed it. It is about a girl who is adopted by her evil aunt and is sent away to boarding school, there she becomes a teacher. Later she becomes a governess and falls in love with her employer. I won't say what happens next- it will spoil the suprise. all I can say is I thoroughly enjoyed it. Although in some places I found the language difficult to understand. Don't let me put you off.
Rating:
Summary: CANONIZATION AND ITS EFFECTS
Review: About a year ago, my book group read, "Wide Sargasso Sea," Jean Rhys' 'pre-quel' to "Jane Eyre." In book group, we are frequently forced to give notice to the fact that a book varies with the age of the reader and that there are childhood books that belong to childhood while there are other books that grow with you throughout your life. With that in mind, I thought it would be fun to REread Jane Eyre. About half way through the book, I realized that I had never read it before: this was my first read! Interestingly, the woman who led the discussion on Wide Sargasso Sea had the identical experience. So did another. We decided that it was more than the movie in which the still only babyfat Orson Welles wished himself to be the romantic hero: Jane Eyre was so much a part of Western Culture that without actually having read the book, we knew it. Charlotte Bronte, writing at the very beginning of the 19th century, was a much better writer than many who followed her. George Sand's writing is more pretentious and more closely tied to the 18th century. While "Little Women" is a wonderful book to revisit, Louisa May Alcott's potboilers are tiresome. I can not get into Dickens or James Fenimore Cooper. Until you come upon writers who bridge the gap between the 19th and 20th centuries -- Edith Wharton springs to mind -- no one is quite as readable as Charlotte, unless it is one of her sisters. That is not to say that the plot holds up. It is riddled with co-incidence that nearly undermines Bronte's intentions. However, her characters live and have dimension, even if their circumstances do not. So often, the infamous "canon" is criticized as being full of dead white European males. Charlotte is a woman whose work has shaped our thoughts and influenced us for nearly 200 years. I would say that Charlotte Bronte is part of the Western canon.
Rating:
Summary: Positively gripping!
Review: What a wonderful book! I just finished reading Jane Eyre for the first time, and I already know that it will be a book I return to often! I absolutely loved Bronte's writing style...it's a book that grabs your attention from the very first page and holds you there 'til the very end! Not a dull page in the book! I was in awe by the time I reached the last page....what an ending! As they say, "Be still my heart". If you are a fan of Victorian romances, I *definitely* recommend this book to you! Take my word for it, you will be returning to these enchanting pages again and again!
Rating:
Summary: A true classic... Jane Eyre is a role model
Review: I read an abridged version of Jane Eyre when I was 6 years old. I reread it 4-5 times, and finally read the unabridged version when I got to high school and have reread it about 3 times since. Jane Eyre never ceases to amaze and delight me. Having first read the book at such a young and impressionable age, I think Jane Eyre has always been my inspiration. Her courage and spunk are qualities that as a little girl, I most deeply admired and wanted to emulate. It is a wonderful book for young women to read to for its strong willed heroine who nonetheless exhibits all of the compassion and femininity that women must also possess. So much what we teach young women today is, be masculine and ruthless to get ahead in this world. Women should be proud and not afraid to be feminine. That is a power that we possess that men don't.
|
