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Summary: This book is long and boring
Review: Jane Erye is a girl who is adopted by a wealthy and mean step-mother. Soon after the book begins she is sent to a boarding school where most of the teachrs and head masters are mean and she isn't taken care of very well. Once she graduates she is hired as a tutor to a wealthy land owner with much to hide. This book reminds of many other stories I have read. The only difference is Jane Erye is much longer and much more boring.
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Summary: One of the most beautiful love stories I've ever read
Review: I think I like this book for the reasons that make some other people hate it. Jane and Mr. Rochester are not the typical protagonists of this kind of story: Mr. Rochester is not the usual Prince Charming, nor is Jane the usual beautiful princess. He is cold, self-centered and doesn't like children; it is difficult to see at first why she loves him. She is poor, plain and unladylike. A quiet rebel, not a fire-spewing one. She wants Mr. Rochester all right, but under her own terms. All this is narrated with unsurpassed intensity of feeling and beautiful language. The passages in which Jane uses her paintings to reveal her love for Mr. Rochester, are simply exquisite, like when she draws herself as the plain governess that she is, comparing herself with her alleged rival, a gorgeous woman of fashion, or when she draws a portrait of Mr. Rochester in order to have before her "the face of a friend."A few clumsinesses of the plot can be forgiven considering the times in which the novel was written. For example, Jane receiving a big inheritance coming just from nowhere, or Mrs. Rochester being killed all too timely. At Jane's time, the only way a woman of her condition could be independent was to be independently wealthy, and the only way for her to have that kind of money was to inherit it. Also, if she went back to live with Mr. Rochester (as she clearly intends to do), while his first wife was still alive, most probably the novel would have been considered too scandalous for publication. I have read this lovely book I don't know how many times, and I always find it exhilarating and haunting. Being a fan of Jane Eyre doesn't seem to be considered intellectually glamorous these days, but then, I plead guilty to it. I never get tired of this book, and I don't think I ever will.
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Summary: More than romance, perhaps an argument for social welfare?
Review: Jane Eyre, is my hands-down favorite novel. Breathtaking in scope, Charlotte Bronte wrote a novel that is gothically romantic (given the popular style of the day), a commentary on Victorian England social mores, and of forbidden love...breaking the barrier between class. Jane was a feminist, controlling her fate, her life, despite whatever constraints (other people, social, financial) she encountered. Anyone who believes in the dismantling of the welfare state, should read this novel (and Charles Dickens for that matter) to get a better idea of the reality of a world in which "unfortunates" are dependent upon the random kindness and/or charity of others.
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Summary: Too many coincidences but a fun book
Review: It's easy to understand and it starts to get fun when Jane falls in love with Mr. Rochester
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Summary: Possibly the best book I've read and ever will
Review: Jane had to face a tough decision, and she made the decision she thought was right, that makes me love her character even more. Everyone that loves TRUE romance should read this.
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Summary: Jane Eyre was a milestone for English as we know it
Review: A WOMEN'S MASTREPIECE "Dear Reader"- Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre was a milestone for English Literature as we know it. The fact that this captivating novel was written by a 19th century women only enhances it's genius. Charlotte Bronte acted as a trailblazer for all the women authors that would follow her; her unique style of writting and the essence of her characters stimulates the interests of every individual who reads even one line. Jane Eyre is a romantic novel about an innocent girl's voyage through life. The main character,Jane, is a orphan who we are introduced to as she is living in a house full of cruelty. The home belongs to a sour, cold women called Mrs. Reed and her three aggressive children. "He bullied me and punished me ; not two or three times a week, nor once or twice in the day, but continually : every nerve I had feared hom, and every morsel of flesh on my bones shrank when he came near." Mrs. Reed's son John's treatment of jane caused harsh and long-lasting effects. The family's unjustifiable hatred for Jane results in her being sent to a distant school. Lowood is a cold, and gloomy institution for girls. Its routines are militay, its teachings are restrictive, and its conditions are horrible. She attends this school for eight years during which she excels in her studies as well as in sense. Despite the unsettled environment of Lowood, Jane enjoys her time spent there and more importantly cherishes the friendships made there. This is the place where Jane meets her first true friend Helen Burns. It is through helen's example that jane learns to be patient, diligent and expressive. "Her (Helen) soul sat on her lips and language flowed, from what source I cannot tell." After eight years, Jane desires to move on in life. jane is now educated, confident and ready for change. After advertising for a teaching position, Jane accepts an offer to be a governess at Thornfield. Thornfield is a grand, old estate surrounded by the lonely moors of England. Her motive for going to Thornfield is to instruct the vibrant, young pupil Adele. The immense events and heart wrenching romance that she encounters there change her intentions quite dramatically. Jane's relationship wiht the dark and tortured owner of Thornfield, Mr. Rochester, forms the foundation of Jane's womanhood. The most unique aspect of this romance is the heroine's response to love. the majority of romance novels present a similar picture of love's hold on womane. they become increasingly more like the men they love and less like themselves. they grow weaker, more compliant and vulnerable. However, this novel's heroine does not conform but rather defies the expected. Jane discovers her love for another through the discovery of the love for herself. "Women feel just as men feel." It would be pure arrogance and a literary sin if I were to describe what happens within the hidden walls of Thornfield. For this novel's majety lies not only within it's story but in the actual words of Charlotte Bronte. The way she can so vividly depict a scene or how she so clearly desribes love is a wonder. "I looked at my face in the glass, and felt it was no longer plain: there was hope in its aspects, and life in its colour: and my eyes seemed as if they had beheld the front of fruition, and borrowed beams from the lustrous ripple." Charlotte Bronte had the gift of being able to capture emotion and reflect it on paper; making the image more enticing than the subject. i strongly recommend this book to anyone who has a hunger for passion, a thirst for excitement and a desire for intellect. You are not only given complete enjoyment from this novel, but a life lesson as well. This lesson implies that the only thing that matters is that you are true to yourself and to what you love. This is a lesson that you can carry with you on your own journey through life, as Jane Eyre did.
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Summary: Read it on your own to enjoy this treasure
Review: It's sad that many people can't appreciate classics like a good movie recommended by a critic. This is the truest form of Victorian Literature, read it on your own, not because you have to.
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Summary: The book was romantic, but the begining was too slow for me.
Review: I liked the ending of the bok, and the fact that Jane, in the end, finds happiness. The begining was too slow for me though. If you want to know what this book is about, you should read it!!
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Summary: MY FAVORITE BOOK. IT TAKES ME TO A PLACE NO OTHER BOOK CAN
Review: Jane Eyre stands tall and firm as one of my favorite classics of all time. This is Victorian realism to the edge.
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Summary: Liked it a little but didn't love it
Review: When I first picked a book for a school assignment. I had to read it. But when I got further into the book, it turned out to be an ok book to read. I didn't understand Jane's part very well. Why did she fall in love with an realy old man? You will have to read the book to figure this out.
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