a reading log by L.
What made you pick this particular book?
I had read about the book a few times, and I really liked Wuthering Heights, which was written by Charlotte Bronte’s sister Emily. It was quite difficult to read, but in the end I was happy I had read it. Lines from the book are often quoted in movies, and you feel very intelligent if you know the book as well. So I was hoping that it might be the same with Jane Eyre.
Give a brief summary of the book.
Jane Eyre is an English orphan girl who grows up at first with her rich cousins and later at Lowood school. Jane escapes to become a governess at Mr Rochester’s house. They fall in love, but when Jane discovers his secret, she runs away.You can’t really say much more (without writing spoilers), although the book is only half finished at this stage.
Was it good?
I liked the book very much. You get to know Jane really well because you read about her growing up, falling in love, being disappointed and so on. Charlotte Bronte has a way of writing about everything so vividly that you can imagine the time Jane lives in and the people she meets very well.
Who would you recommend this book to?
Certainly to girls. I am not too sure about boys liking it, but actually, it’s a great and very dramatic life- and love-story.
[...] Was it good? The Catcher in the Rye is very easy to read and you get into it really quickly, but after a while Holden annoyed me a lot. His language is very colloquial and he is not likeable, nor is he polite to anybody. I prefer a nice main character who you care for [...]
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Salon Magazine has an interesting article about a grown man reading Jane Eyre for the first time (against the backdrop of his teenage daughter’s watching “Sex and the City”). You have to bear with an advertisement first, but wait a minute, then press “Enter Salon”:
http://dir.salon.com/story/books/review/2005/06/19/bronte/index.html
Comment by mrs. h. — February 3, 2008 @ 3:34 pm |
Yes maybe Rochester isn’t attractive & maybe Jnae is somehow miserable & the horrible end of Rochester to get blind, still I see that Ms Bronte showed us a clear real picture of life. Not a heroic picture but a true life that most can be living nowadays.
The depression of feelings, the conflict of Mr. Rochester’s desires between a sad marriage & a desired happy future.
Jane’s delicate & wise feelings … the same fight inside any girl in her situation, maybe not as a governess but as a lady who is not so beautiful but has very true sincere principles.
Very rich vocabulary that has all the minute details that leads us to see the seen.
Jane is a strong resisting character facing her life with much hope & faith.
Thank u Bronte..
Comment by Nermine — August 25, 2009 @ 1:04 pm |