Jane Eyre (Penguin Popular Classics)
by Charlotte Bronte | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0140620117 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0140620117 Global Overview for this book
Registered by laura0141 of Glasgow, Scotland United Kingdom on 1/1/2007
This book is in a Controlled Release!
This book is in a Controlled Release!
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The Back of the Book
Jane Eyre is one of the great romantic heroines of world literature.
Orphaned into cold charity at the hands of her rich cousins and, later, at Lowood School, Jane escapes to take up a position as governess to the young ward of Mr Rochester. Their love affair, Jane's discovery of Rochester's secret - hideously concealed in the attick of Thornfield Hall - and her desperate flight are told in a drama of passionate intensity whose pace never slackens.
Jane Eyere is a love story with a happy ending, rare in its time for its sympathetic portrayal of the love of a married man for another woman. It is, as Thackeray said, 'The masterwork of a great genius'.
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Jane Eyre is one of the great romantic heroines of world literature.
Orphaned into cold charity at the hands of her rich cousins and, later, at Lowood School, Jane escapes to take up a position as governess to the young ward of Mr Rochester. Their love affair, Jane's discovery of Rochester's secret - hideously concealed in the attick of Thornfield Hall - and her desperate flight are told in a drama of passionate intensity whose pace never slackens.
Jane Eyere is a love story with a happy ending, rare in its time for its sympathetic portrayal of the love of a married man for another woman. It is, as Thackeray said, 'The masterwork of a great genius'.
Offered as BookRing.
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Received today, thanks a lot! Will get to it in a week or two...
From Amazon:"Charlotte Brontë’s impassioned novel is the love story of Jane Eyre,a plain yet spirited governess, and her employer, the arrogant,brooding Mr. Rochester. Published in 1847 under the pseudonym Currer Bell, the book heralded a new kind of heroine—one whose virtuous integrity, keen intellect, and tireless perseverance broke through class barriers to win equal stature with the man she loved.
I expected to be bored. Classics usually do that to me. Especially, when I know the story already quite well. But this I liked quite a lot. I did a little skimming in the beginning and occasionally throughout the book, when it got a little too slow for my taste. Jane feels relatively modern and the language, although necessarily old-fashioned, wasn't too stilted. I could have done without the episode with St John. That part of the book felt like a filler to me and I don't remember seeing it in any of the various TV adaptations I have watched over the years.
I was sobbing through the last chapter and bought the book for my mum as well. Can't wait to hear how she liked it.
Finally going out by snail mail tomorrow. Sorry for the delay, RL took over! Thanks again for sharing, I enjoyed it.
Received with many thanks.
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Will be released to a charity shop.
Will be released to a charity shop.
