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What makes Jane Eyre so intriguing is the era in which it was written. I would say it is the precursor to the Gothic Romance novels. One of the first books I read as a youth teen. It was so good.
Julianne wrote: "This was much easier for me to read than Pride and Prejudice. I feel like more actually happened in this story (much more suspenseful) than Austin's books.Enjoy everyone! I just read this for THE..."
Julianne, that's a great point, but Austen's stories are also meant to be largely character driven.
Oh, I need to re-read Jane Eyre soon. I really enjoyed it the first time around and it's been calling to me lately.
I loved Jane Eyre as a child, but Wide Sargasso Sea is a much more adult book. I once stayed in the house that Jean Rhys grew up. It was a very grand house that had been converted into a guest house in Roseau, Dominica. I don't know if it still exists.
Jane Eyre is my favourite book of all. I have read it at least 4 times over the years (I read it for the first time when I was a tenager), have watched all the TV/Movie adaptations (that I know of) and have listened to the audio book as well!
I have had this on my bookcase at home for ages.
After reading this thread and since I want to do another classic this summer......this might be my next read.
Hey!! Just going through past threads and I just wanted to say: I LOVE JANE EYRE. I've read it a couple times. I can totally relate to Jane's character and seriously Rochester is sooooo intriguing!!
Yeah, I looked up the connection between Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea when I read JE for the first time and it spoiled the surprise for me. Don't look into WSS until you've finished JE.
I'm up to chapter 18 now (reading a translation so the page # are different). I actually do not know the story because I never saw a movie adaptation.
I haven't read a classic pretty much since I graduated from school. I should have read this one long ago. I really like it so far!
I'm looking forward to reading that one too. I saw the BBC adaptation last year or so which was good.
I personally love Jane Eyre, but when my son was a senior in high school, he preferred a related novel, Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys. I won't say anymore because it will spoil Jane Eyre.
I'm on to this now, didn't expect to move on so quickly by EL&IC was so good I raced through it. I'm glad I left JE to be second though as it'll probably take me a bit longer.
It's like trying to force feed good food to kids.
I enjoyed some of the reads forced upon me in school, but it usually was not the same as the books I chose. I imagine that sometimes we can enjoy them more from a perspective later in life.
Ooops, I didn't mean to sound sexist - I meant boys really not guys. Most of the male population in my school were still obsessed with appearing macho...
No book is that fun to read in school. They always manage to ruin a perfectly good book.
I'm guessing that most literate guys can like this book. It is probably not so easy if forced upon them in high school, though.
I guess it isn't really a book for guys.For A-Levels I had to do The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks (ew) and Dracula (BORING) and Frankenstein (blah). I wish we had done Jane Eyre instead of them trying to be cool and giving us horror.
My son has to do Jane Eyre for A-levels. We have the dvd (I forget whose in it) but its deadly boring and I am sorry for him. Its just not his kind of book. It was mine though, when I was little I loved it especially the Lowood school scenes.
I've seen the William Hurt version (who cast him as Rochester?) and the Orson Wells version (much better) but never the Timothy Dalton or the 2006 version.
I read this for the first time in February-can't believe it waited this long!
This was much easier for me to read than Pride and Prejudice. I feel like more actually happened in this story (much more suspenseful) than Austin's books.Enjoy everyone! I just read this for THE FIRST TIME in September
The new one was pretty good though I though the guy who played Rochester (Toby Something?) was a little bit too young.
I've only seen the 2006 version but I'd love to see the other version as well. I love the one that I sawI read this in October and loved it very much. It'll be fun to discuss this as well with everyone else :) It's still fresh in my memory
I just started yesterday....It's probably will take me awhile because it takes me awhile with this style of writing....
i really really need to read this. It's been on my list of must read books..so i should probably just do it now so I can discuss it with everyone else!
Has anyone seen the BBC TV series with wotsit from James Bond as Rochester? I love that version, out of all the ones I've seen.Timothy Dalton, that's the one -the 1983 version. I really must get that on DVD... I have never read the book but obviously know the storyline.
Well, I did start reading it as a kid and got up to when she was in school and about to leave but I probably got a bit bored. I was only ten or something.
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