Jane Eyre

by Ann Ward (Retold by), Charlotte Brontë, Andy Hopkins (Editor)

Jane Eyre is a poor young teacher who goes to work for the rich Mr Rochester. She loves him and wants to marry him. He loves Jane too but he has a terrible secret which will bring them both great sadness. Jane Eyre is widely regarded as one of the finest novels in the English language. A powerful, timeless tale of love, written in 1847.

Genres: Classics

39 pages, Paperback

Published February 23, 2000

About the author

1941-

Reviews

[Verisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

I hear the audiobook of this. And I have to say that I very proud of my English level, was very easy to follow. Even that I know the Jane Eyre history, penguin can capture the essence of the book.

[buecherimregal · Rating 4 out of 5]

In dieser Kurzfassung von Jane Eyre soll der Leser an die umfassende Geschichte der gleichnamigen Protagonistin herangeführt werden. Da ich mich selbst öfter mit Klassikern der Englischen viktorianischen Literatur etwas schwer tue, war diese Ausgabe ideal für mich, um einen kleinen Einblick in die Originalfassung zu erlangen.
Ich konnte das Buch an einem Stück durchlesen und es ist in so leichter Sprache aktualisiert und dem Original angeglichen worden, dass ich wirklich alles verstehen konnte.
Die Geschichte selbst handelt vom Leben der hübschen Jane Eyre, die zunächst als Waise von ihrer schrecklichen Tante großgezogen wird und in ihrer Jugend-/Erwachsenenphase als Lehrerin bei einem wohlhabenden Mann Mr. Rochester unterkommt, für den sie nach kurzer Zeit schon Gefühle entwickelt. Die Story beinhaltet typischerweise für diese Epoche Dramen und löst ein Gefühlschaos aus. Mir hat die Ausgabe sehr gefallen, weshalb ich mich in Zukunft an die Originalfassung trauen würde.

[Mayu Onda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Penguin Readers, level 3
Time: 11/2 - 100 minutes
7 words summary: poor - girl - school - teacher - marry - mad - happy
Discussion Question:
Q1:If you love someone who also love you but he still married someone, what do you want to do after you know that?
I never meet him again even if I really love him. I want to go away and travel somewhere. I try to forget all memories.
Q2:If your lover become the deaf, what can you do for him?
I try to help him as far as I can. Maybe, he is disappointed himself.
So I want to cheer for him and spend special time with him :)

I really like the book. Main character was facing a difficulty several times. but she alway don't give up even if she lost her lover, money and food. Finally, she could meet her lover again and they are happy toghter. the story made me very happy :)

[sparrowcrazy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I got through the first half of Jane Eyre with moderate interest, it was good but not enough to capture my full interest. About half through though I was stuck. I spent one and a half day glued to the pages.

Now it's over and I'm sad.. amazingly it turned out to be one of those "why does it have to end" books.

It's a great story, although a bit dark and depressing at time (as seems to be the cutom with Bronte books). Still a lot more cheerfull than Wuthering Heights (not to mention a lot easier to undertand).

I'm still all excited from the book.. I'm seriosuly considering reading it all over again. For now though I'm gonna rumage through the screen versions.

I highly recommend this book! =)

[Misaki Arafuka · Rating 3 out of 5]

-Level
Penguin readers 3 

-Time
80min

-7words
poor/teacher/love/rich/fire/away/marry

-Question
1) The rich man tried to hide his secret from a woman who he wanted to marry with. If you were him, do you tell him a secret which you don't want him know?
- I will probably say it because I don't want to cheat him.

2) The main character had been poor, but after her aunt died, she became rich. What do you want to do if you were rich?
- I want to travel many countries and feel the differences between Japan and other countries! also,I don't want to be arrogant. If I have enough money, I want to donate money to poor countries.


This book was easy to read! I want to read level 4 if I have a enough time to read, so I will look for an interesting book through book reads!!

[Sena Honda · Rating 5 out of 5]

1 Penguin Readers level 3
Time: 1/4 80min 1/5 90min
2 girl. poor. school.teacher.sadness. marry happy
3 When Helen Burns was dying, i was very impressed. Helen Burns is the friend that jane Eyre did with for the first time. It was very sad, but she tried to do for herself. I thought she was very strong girl.
4 I knew her sister's name before i read this book. It was Emilly Bronte. I read hers book before. When i read this book, i thought it was similer to her sister's book. It was very interested for me. I am going to read books that this sister wrote.

[Usama · Rating 3 out of 5]

Book rating: 4
Penguin rating: 2

[Vika · Rating 5 out of 5]

Level 3, pre-intermediate, 1050 words.
I like story about Jane Eyere. I read it again and again. Love between Jane and Rochestr is so strong and happy end is so splending...

[Ahmed · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked this book because that's book explain about stability in the life.

[Alessandra Sanguinetti · Rating 4 out of 5]

Una lectura rápida pero muy linda 🥰