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Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë

Finish date: March 11, 2015

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Oct 06, 2011 Jeff Scott rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 1001books, audiobooks

It’s difficult to write a review of Jane Eyre. It’s a classic that has influenced so many works. I thought I had read it in high school or college, but I think I would have remembered more of the lines. Certainly any movie or re-creation doesn’t do it justice as so much of Jane’s inner thoughts are critical to the character development.

I liked to watch the change from the brash young girl. (What happens to naughty children? They go to Hell. How should you avoid this fate? By keeping in good hea ...more

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Feb 17, 2012 Kate rated it really liked it

I roared through about 70% of this book, and then got bogged down. I think there is a definite shifting of gears, and the Jane that's been built up through the story suddenly seems to cease for a while. Confronting a new situation, she behaves in entirely un-Jane-like ways. This lasts for 15% of the book or so, and that was the part that moved slowly for me. Then, when she comes back to herself, I plowed through to the end fairly quickly. Perhaps the losing and finding of herself is part of the ...more

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Mar 07, 2011 Melissa rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: books-i-heard, bronte-for-all

An excellent reader. She was quite good at differentiating the different voices and accents.

It's Jane.....love :) ...more

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Sep 05, 2007 Donna rated it it was amazing

Shelves: read-more-than-once, classic-fiction

Actually I listened to this. I loved it.

Reading this for a second time was such a pleasure. Jane is such a forthright, outspoken girl. You can see her character is already molded in the outburst against her Aunt Reed. How lovely to read the book after you know the "mystery". ...more

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