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Jul 10, 2007
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I first read this in high school, and read it several times. I hadn't picked it up in years, though, since it's a long and somewhat heavy read. Thank God for audiobooks. My husband and I have been listening to this. I don't think I realized back then how heavy some of the writing is, overly explanatory, descriptive, etc. The characters are still compelling, though, perhaps more so as I understand it with a more adult viewpoint. I can grasp now some of the finer cultural and psychological points,
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This was THE BOOK for me. I had spent a pre-university education reading (and sometimes not reading) classics because they were required. Finally, in my senior year, we were invited to choose a great work of literature as our big project in AP English. I chose Jane because its an awesome name to have.
Reading it was the first time I've ever really loved a work of classic literature. Jane and Helen, Jane and Rochester, Jane and God, Jane and Herself. These were all relationships that were powerful ...more
Reading it was the first time I've ever really loved a work of classic literature. Jane and Helen, Jane and Rochester, Jane and God, Jane and Herself. These were all relationships that were powerful ...more
It took a pretty cover and a dinner party with friends to make me return to and finish this classic. (I know I faked my way through it in high school or college at some point.)
Love it. If you did too, try Wide Sargasso Sea.
Sep 05, 2007
Nicole
marked it as to-read
Apr 01, 2008
Melanie
marked it as to-read
