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Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë

Start date: October 1, 2024

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Jan 24, 2021 Mallaree rated it really liked it

Audiobook

What a long audiobook this was. It was dark, full of sadness and loneliness. Jane quickly became one of my favorite classic characters, she’s opinionated when women should not have been.

There were parts that I thought to myself “wait, what is happening right now?” but then I just kept listening and I think the pieces fell into place. This really makes me feel like I need to revisit Wuthering Heights and give it another chance. What’s your favorite Bronte book?

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May 17, 2010 Michelle rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Loved it. I read this as a teen and remember liking it. I was curious as to whether I would feel the same. I think I liked it more. I certainly appreciated Jane's character more. She was passionate but that didn't overrule her moral character or her good sense. She loved people but saw them as they actually were. Also she was strong. What a refreshing character. I wish more women characters were like her in books today. How was Bronte so far ahead of her time? And why are we so often backward th ...more

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Aug 29, 2015 Nico rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Troppo lento all'inizio, troppo rapido alla fine
Questo titolo per dire che il romanzo della Bronte mi ha sempre fatto questa impressione, sin dalla prima volta che lo lessi. All'inizio mi sembra un mattone insuperabile e poi, quando finalmente Jane si mette in moto, diventa un susseguirsi di cose velocissime ed ecco la fine, bam, un fulmine a ciel sereno, mentre io volevo ancora leggere dei luoghi che Jane descrive così bene e soprattutto delle sue vicissitudi.
Lasciatemi però dire che Jane è tr ...more

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Mar 24, 2019 Jayesh Naithani rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

An Unforgettable Romance.

The autobiography of Jane Eyre, who was orphaned as an infant and for a time becomes the governess at Thornfield Hall where she falls in love with her employer Edward Fairfax Rochester.

Written by English writer Charlotte Bronte, but first published under the male pseudonym Currer Bell. Her publishers did not know Bell was really a woman until 1848, a year after the book was published.

A classic of English literature and a must read for every one of it's 172 years. ...more

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