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This book has been on my bookshelf for as long as I can remember. It is actually one of my comfort reads. I’ve re-read it several times through the years and it remains an all-time favorite. I LOVE it. 5 BIG stars of course (I'd give it more if I could).
Jane is an orphan, the only family she knows doesn’t want her and when she’s only 10 years old, her aunt sends her to live at Lowood school, out casting her from her own family. The school provides her with a good education, but is a cold and cru ...more
Jane is an orphan, the only family she knows doesn’t want her and when she’s only 10 years old, her aunt sends her to live at Lowood school, out casting her from her own family. The school provides her with a good education, but is a cold and cru ...more
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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
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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
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
favorite book of all time.
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