Jane Eyre - Summary and Photos

[Mary]

Starting on November 1, 2013 and ending on November 30, 2013

[Glenna]

I am glad this book is our November read. I have been wanting to read this one for quite awhile.

[Carol]

Which is your favorite Jane Eyre book to read this month?



Jane Eyre, a bildungsroman, is a genre of the novel which focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood. Change is thus extremely important. The birth of the Bildungsroman is normally dated in Germany, with the publication of Goethe’s The Apprenticeship of Wilhelm Meister in 1795-96.

The genre evolved from folklore tales of a dunce or youngest son going out in the world to seek his fortune. Usually in the beginning of the story there is an emotional loss which makes the protagonist leave on his journey. The goal is maturity, and the protagonist achieves it gradually and with difficulty. The genre often features a main conflict between the main character and society. Typically, the values of society are gradually accepted by the protagonist and he is ultimately accepted into society – the protagonist's mistakes and disappointments are over. In some works, the protagonist is able to reach out and help others after having achieved maturity.(http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmv...)



ABOUT CHARLOTTE BRONTË

Marked by grief, obscurity, and determination, Charlotte Brontë's life closely resembles that of her most famous heroine. Left motherless at an early age, Charlotte, her brother, and her four sisters were raised in the Yorkshire village of Haworth, where their father was curate. Charlotte's two older sisters died of illnesses contracted at the Cowan Bridge boarding school, which Charlotte also attended and which she used as the basis for Lowood in Jane Eyre . At nine, she became the eldest of the four surviving siblings. Charlotte, Emily, and Anne, along with their brother, Branwell, read voraciously and created an elaborate fantasy world. The four wrote prolifically, in preparation for the later literary efforts of the three sisters. Charlotte attended school, worked for a time as a teacher, and had a brief career as a governess. In 1842, she and Emily went to Brussels to study languages. Charlotte's teacher there was the charismatic M. Heger, a married man with whom she fell in love. Her emotionally fraught, though celibate, relationship with him served as the basis for her first novel, The Professor . Written in 1846, it was not published until after her death.

In 1845, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne published Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. Though it sold virtually no copies, the sisters continued to write under these male pseudonyms, and, in 1847, Charlotte published Jane Eyre , which was a resounding popular success. Both Branwell and Emily died in 1848, with Anne following the next year. Charlotte went on to publish Shirley (1849) and Villette (1853). In 1854, she married Arthur Bell Nicholls, her father's curate, but soon died during pregnancy. http://www.us.penguingroup.com/static...


If you don't have a book, then check out the online book (38 chapters) -- http://www.bronte.netfury.co.uk/jane-...

Enjoy!

[Carol]

fyi -- I'm a big fan of Jane Eyre, I have read it many, many times and have also memorized quotes that I loved. My favorite edition is one that you may have seen in a movie called "Definitely, Maybe" where Ryan Reynolds goes looking in every book shop for April to get the Fritz Eichenberg edition her dad gave to her as a little girl.

It was published in 1943, along with Wuthering Heights as part of 2 piece set. Eichenberg was an exceptional wood cut engraver and also illustrated books for Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy and Poe. (I also have a well worn-out "Modern Library" paperback with many sentences underlined.)


My favorite Jane Eyre.
Both covers are on this page -- http://andrealolsen.wordpress.com
http://myvintagebookcollectioninblogf...
Eichenberg -- http://yvettecandraw.blogspot.com/201...

http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits...

http://madwifeintheattic.files.wordpr...
beginning of book Jane reading by window

all woodcuts -- http://janeeyreillustrated.com/eichen...

[Brenda ╰☆╮]

I love extras.
:)
You can find out a lot if interesting things.

I share Charlotte Bronte's birthday.

Hehheh...not the year.
April 21st.
And grew up in a "Yorkshire", only here in America.

[Carol]

Having the same birthdate-- like that!
Do you live Yorkshire, Ohio?

[Brenda ╰☆╮]

No....actually it's a development in De. :)
It was just humorous to me.

[Brenda ╰☆╮]

BTW ....
Jane Eyre is available for $0.00 on kindle.

[Terry ~ Huntress of Erudition]

Carol wrote: "Which is your favorite
Jane Eyre
book to read this month?


Jane Eyre,
a bildungsroman, is a genre of the novel which focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from yo..."

Thanks for the visuals and background info Carol!

[Glenna]

I just picked my copy up today and can't wait to get started.

[Michelle]

It's fun to reread this again after years.

[Mathis]

Will the discussion take place in this forum? Just wondering.


I have been waiting to read this book for the longest and I'm so elated this has been chosen for the month's pick.

I already have my copy, which I will start today!

[Mary]

Seems like we are getting a lot of action on Jane Eyre. I know that I am enjoying it much more than the first time I read it. I missed some parts because of other things to do.

Mary

[Martha]

I saw one of my friends write a comment in your Group and saw you are reading Jane Eyre- I just joined! I picked this up late October so I'd love to read along with you all!

[Terry ~ Huntress of Erudition]

Welcome Martha - the more, the merrier!

[Terry ~ Huntress of Erudition]

Mathis wrote: "Will the discussion take place in this forum? Just wondering.


I have been waiting to read this book for the longest and I'm so elated this has been chosen for the month's pick.

I already have m..."

Please post your comments as you read in the separate folder created by Glenna. I think it is more orderly that way. (I was trying to make a separate folder for Jane Eyre yesterday, but it wouldn't let me for some reason)