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Jane Eyre
written by Charlotte Brontë
Studio : Adamant Media Corporation
by Adamant Media Corporation
Release Date : 1999-12-16
Publisher : Adamant Media Corporation
Released : 1950-05-31
Availability : This Item is currently Not Available
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 906 reviews)
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HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.' Bronte's infamous Gothic novel tells the story of orphan Jane, a child of unfortunate circumstances. Raised and treated badly by her aunt and cousins and eventually sent away to a cruel boarding school, it is not until Jane becomes a governess at Thornfield that she finds happiness. Meek, measured, but determined, Jane soon falls in love with her brooding and stormy master, Mr Rochester, but it is not long before strange and unnerving events occur in the house and Jane is forced to leave Thornfield to pursue her future. |
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Jane Eyre |
***possible spoilers***
If there is one thing I love in a book it's a feisty heroine and the title character, Jane Eyre is definitely that. We are introduced to Jane as a child when she is put into the care of an uncle after the untimely death of her parents. Unfortunately the uncle also dies, extracting a deathbed promise from his wife, Mrs. Reed, to raise Jane and treat her as one of her own, a promise she fails to deliver on. Mrs. Reed treats her spoiled children Georgiana, Eliza, and John like royalty while treating Jane worse than the hired help. Mrs. Reed is finally given her opportunity to rid herself of Jane when after a particular bought of cruelty in which Jane falls ill, the man treating her sees her potential and suggests she be sent to school.
Jane is sent to Lowood School- an institution big on learning and discipline and not much else, including the health of the girls. Jane spends eight years at the institution-six as a student and two as a teacher before deciding she needed a change. She advertises for a position as a Governess and is answered by one Mrs. Fairfax who hires her to come to Thornfield Hall as Governess for young Adele, ward of the oft absent master of the house, Mr. Rochester. Jane settles into her new home and meets her employer quite by accident when assists him after a fall from his horse. At first Jane sees little of her brilliant but temperamental employer but slowly they are drawn together. Jane begins to develop feelings for Mr. Rochester but becomes confused when he starts paying attention to the beautiful but haughty Blanche Ingram who treats Jane with contempt because of her position. Meanwhile strange incidents keep happening. Someone attempts to set fire to Mr. Rochester's bed and a stabbing of a houseguest occurs. Jane suspects Grace Poole, a servant of the household, and cannot fathom why Mr. Rochester keeps her around.
The dismayed Governess soon wishes to leave Thornfield Hall if it means having to put up with Blanche. Her wish is granted in the form of a summons by her long lost aunt Mrs. Reed. Mrs. Reed is now on her deathbed and wishes Jane to come with all haste so that she may speak with her before she passes. Jane returns to the place of her horrid childhood to find the same old hate filled Mrs. Reed who is sometimes lucid and sometimes not. An entire month goes by before Mrs. Reed finally passes on but not before giving Jane a letter telling Jane she has a living Eyre relative that wished to find her. Jane returns to Thornfield Hall and finds Mr. Rochester there. After an impassioned discussion between the two, Jane tells her boss of her feelings for him and that she will not be happy at the new job he found her in Ireland as it would be too far away from him. He too confesses he loves her and could never marry Ms. Ingram as she only wanted his money. He asks Jane to marry him and she agrees.
Shortly after another strange incident occurs as Jane finds an intruder in her room in the middle of the night. Finally the wedding day arrives. The couple arrives at the church and start the ceremony only to have it interrupted by an objection. It appears Mr. Rochester has a shady past and a secret that prevents him from marrying Jane. He pleads with her to stay but Jane's strict moral code will not allow her to overlook his past. Penniless she pleads Thornfield Hall and winds up in the small town of Whitcross, nearly starving to death before she is taken in by the Rivers family who nurse her back to health. She finds a position as a school teacher through St. John Rivers and is happy for a time. When an uncle of the Rivers family dies leaving them next to nothing in favor of a mysterious cousin, it is soon revealed is that cousin and is now rich. She splits the money with the Rivers family and yearns to find out the fate of Mr. Rochester after her flight from Thornfield. After several unanswered letters she decides to travel there only to find the place burned down. She tracks Mr. Rochester down after learning he suffered an accident which left him crippled. She also learns that the problems from his past are resolved and the two find their happy ending.
I liked many things about this book, namely that Jane was not rich or beautiful but she was smart, principled, and had spunk- all of which served her well. I also loved that Mr. Rochester was described as not at all handsome and was a very complex brooding character and not your normal love interest. The mystery of Mr. Rochester's past which I tried not to give away here, kept the story lively and with the bend the story took with Jane's flight from Thornfield you weren't quite sure if Jane and Mr. Rochester would end up together especially after another potential future was introduced for Jane.
A few things irked me about the novel though. My biggest question was if Mr. Rochester had such affection for Jane even if no one knew about it at that point, why would he let Ms. Ingram treat her so poorly and why did he act like he adored Ms. Ingram so much if she was such a haughty, nasty character? Also I may just not be remembering the story correctly, but I'm wondering why didn't Jane seek the long lost relative on her own instead of finding him by chance through his connection with the Rivers? Other than that I liked the story even if it took me forever to read it (small print = slow reading). |
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My order got to me very quickly and in better condition than I was expecting. |
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Wonderful, amazing book |
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Jane Eyre is quite possibly my favorite book ever. And maybe also the best. Of course I've thought each of those things about other books, but very rarely both about the same book. I love this book without any reservations and think it is incomparable. I can't imagine any kind of person who wouldn't enjoy Jane Eyre. Read it. |
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Woman of Great Importance |
Jane Eyre is a masterpiece.
I thoroughly enjoyed it. The protagonist, Jane, is narrating her biography, and the chronicle commences when she was ten years old, growing up with her cruel aunt and equally cruel cousins, who make her childhood miserable. She could hardly wait to get out of their grip to a school for orphanages, run by a saintly woman. There she befriends a girl, Amy, a noble and true friend, dying of consumption. Jane thrives in the school, later becoming a teacher for two years.
But the real drama unfolds when she gets a job as a tutor for a young girl, Adel, a protege of Mr. Rochester, a wealthy bachelor. They fall in love and Mr. Rochester proposes marriage. But he forgets to tell Jane a minor point that he was already married to a insane woman, locked up in the same manor! Jane bolts home and a new adventure unfolds, meets her long lost cousins, finds enormous fortune and dodges her cousin's advances to marry and go on to India to preach! She wants none of this austere life. She misses her love and returns to her old digs but to her great dismay, discovers that the old house is burned to the ground and Mr. Rochester who is now blind, has left town. She runs to find him.
It is a great story, nicely woven with unforgettable characters. The prose is eloquent and flows like well honed poetry. She was a century or so ahead of her time when it came to Women's rights and their place in the society. It is hard to believe that author of this classic novel was a unmarried young woman, who had a sister, who penned "Wuthereing Heights", another tour de force. Only annoying aspect of the book was the religious righteousness, however, that was de rigueur during Victorian era.
It is a MUST read. |
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Incomparable. |
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This book is a sublime, indeed divine, work of art. To my mind, Charlotte Bronte is second only to Joan of Arc as the greatest heroine ever to walk the Earth. |
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