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Jane Eyre

By Charlotte Brontë

(1395)

| Paperback | 9780140623253

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A classic

Everyone should read this book, which is a great classic novel. There is great characterization, a plot full of twists, a good view of a woman's soul and I guarantee you will not regret reading it. Of course, women will love it more than men.

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AlittaM said on May 28, 2007 | Add your feedback

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Jane Eyre is certainly one of the most famous and most beautiful books of the classic English Literature. I’ve read it in English (and that is why I’m also writing my usual review in English) and I was completely fascinated by it. It took me a while to read it, but it was definitely worth it!
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Jane Eyre is certainly one of the most famous and most beautiful books of the classic English Literature. I’ve read it in English (and that is why I’m also writing my usual review in English) and I was completely fascinated by it. It took me a while to read it, but it was definitely worth it!
This is the story of this girl –Jane Eyre- an orphan who is first raised by her uncle’s family and then in a college, she becomes teacher there but then feels the need to go away and have her own life in the outside world. That’s how she ends up as a governess in Thornfield, a beautiful and ancient house where she meets Mr Edward Rochester, who is the owner.
I won’t say anything more about the plot, because Jane Eyre is a novel that you have to read and discover little by little, just as you discover the characters’ personality. They aren’t clear or easy to understand at first, but then you read what they do, what they think, what they say, and you just fall in love with them.
Jane Eyre is a strong and independent woman, she’s honest, a hard-worker, she is nice and kind. Mr Rochester is just as strong, strange and dark at the beginning, but as you keep on reading you’ll discover he’s charming, fascinating.
Jane Eyre is a weird story, if you consider the historical background of the novel- which is the same of the author, and that’s probably why it is so peculiar, interesting and fascinating.
You definitely must read it!
And… can I say that? I appreciate much much more Charlotte Bronte than her sister, Emily, who wrote Wuthering Heights. Read both of them, and then let me know.

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MoonyBen said on Jul 29, 2010 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

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All right, I hate this novel. And I don't know why I thought it be good when I was a elementary school student. Wuthering Height does deserve more respects than Jane Eyre does. Honestly speaking, wasting my time...

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巴黎街頭藝人 said on Dec 6, 2009 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

il romanzo

che bellezza! come mi sono divertita e appassionata!
certo vivevo nel pregiudizio... Siamo poi così diversi oggi, aldilà dei mutamenti sociali?

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puntifermi said on May 31, 2012 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

Re-reading this book and finding myself swept away by the captivating story just as the very first time! A favorite for sure!

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Nini said on Apr 7, 2012 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

No Film Can Match Jane Eyre, the Book

I had to read it again after seeing the most recent film which was a huge disappointment to me and no match for the BBC version, let alone the book itself. The book is a masterpiece yet a plot like this would not get past the publisher's desk today, co-incidence being such a dirty word in modern sto ... (continue)

I had to read it again after seeing the most recent film which was a huge disappointment to me and no match for the BBC version, let alone the book itself. The book is a masterpiece yet a plot like this would not get past the publisher's desk today, co-incidence being such a dirty word in modern storytelling.

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Tui said on Sep 29, 2011 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback