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Summary: Blossoming of a Plain Faced Female
Review: In the early 1800's of virgin England, an parentless young becomes employed as a governess at Thornfield Hall, a massive and rural estate owned by the quite yet remote Mr. Rochester. JANE EYRE is a love story created by the genius of Charlotte Bronte's imaginative mind. Above all, the story of a woman of passion and intelligence who refuses to be satisfied by her "place" in society, and asserts her identity & position with force, and candid dignity.
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Summary: Worm to Butterfly-the growth of Jane Eyre
Review: Little orphant Jane blossoms into a curvy full formed female. From a disgusting worm into a beautiful original butterfly. Flutters about, searching for a place in life. Bronte has created a beloved novel, full of romance and tragity, not hard like Hardy's romances, or Gustave's Bovary, Jane is shy. Jane will remain shy. Even though she's shy, she is a loud and obsessed lover.
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Summary: A truely inspiring and Creative novella
Review: Jane Eyre is one of the most beloved romance classics of the Victorian era, and that's no surprise at all. This is purely an exciting romance, not tragic like Tess Durbervilles or Edna Pontellier, but equally searching for a place in life.
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Summary: Jane Turns leaves in this sweeping novella
Review: This is purely an exciting romance about a lost orphanted shy humbled female by the name of plain Jane. Jane Eyre's life and past may not be as tragic like Tess Durbervilles or Edna Pontellier, but equally searching for a place in life. Jane Eyre is a turning point for feminist's all over.
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Summary: A TRUE PAGE TURNING CLASSIC
Review: Humbled Jane Eyre(pronounced air) is turned out of her aunt's house after being accused of throwing a gobblet at her master's 16yr old son, then sent to a boarding school for girls. There, Jane remains quiet and shy, though slowing becomes cultured in society and learns to become a governess. She places an add in the daily paper to become a hired governess, and surprisingly recieves a response to watch over a little French girl. When Jane arrives, the master, as usual is gone. The first time she meets him is by a mere accident of his horse being tired. Mr. Rochester invites friends to stay over, including a beautiful and money-searching woman, who appears to catch Rochester's eyes. While this is happening, Jane falls in love with rochester. WHen they reveal their true feelings and plan to marry, at the alter the are refused to become married because of a mad and insane wife Rochester has hidden in one of his cottages.
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Summary: A Complete Woman
Review: James Joyce called Ulysses the only "complete" man in literature; if this is the case, then Jane Eyre may be the only complete woman in literature. For once, here is a woman who is intelligent, independent, vulnerable, wise, naive, cold, passionate, practical and creative all at same time. She is not someone who is easily placed in a nice, neat category and labeled, and those who call her "depressed" really miss the point. Although the language may not be modern the topics that Charlotte Bronte discusses are very relevant. What really surprises me is that so many people feel so threatened by such an "old" book. Why is the theme that you have to follow your own heart rather than the dictates of society so confrontational a subject to some people? It has nothing to do with either sex or gender, just a very human desire for freedom. Maybe some of the book's critics should wait a few years and re-read it when it isn't a required reading. It really is a wonderful book if you approach it with an open mind.
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Summary: Jane Eyre is a muture book of love and heartbreak.
Review: I am a young teen and although I have not lived long I have read some particularly muture books. When I decided to read Jane Eyre I thought it would be like all the others who have the same basic plot with immoral characters that make the same selfish decisions. But, I soon found out that I was wrong. Jane Eyre will awaken your senses and will leave you feeling like you know the characters. Unlike other books Jane Eyre is a book about intelligent decision making and moral. I feel that this book deserves another look at I hope that others will enjoy reading it as much as I do. By Heather Beers
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Summary: A "TRUE" love story
Review: I don't see how anyone can give this book just 1 star. Did they even bother to read this book? Why would JANE EYRE be considered a classic and a bestseller at her time if everyone was as listless and lazy to not pay attention to the details. Jane Eyre is about an orphan girl who is sent away to live in a boarding school after she is accused of throwing a gobblet at her cousin. She becomes a governess, then at 18 gets a job as a governess of a French girl. This is where she meets Mr. Rochester, a wealthy, handsome in his own way, man, who develops a hidden interest in Jane. When he asks her to marry her, Jane finds out he has an insane wife hidden away. She runs away, suffers poverty and hunger for a period, then returns. Finding Rocherster blind and burned. Details are needed in a book to let you know the surrounds, what each character SEES. Books aren't just to read, they're also to see, the world. Anyways, if you dumped this book, try read it again, and hopefully you weren't forced to read this for a college or high school class, or else you won't enjoy Jane Eyre; Jane Eyre is for individuals with class, and a love for great literature.
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Summary: An excellent read for all ages.
Review: Jane Eyre is an excellent book. It is a novel that i couldn't put down. I loved this book a lot, except for when Adele kept speaking in French (no translations for those of us who are not fluent!) All in all i feel that this was a novel worth reading.
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Summary: Very well written, and realistic.
Review: I am 14 years old, and I really enjoyed reading this book. I read it first four years ago and was particularly impressed with the quality of the writing and the ideas displayed. Charlotte Bronte very cleverly used her book as an outlet for her own feelings and experiences as a woman which, in her day, were not considered or acknowledged. Unfortunately, while reading some of the other reviews on this page and elsewhere, I have noticed that some people are still discriminatory and insensitive towards female writers and believe that their views can simply be dismissed as soppy and foolish. I do not think that this is right. The fact that a person can write about his or her life using such great detail and keeping such an objective view of it as Charlotte Bronte did should not be dismissed as monotonous or boring, but rather should be acknowledged as a talent and as a result of hard work. It also shows that it cannot be easy to analyse your own life in such a way that you can understand and write about every detail of it. Charlotte Bronte's writing of Jane Eyre reflects her own character; that she wanted, like Jane, to be independent and go out into the world, and I think that it is this element of independence in many women that defies the assumed 'authority' and 'superiority' of the opposite gender and therefore they resent feminists speaking out. All in all, I think that Jane Eyre is an excellent novel and that it should not be labelled as some foolish, whimsical piece of writing that is only respected because it was written more than a century ago. The quality and status of a book and its author should not be undermined by the period of time in which it was written.
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