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Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Outstanding.
Review: One of the greatest love stories ever told. If you haven't read this novel yet, you don't know what you are missing. The language is beautiful, and the love between Mr. Rochester and Jane will surely make anyone's heart melt. It will rekindle one's belief in true love. Once you read it, you will want to read it again right away! Don't miss actor Timothy Dalton's portrayal of Mr. Rochester in the BBC adaptation! Also, Timothy's performance as Heathcliff in the 1970's Wuthering Heights adaptation is excellent as well! Highly Highly reccommended!!!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: An enduring classic!
Review: This book is a true classic with a universal appeal to all readers, anytime, anywhere, in any day in age. Not only is it just a plain good book to read for relaxation and fun, it is a clssic in literature and a staple of high school literature. It is a good read for all college bound students, as well as adults who want to brush up on a classic novel with an enduring theme

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: What an story!
Review: One of my all-time favourite character. For once Bronte wrote about a woman of character with a plain face. This is a really romantic novel. I will read this one again and again, and hopefully my children will enjoy it as well.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A very rich fulfilling story one of the best novels written.
Review: I read many many books. Jane Eyre is NOT a book for everyone not for people not willing to read a long,deep,book. Thios book has meaning suprizing twist and turn. It makes you feel sorry for Jane everything that happens to her. Charlotte wrote this book as if she were Jane. It simply amazing. It is a love story, but its certainly like nothing I've read before. It may drag a little torwards the end as the pace slows down a tad, but it picks up and holds you in suspense once again!!! This is a very ssuspensefull and emotionally enrapturing book. I suggest it to anyone looking to read a great book.

God Bless ~Amy

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A Classic in Every Sense of the Word
Review: Jane Eyre is as perfect as a book can be. It's the wonderful, multi-layered story of a poor orphan who falls in love with a man of the British upper class.

Jane Eyre is a fully-fleshed out character who is, in many ways, more modern than her nineteenth century counterparts. She is definitely a character to "fall in love with" and one that is truly unforgettable.

Although some of the events in Jane Eyre are more than a little far-fetched, the plot is so enjoyable we can easily forgive Bronte a few minor faults. The pages simply fly by as we want to learn more about Jane and Mr. Rochester and their ultimate fate, both together and apart.

Jane Eyre is a classic in every sense of the word and extraordinarily enjoyable as well.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Greatest Romance Ever Written!!!
Review: Jane Eyre is one of the few books I can say I absolutely adore.Charlotte Bronte is the one author I have found that can REALLY put passion into a novel.She writes like she has lived it even though she led a secluded life.Jane Eyre is so full of passion & you have to love it. The way the characters speak to one another is unbelievable due to this passion. The romance is beautiful because of the way Jane & Rochester speak to one another & how full of emotions & love for each other , not because of sex, like modern day romance novels . Bronte was a genius & this is one of those books that I can call a favorite & one I'll read over & over again. it is one of the most beautiful & passionate & romantic novels ever written that has class & you're bound to love it.You just gotta read it !!!!

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Like being audited by the IRS
Review: You've probably heard the expression that a million monkeys typing for a million years eventually will reproduce the works of William Shakespeare. I give "Jane Eyre" one monkey, ten minutes.

While recognizing Bronte's derring-do in writing a novel about a comely 17-year-old governess who rejects a virtuous adonis (St. John Rivers) for her much older and unattractive employer, this is a book I cannot see reading again unless it's the only way to save a terminally ill relative.

This book is a slow read. And I mean slow. A snail? Greased lightning. Molasses on a cold day? Quicksilver. Eighth-period study hall in high school on a Friday? Over in a flash. We're talking a slow, boring read here, even without the benefit of a high school English teacher's enthusiasm for ruining literature.

The novel chronicles the story of Jane Eyre from her childhood as an orphan up until the birth of her first child. Life was hard for orphans in 19th-century England, particularly when their parents' marriage was considered improper. Fair enough, I suppose: that's why Jane's childhood is so rotten, and she is picked on by the cousins she lives with, misliked and mistreated by her aunt and so on. Unfortunately, Bronte's writing is so dry and lifeless that it's hard to care.

It just gets worse from there. The book is written in the first person, with the result that we get to hear every self-pitying thought Jane has (and there are plenty of them), about how plain she is, how her employer Mr. Rochester could never love her, how beautiful her imagined rival in love is, and on and on and on for page after tedious page.

My standard joke is "This is both good and original. Unfortunately, the parts that are good are not original, and the parts that are original are not good." I will give Charlotte Bronte the benefit of the doubt, and will say that "Jane Eyre" is thoroughly original. Unlike the works of Shakespeare and a number of other classics of English and world literature, I can't say it is particularly good.

Jocko Grinn

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A Freshman's View of Jane Eyre
Review: I recently read this book, being bored in the summer. Little did I know that this novel would capture my attention and hold it steady for three days. The character development was excelent. I felt like I was going through the trials and tribulations with Jane. I wanted to walk up to her and tell her my opinion of what to do. The story winds in ways I didn't think possible. I would be half-way through and wondering what could happen next since there was so much book still left to read. The reading was slightly complicated for me and I would have to stop and ask my parents what this (or that)old english word meant. I think that any high school girl that wants to discover more about standing up for what you believe in should most definetly read this. One of my favorite novels of any I have ever read.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A rich and rewarding play - to be read and performed
Review: Polly Teale's play version of Bronte's classic, "Jane Eyre" is remarkable not only for its true connection to the book, but even more for its ability to create a world in which the Victorian characters can live, without ostracising a modern audience. I am an acting student from Queensland whose university put on this play, and after watching it five times (voluntarily!)I can say that it never fails to rouse all the emotions. There are some beautiful scenes in this play, particularly at the end of each play, which still cause me to hold my breath. The characters of Bertha and Jane complement each other extraordinarily well, and Polly manages to convey both the passion and the control which rule most of the character's lives. I strongly recommend this play, though I believe its greatest strength lies in the actual performance of the text.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Without A Doubt The Best Novel Ever Written
Review: I read Jane Eyre for my AP Lit. Class in the 12th grade. I figured, oh just another boring book. WOW! was I completely mistaken. ALthough long, Jane Eyre could have been 1,000 pages and I still would have read every page, with joy. The growth Jane Eyre, the novels main character and Protagonist, goes through throughout the novel is amazing. Born into an unloving world, with rejection and anger at every corner, Jane is forced to keep herself company and therefore, her only friend is herself. Adopted by her uncle, who soon dies, Jane is forced to live with her aunt Reed. I dont want to summarize about all this stuff, I am going to get down to the nitty-gritty. The novel mainly centers around Jane and her love for Rochester. When Jane becomes eighteen, she is hired to govern at the mansion of Rochesters, and to guide and teach his daughter, Adele. The marvelous love story between Jane and Rochester is as intense as anything you will ever read. At times while reading the novel, I would have to put the novel down and take in what I was reading. The passion and heart exhibited by these two characters was at times unbearable. If you want to read a true novel, full of power and emotion, read Jane Eyre- the best novel ever written. :-)


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