Jane Eyre

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Summary: Take a hike Blanche Ingram! This book neads only one heroine
Review: This book is the best book I have ever read. I mean what more could a girl want out of a book. ... Jane Eyre is the only book that made me cry, made me never want to finish it, and it was my best friend. After I read it, I felt as If I lived her life, and felt her pain. THis book is so much better than Wuthering Heihghts. Read this a million times, and I promise that not once, you will get tired of it. *Not once* So after you get this message, go out ... and buy this book! If you don't it will be the *BIGGEST* mistake that you could possibly make ... but this is a *realy GOOD book*

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Summary: My favorite novel of all time
Review: Jane Eyre is a classic in every sense of the word. I read it when I was in seventh grade and have read again at least once a year and I'm now in 12th grade. Each time I read it, I understand it better and the love and depth of emotions of Jane and Mr. Rochester becomes so overwhelming. When I saw that 3rd and seventh graders were reading it and finding it "odd" at times, and boring perhaps, it's because of the age thing. You've got to wait a few years and read it again. Trust me, after all those idiotic teen movies, you'll develop a priceless love for Jane Eyre. The only book I've ever found that was so harshly honest and real was Gone With the Wind. And that book I really don't recommend to young readers. I've once saw a reviewer say Jane Eyre wasn't original at all and the parts that were original were bad. I can't possibly fathom how J.E. isn't original. This book is one of the few books in the world where a normal, poor, average girl finds love that usually happens to supermodel types (Dickens was a big fan of the supermodel love). Jane's life has been anything been peachy, but she has the courage and determination to make the most of everything and let bygones be bygones, and she does. If anyone deserves love like Jane and Edward's, it's the both of them. And even in books and movies of the 21st century you'll rarely see a girl as independent as Jane. For an experience never to be forgotten, read Jane Eyre.

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Summary: Monotonous at times
Review: I first tried to read this book in 3rd grade. I got through 200 pages but couldn't take any more.
Now I'm going into 7th grade, and I've actually read it. This book really isn't that reader-friendly, and you have to (really)force yourself through some parts. But the rewards are great. Right after those long, monotonous sequences are over, you'll run into a really unexpected twist in the storyline that will shock you.
I can understand why people give this book bad ratings, but in my opinion, the highs are worth the lows.

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Summary: A quite intresting book
Review: This book is about Jane who is an orphan. When she grew up she found a job as a governess at Thornfield and fall in love with Mr. Rochester, who kept a terrible secret.Maybe it's because I'm only 10 years old,but I found this book rather [odd] and not very romantic at all

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Summary: A million dollar book, deserves a million stars!
Review: Jane my hope,my love, my life.
Charlotte is brilliant! Truly Brilliant!
I love this book! It is a true romance.
Charlotte realy out did herself. but if this
book was any better, it would be worth a million dollars!
The whole needs to read it.
The #1 author,wrote the #1 book.
P.S after you read this book, see the Zelah Clarke, and Timothy Daltom movie version, of Jane Eyre, not the Whilliam Hurt one.
Thanks for Reading!

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Summary: The Greatest Novel Ever
Review: Words simply can't express how much I love this book. I have Three different copies of the book, I own all of the movie versions that I could find of it (Four, as of now). To say that I am a fan is a huge understatement.
Jane is such a great character, a survivor in every sense of the word. She loves her man, but he doesn't own her, no no! She's her own woman, and she makes sure that he knows it. One of my favorite scenes of the book is when Edward is trying to force gifts on Jane, and she gets increasingly annoyed about it. He sees that she is upset and tries to sweet talk her, but she brushes him off completely. You go girl.
The emotions in this story are gut wrenching, especially the scene after the botched wedding ceremony. I feel for Jane and understand her despair, but I weep openly for Edward. All he has ever wanted in life is to find someone he can love who will love him back, and just when he finds her she's ripped away. Oh, my! I'm getting teary-eyed just thinking about it!
READ THIS BOOK!

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Summary: Jane is my role model! I give this book ********** stars.
Review: This book is about a girl named Jane Eyre, who lives at Gateshead hall, and is abused by her Aunt read, Georgiana,Eliza, and Master John Read. Mrs.Read then asked mr.Broklehurst, to come and take her with him to Lowood, a charity school. She there finds but two friens, Helen burns, and Miss.Temple, Helen who died in Janes hands, lived a short life, but she was lucky to be friends with Jane. Miss.Temple got married, and that was that. So Jane advertised, and a mrs.Fairfax answered. Jane was then a Governess, for a girl named Adele Varens. But things change when she meets Mr.Rochester, the owner of Thornfield Hall. He is pretty stubborn, and he did pretend to love Mrs.Blanche Ingram,which broke Janes heart. but it was Jane he wanted, not Mrs.Blanche Ingram. They confess thier love to each other, and they almost get married. It turns out Mr.Rochester has a wife, Bertha Antoinetta Mason. Who almost burnt him in his bed, but Jane saved him in time. Jane then left him, with a broken heart. And she goes to Mary and Diana,and St.John Rivers, who asked her to marry him. Jane was about to when, she heard Mr.Rochesters voice, saying, JANE! JANE! JANE!
She leaves, to go to Thornfield hall, to find that Mr.Rochester's wife, Bertha, who was an insane, crazy women, had burnt down the Hall. Rochester is blind.
BUt Jane comes, back and gives him her love.
they get married, and she is now Mrs.Rochester.
and P.S there is a book called Jane Rochester, which is a sequel.

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Summary: Dark Romance
Review: Jane Eyre is a timeless work that, once investigated outside of your high school english class, has the power to pull you into a world defined by social classes and the acts humans will perform for love.
As you enter the world of Jane you realize that love and strength are intertwined deeply. You become aware that love is never simple and only the strong will survive. I will only go into the briefest details because to give anything away would be to steal a very meaningful experiance from the reader.
The first time I read this novel I didn't really see the depth of the piece. You follow a young woman striking out into the world working a lower class job for an upper class family. As the governess at Thornfield Hall Jane becomes entangled with Mr. Rochester's dark secrets, and she also begins to find her heart intangled with his in a way that would disrupt the social order of the time. Yet, as you progress through this story you understand every choice Jane must make, even ones that seem so difficult and painful.
Yes, at times it's melodramatic and very dark. Once you place yourself in Jane, a very plain young woman who lives a very hard life, you will find yourself searching within the passages and dissapearing into the English countryside.
I love to loose myself with in these passages time and time again. I want to have the strength of Jane - this book has truly effected me and I recomend it to anyone.

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Summary: Five stars is not enough!
Review: I first read this book a year ago, and the second time it is even better. Jane is one of my favorite characters in literature. It is an incredible, beautiful story, one of the best ever written. Jane Eyre is a plain, unattractive, poor orphan. She goes through a difficult childhood, first in the house of her abusive aunt, then as a student who endures the harsh and unjust conditions of Lowood School. At eighteen, she takes up the post of governess at Thornfield Hall, meets and falls in love with Mr. Rochester, her employer.

Despite the wrongs and harsh treatments she recieved as a girl, despite having no family and few friends, Jane at eighteen is strong, thoughtful and intelligent when her character meets the nasty and sarcastic Mr. Rochester. Their conversation is so full of wit, humour and hidden meanings. There is nothing more charming than how Mr. Rochester attempts to provoke Jane and tries to bully her a bit, but his efforts miserably fail as he finds he has met someone who is quite his equal. In her novel, Bronte stresses that their relationship is based on 'sympathy' and 'a likeness'.

A dark secret of Rochester's past impedes their marriage, and after an emotional and heart-breaking scene, Jane adheres to her morals and leaves Thornfield in the night. What follows are two days of degredation, neglect, and pain, as Jane finds herself in an unfriendly town where none will help her. An unusual twist of fate brings salvation at last, in the form of the handsome St. John and his sisters. Again Jane's strength of character is tested when St. John (is it me, or is he a lot like Enjolras of Les Miserables?) makes her a difficult proposal. She has to make a final decision of either sacrificing her heart or seeking Rochester again.

The novel is full of heart-warming moments, suspense and intrigue. The narrator, Jane herself, constantly addresses the reader, and makes you feel like you know her personally. Through this and the beautiful use of language I've found a friend and an idol in Jane. She is a wonderful character, and you come to realize she is not at all plain, she is interesting, complex, and passionate.

When speaking of her Rochester says "Consider that eye: consider the resolute, wild, free thing looking out of it, defying me, with more than courage...And it is you, spirit - with will and energy - and virtue and putiry - that I want: not alone your brittle frame."

Did I say the language is beauitful and thrilling? My copy of the book, although new, is quickly wearing out! Again and again I pick it up to read my favourite passages, which I've marked. Although I absolutely adore this book, I must say if you are not a fan of the genre and don't read classics, you might think it slow. But with some patience, your efforts will be rewarded. Read this book if you think yourself unlucky, Jane's courage and faith will inspire you.

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Summary: An excellent reading of Jane Eyre
Review: Susan Ericksen does an excellent job of narrating this audiobook. Her reading voice is pleasant and natural-sounding and she conveys just the right amount of emotion. She also manages to vary the tone of her voice just enough that can differentiate between characters but not so much that she sounds foolish.

The only drawback to this audio book is that it is recorded on two tracks. That means you have to listen to each tape twice, setting it either to the full right or full left speaker of your stereo. Although this does cut back on the number of tapes, I didn't like having all the sound come from one side of my car.