Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics)
by Charlotte Bront?
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Author: Charlotte Bront?Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-08-15
ISBN: 0141441143
Number of pages: 624
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Book Reviews of Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics)
Book Review: Sadly dated
Summary: 3 Stars
This classic, first published 160 years ago is sadly dated. I supposed it shoukd be accepted for the great work of fiction which it is, but my personal opinion is that it does not translate well into present times. There are Dickensian type characters which are interesting. But the style of writing is tiring. Some of the sentences must run into hundreds of words. Jane as a seven year old, loses her rag with her cold aunt, juts out her chin and gives the sort of speech which one would expect from some great thespian. Rochester, who tests Jane to determine whether she truly loves him, is married in innocence to a lunatic who is locked up in the attic. Married to a man like him it is hardly surprising she went off her head. He is so feudal that he thinks, never having heard of "for better for worse" that he can forget his first wife and marry very plain Jane. No doubt he thinks she will be grateful for his attention. However does he think he will get away with bigamy? Rochester made my blood boil.
Jane leaves Rochester and makes her way into the great unknown to find alternative employment. Surprisingly enough, the people she ends up with are actually long lost cousins. Her very boring cousin proposes marriage to her with strings amounting to blackmail attached. Fortunately she has enough sense to ditch him in favour of the voice of Rochester calling to her on the wind and having suddenly discovered that she has inherited a fortune, makes her way back to Rochester. Now as luck would have it, Mrs Rochester (the crazy one} must have read Rebecca and does a Mrs Danvers, torching the house and is seen silouetted against the red skyline. Conveniently Jane arrives to find that the man of her fantasies is now a crippled widower who pines for her. Jane (and her considerable fortune which doubtless makes her more attractive, puts all to rights and makes an honest man of him, nursing him through his injuries and producing offspring.
I apologise for knocking this great work of literature, but it serves only to show the style of work enjoyed by our ancestors, who happily waded through hundreds of pages. I gave this book three stars as it is considered an all time great - and my mother's favourite,(she read it many times).
Frankly, it is easier to watch the movie. There are several versions. But I would not want to read the book again.
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