Jane Eyre: Charlotte Bronte (Penguin Classics)

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The Red Room, where young Jane is banished shortly before being sent to Lowood, is a very short episode in the book, but its significance is probably greater than its brevity implies. Jane becomes attractive to the not very attractive Rochester, many questions are left unaccountably unanswered at Thornfield Hall.

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John Rivers, when he was such a small part of her life, not to mention the fact that the part he did play was primarily negative. She sticks to her principles, even when the pressure's on, even when it would be much easier, and would bring her much more short-term happiness, to let those principles go hang. I can’t even image what the world thought of this throughout the ages, because it spoke to my very soul in 2018.She needs a vocation, one that will fulfil her and give her life meaning; thus, she becomes a governess and crosses paths with the downtrodden, miserable wretch that is Mr Rochester. The kind of novel that makes one believe in love (again) - or at least desire to hold on to the illusion.

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So, she is sent to Lowood, where she sees the hypocritical tyranny of Brocklehurst, survives cold and near starvation and witnesses her best friend's death. I just finished 'Wide Sargasso Sea' by Jean Rhys, a prequel or retelling of sorts that I would highly recommend for readers and lovers of Jane Eyre. Even at the very end of the book, she kept talking about all of the great works he was doing for God. However, this is the first time reviewing and the first time I have challenged myself to explaining why this story means so much to me, apart from it being the first classic book I ever fell in love with, which will always have its rightful place in my book history.But Jane always puts herself first, and even though she wants to be loved more than anything, she will constantly fight for her own place in the world where she lives on her own terms for her own beliefs. He is a cold man who would have gladly marched OUR Jane off to some godforsaken part of the world to die some horrible death from disease or from simple neglect. Her natural independence and spirit prove necessary when she takes a position as governess at Thornfield Hall. The character traits of the two key male characters, Rochester and St John are evocative and ignite frustration and even slight anger in the reader.

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She even says, "Women are supposed to feel very calm, generally: but women feel just as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties, and a field for their efforts as much as their brothers do; they suffer from too rigid a restraint.

She was four when her older sisters were sent to the Clergy Daughters’ School at Cowan Bridge, where Maria and Elizabeth both caught tuberculosis and died. Even writing these words, I have a smile on my face thinking of this successful bamboozlement of publishers, editors, and readers.