- speedy and in good conditionMy order got to me very quickly and in better condition than I was expecting.
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- Wonderful, amazing bookJane Eyre is quite possibly my favorite book ever. And maybe also the best. Of course I've thought each of those things about other books, but very rarely both about the same book. I love this book without any reservations and think it is incomparable. I can't imagine any kind of person who wouldn't enjoy Jane Eyre. Read it.
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- Woman of Great ImportanceJane Eyre is a masterpiece.
I thoroughly enjoyed it. The protagonist, Jane, is narrating her biography, and the chronicle commences when she was ten years old, growing up with her cruel aunt and equally cruel cousins, who make her childhood miserable. She could hardly wait to get out of their grip to a school for orphanages, run by a saintly woman. There she befriends a girl, Amy, a noble and true friend, dying of consumption. Jane thrives in the school, later becoming a teacher for two years.
But the real drama unfolds when she gets a job as a tutor for a young girl, Adel, a protege of Mr. Rochester, a wealthy bachelor. They fall in love and Mr. Rochester proposes marriage. But he forgets to tell Jane a minor point that he was already married to a insane woman, locked up in the same manor! Jane bolts home and a new adventure unfolds, meets her long lost cousins, finds enormous fortune and dodges her cousin's advances to marry and go on to India to preach! She wants none of this austere life. She misses her love and returns to her old digs but to her great dismay, discovers that the old house is burned to the ground and Mr. Rochester who is now blind, has left town. She runs to find him.
It is a great story, nicely woven with unforgettable characters. The prose is eloquent and flows like well honed poetry. She was a century or so ahead of her time when it came to Women's rights and their place in the society. It is hard to believe that author of this classic novel was a unmarried young woman, who had a sister, who penned "Wuthereing Heights", another tour de force. Only annoying aspect of the book was the religious righteousness, however, that was de rigueur during Victorian era.
It is a MUST read.
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- Incomparable.This book is a sublime, indeed divine, work of art. To my mind, Charlotte Bronte is second only to Joan of Arc as the greatest heroine ever to walk the Earth.
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- One of my favoritesOne of my favorites. I read it at least once a year. I can never decide if I like Rochester and if I want Jane to end up with him. But the language is beautiful.