Book Review | Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
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Jane Eyre is probably my favorite classic literature female character. She's strong without being arrogant, she's intelligent while still being naive. I think the book is great at any age and you rediscover several themes and ideas. I've read it like 4 times.
Read it when I was 12. Read it again at 23. Loved it both times.
"I don't feel that this book is as much about love as people think it is " YAS exactly, that's what I always want to say about this story. People, this is a story about pride and rebellion, thriving as a person and experiencing the world with great passion...
My thoughts when I was reading it: oh they are so happy this is just going to be a sweet feel good romance... Oh we're only halfway through
always loved jane eyre.
i would definitely agree in saying that it's not an overall romance novel.
for me it was a coming of age story, and it really tackled the radical views that brontë had which is what makes the story so timeless. amongst all her trials and tribulations from the school to mr. rochester to bertha and to st. john; jane finally finds herself and her true motives in the end.
by far my favorite classic.
This was my first foray into reading. My mom read this to me when I was very little. I would lay in her lap and just listen to her voice more than anything. when I got a bit older I read it myself as a way to learn "big words" and help me learn about context clues. Then I read it many years later in high school and I loved it like it was new. I've read it a dozen times since and seen all the adaptations. I collect this book- I like to search for interesting covers/editions or an old tattered version at a garage sale. ^_^
When I saw that you had posted a review on Jane Eyre my heart skipped a beat, that is how much I adore it.
2 years ago I had a job that was very far away and I would have to take a long train journey to and from each day. I would always read as it was a good way to pass the time, but I could always stay half in the book and half alert of my surroundings. Jane Eyre completely absorbed every bit of my attention and I guarantee my fellow train goers probably thought I was a little on the deranged side (missing my stops, sighing out loud etc) The end had me in tears and for someone who can't even cry at a sad movie this was a big deal.
For anyone who hasn't read the book please do & for those who have started but find it a little slow please keep going.
Also this was an incredible review as always,
Much love from Australia xxx
What a coincidence! I'm currently reading and at the last chapter of Jane Eyre. Absolutely love it. Although I can't say it's been an easy read for me. I love how smart, wise, observant and rebellious Jane is. I kinda want to reread it right away!
Question: What is your favorite movie adaptation?
You'll find out on Wednesday :D
I've never read any of the British classics (Bronte sisters, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens etc) which I really hate about myself. I've never seen any films about them either so I only vaguely know what they're about. This may be the perfect time to start a new book.
I'm always very confused about the romanticizing of Mr. Rochester. I think it's because when I first read the book I was very young and I wasn't thinking much about love then, but I never thought it was a book 'about love'. I wonder if you gave it to someone who had no preconceptions if they would think it was. I always thought it was about a woman discovering who she is.
I agree.
Same
I always thought of it as a bit of both: a woman discovering who she is but also finding someone who also understood her (but Rochester also made awful decisions about honesty)
Me too
I disagree
I read this book at the age of 14, I never thought of it as a love story, I've always seen it as the journey of a girl "Jane Eyre". This book was my first classic book ever and it changed the way I perceived classics, as I thought they were only long complicated and boring books, but reading this, my mindset changed completely!
For what I remember, I don't think that I learned a lot of things from it at the time, maybe it was because I read it at a young age, I think I have to reread it once again !
Even though Helen Burns is a very short-lived character,her influence of kindness and forgiveness has a lasting effect on Jane
Wuthering Heights was the second classic that I have ever read. (Right after The Great Gatsby, which, while amazing, isn't very hard to read.) I struggled through it for almost an entire semester, taking several breaks and reading other books, but now that I've finished, re-finished, and studied the book, I can honestly say that it is my favorite book that I have ever read. I have yet to read Jane Eyre though, but I have a feeling that I might in the near future!
To anyone who likes the story, I highly recommend the bbc version with Timothy Dalton as Mr. Rochester. It is really wonderful, and I don't think anyone will ever portray Rochester as well as he did.
I absolutely and wholeheartedly recommend Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys- it's a beautiful novel and a sort of prequel from the perspective of (sort of spoilers!) Rochester and Bertha back in the Carribean and it really explores Rochester and his treatment of Bertha from a whole new perspective. I adore it!
It's already in the schedule :)
Love how you emphasized the non-romance parts of Jane Eyre! A lot of people don't realize how cerebral the novel is - a big reason why it's so hard to adapt to the screen!
I recently read Jane Eyre and did also appreciate Jane's bizarre way of thinking! Great review as always.
Jane eyre was one of the first classics I'd read.At first I hated the book purely because it was for my a level english and I was trying to rebel against the lessons and essay writing! Now It's one of my favourites, there's just so much to discuss and is in no way just a romance. I would highly recommend reading wide Sargasso Sea too x
Jane Eyre week is a great idea! I think it's an amazing book and I'm glad you've made a video about it!
I completely agree that it isn't about love as much as people seem to think. I remember before initially reading I was scared that there would be too much romance, but that wasn't the case. Love's just an element of the plot which shapes some of the events, but it's not a pure love story, I would consider it as a bildungsroman/coming of age novel about a young girl finding her identity and battling through societal expectations and her problems, and as part of that, love is involved to aid the overall message of the story and add another dimension :)
I also agree that it's a great starter classic because despite its length, it doesn't take long to read and the style is really accessible and the plot is easy to understand.
I've read this book multiple times and each time it's a different experience. It's such a beautifully complex book and definitely in my top three favorites.
Jane Eyre is my favourite classic novel by far. I loved reading it when i was 16 because, as a Canadian, I was not fluent in French by any means, but if I read a paragraph, I could understand the just.
It was the first classic I fell in love with, and remains influential to me today.
@Evgeniya I was having some issues with the Spanish subtitles, but the English captions should be up soon!
thank you so much!!
I'm reading Dickens' A Christmas Carol right now. It's interesting to see how it differs from A Christmas Carol with Patrick Stewart (the closest to the book adaptation I've seen - the movie from 1999). Dickens' writing has a lot more description, as I expected, and it's not always relevant to the plot. That's where the context he was writing is interesting because he was paid by the word, so it makes sense to have as many tangents as possible. After I finish I hope to review it and compare it with film/television adaptations I've watched on my other channel.
I think I've only seen one movie adaptation of Jane Eyre. It was the one released only a couple of years back. Half an hour into the movie the bulb in the cinema projector burnt out (they'd only changed it that morning), so we were stuck sitting in the cinema while we waited for them to fix it. I'm not sure if my family bought the DVD or if we rented it, because I remember seeing it since. My Oma gave me the book a year or two before that, but I haven't had the opportunity to read it yet. Thankfully having just graduated from high school and as I'm taking a gap year I'll have a lot more time to read now. :D
"I'm looking at you Wuthering Heights". CALLED OUT! That part really made my night. I haven't finished Jane Eyre, but I did really enjoy it. I like how it's not some dusty old classic story. It's got character. I really need to finish it.
I love Jane as a character. The first time I read it, I was pretty caught up in Jane+Rochester, but by the second and third times, I became really fascinated with Jane's religious development. She has such a fascinating journey of faith that empowers her to act in ways that uphold her value as a person.
I super-romanticized Mr. Rochester as a child--my mother encouraged it because she loves the English classics and she's veryvery traditional w/r/t gender roles. Same thing happened w/ Rhett Butler. Idealizing men like that at such an early age and being praised for it had a complex effect on me that would take way too long to explain. I still think they're both romantic figures, but now I'm fully aware of their problematic traits/behavior.
I still am yet to read Jane Eyre despite it being my sister's favourite book. This review may have persuaded me to pick it up the next time I happen to find myself in a bookshop. Thanks Sanne!
The cover of my version says, "One of the greatest love stories of all literature." But I agree with you that it was much more about life and Jane deciding what she wants from life. I loved that she was a character who went after what she wanted, even when that wasn't always the best idea. Also, on the topic of love, I did appreciate that it was an un-idealized version of love. It is flawed, the people aren't "beautiful" and aren't always likeable. It made it so much more real than other loves.
Just finished reading Jane Eyre and it's now one of my all-time favorite! It is such an incredible reading experience. I do think this book as well as Wuthering Heights are the best starter classics!
I enjoyed Jane Eyre more than Wuthering Heights.
in the future i think a video about what books you recommend would be good classics to start with. i know that i have wanted to start reading classics for a while but im always intimidated by the thickness and profundity of the topics.
I'm not an expert on classics by any means, but I do love them! I would recommend The Great Gatsby! It's fairly short and the language isn't quite as complex as other classics
Savannah Hartje thank you so much!
I am currently reading it and loving it! Can't wait to come back and watch all your Jane Eyre week videos when I'm done!
I am growing to love Jane Eyre, it is the novel I study for my A Level English Literature and so I have read it about 3 or 4 times since september. You made a really interesting point about the way people percived it at the time as to wether it was written by a man or a woman. A christian magazine of the time said that it was "Commendible if written by a man, and horrible if by a woman" or words to that effect. Also I agree about the point on love, I think it is more of a sub-plot that gets much more notice than it should, really is about a young woman growing up and the restrictions placed apon her by the currupt religious system and the pariarcy of the time. It is a journey of self descovery more than it is a love story.
I love this book, it is written with great precision. I think Jane & Rochester are two of the most complex characters in Literature, who are products of their environment. I think a lot of people who dislike this book forget to remember the time that it was written in. I can discuss it forever there are so many themes in it to pull apart. I would read it again but I confess I've read it about 15 times already (& find something new every time) & if I want to graduate my Lit degree, I need to read my required reading & keep this book hidden from sight. It's a weakness.
So funny that you posted this because I just finished reading Jane Eyre & studying it in class! Loved it! xx
I love this book so much!
my favorite book of all time. my favorite quote is definitely "still indomitable was the reply, i care for myself" want it for a tattoo someday
That's for ur reading experience
You've inspired me to re-read Jane Eyre now. :-) I remember being so afraid by the strange disturbances when I first read it.
i definitely agree with you wrt it being a 'starter' classic. i'm pretty sure it was the first proper adult classic i read and it was definitely my favourite book when i was around 13. however i actually haven't read it in years now because if i'm going to go for a bronte now i tend to go for an anne or shirley or villette (which are definitely my favourite two charlottes) - i really wish the media would make a really nice adapatation of one of them rather than going for jane or wuthering heights again
This is my absolute favorite book. I've read a lot of books but none of them got me so immersed as this one did.
is it weird that i related more to mr rochester than jane?
Your eye color is impressively beautiful! Very dreamy!! Oh I wish I had blue eyes like that
I've seriously wanted to read this book for a long time but was never sure, you've really made me want to read it now!
Studied Jane Eyre in my literature class and loved it! Definitely one of my favourite novels. Looking forward to your Jane Eyre videos!
Jane Eyre is my favourite Classic (not that I've read that many) but I really enjoyed your take on it, I really agree with you. I love Jane as a great female character. I suggest checking out the BBC documentary on youtube about the Bronte sisters, there are certain parts of Jane Eyre that are (sadly) autobiographical, they really had crazy lives.
Finally finished it! It only took me about 10 days to read. I enjoyed it, really, but I'm glad I read it of my own accord, rather than be forced to read it at university, because I would have hated it. I like Jane's voice, I found it intriguing and fascinating, and I wished to go on and read more, but I think that, as with Mansfield Park (And a lot of classics, really), the story would be just fine even if a third of the plot was cut. Not as much with Jane Eyre, I have to admit it, because at least it had mystery and some plot twists, but I feel it would have needed a bit of cropping here and there.
Favourite book since I was a teenager. Always loved Jane and I always will.
Oh my god, jane eyre is the best book ever. Every woman should read it at various stages of her life, you learn something new each time.
When you said "Jane Eyre Week" I got unreasonably excited.
I don't know why but I've never read this one ! Although I've heard so much about it that it feels like I already know the story ^^ There's a really pretty edition of this book in my local book store, I picked it up a couple of times but always put it back thinking "meh I'm probably not gonna read it". You changed my mind haha you make every book sound so interesting !
I've only read a little section of Jane Eyre, but this review really made me want to re-read and finish it. Also, I giggled at your comment about Wuthering Heights; it was the first classic I read haha!
Ahh I love Jane Eyre! First read it when I was quite young, and I can't remember the last time I picked it up, but I used to take it in holiday every year and fly through it! Such a good read and I think I may have to pick it up again!
the way you talk about some books makes me so keen to read them.. Jane Eyre is definitely on my list:)
Read this in High School and you made me remember how much I loved it. I just went on Amazon and bought the Word Cloud Classics edition. Excited to re-read it!
I read Jane Eyre a couple of years ago and I have to re-read it for a course this year, so I'm very excited about that :) I wonder if I'll have a new take on the novel now. I remember I thought the Lowood part was kind of boring, curious to find out if I was just too young to see the importance of that stage in her life.
I saw the BBC adaptation(BEST!) when it was on TV in 2006 and read the book later in 2012...I enjoyed it but it took me a while to get through! There were so many important themes being discussed that I couldn't read it fast and kept reading parts-it definitely made me think.
I read this when I was 11 and I understood it completly.
It was really good.
Jane Eyre is one of my favourite novels! Watching this video has made me really want to read it again, that and the fact that I just bought the penguin classics hardback edition which is beautiful.
I completely wasn't planning on finishing that book this month but now i'm thinking I might :) I read 150 pages last year then put it down because life got busy and now really need to finish it.
This is so weird. I didn't even realise you were making a Jane Eyre week but I had this urge to watch all the mini series. Just finished the 1983 version with Timothy Dalton!
I absolutely love the story of Jane Eyre. I've never actually read the book but I've seen the films countless times and I do plan on reading it eventually. Although Jane Eyre is amazing, I personally prefer Wuthering Heights. Yes I know , I know, hate me. It's twisted and problematic and almost all characters portray an evil side, but I love it endlessly. I'm a sucker for the misunderstood characters so I'm always drawn to Heathcliff. It just bothers me sometimes when people under appreciate Wuthering Heights simply because it doesn't have that really easy to love feel to it. That being said , I'm the first to curse the book for all the sadness I endure every time I read or watch it 😂
I've learned in a lecture that her sister's book "Wuthering Heights" was also published under a male/neutral pseudonym. It was received rather positive, but when they discovered it was written by a woman, the reviews changed and were a lot less positive.
I haven't read Jane Eyre yet, honestly I haven't read any book by the Bronte sisters... I feel so bad xD I do want to pick it up soon!
I agree, it's a great "starter-classic".
I love, 'I'm looking at you Wuthering Heights!' I can't get into that book.
This is my all time favorite book. Almost to the very last chapter, I almost stop reading because I just can't stand the anticipation. But I love every minutes of it. Do you guys have any book recommendation similar to this story? I love a very dark main character.
"im looking at you wuthering heights" haha
Yay! I am currently reading it for my AP English independent project ❤️
I had to read Jane Eyre my freshman year of high school and I hate it. :( I love to read and I was so sad I hated our first book! I often wonder if I read it now if I would like it better. The next classic book we read (a couple years later) was Emma and I was in love with that one! :) :)
Jane Eyre is a good classic and i learned great things reading it but i ejoyed more reading wuthering heights, also i thought it was your favourite classic. i think it would be amazing to have a classics week.
Love from Mexico (:
Ahh I read Jane Eyre last month wish I'd kept it for this hahaha :) I read wide Sargasso Sea straight after and it was wonderful. Really interesting character studies!
It's one of my favorite classics.
I read Jane Eyre in my ap lit class and LOVED it!!!! One of my favorite books in high school. I just finished reading Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights and loved it too. If you haven't done a review on this book yet, you totally should. Would love to hear what you think.
i was always intrested in reading it but your review confinced me to go buy a copy :D thanks and great video
I didn't think I was going to participate in Jane Eyre Week because I have so much going on at the moment (preparing for finals and all that), but after watching this I really want to jump in! So much for homework and studying, right? :)
Jane Eyre week is here at last!
Love your videos seriously ♡♡♡
Omg I'm currently reading this book for my English 5 class!!! :)
Thank you so much for this review. Jane Eyre has been one of my favorite book since childhood. But I wanna talk spoilers…
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I’ve always felt bad about how Jane treats St. John in the end of the book. Dissing him without a word of explanation seems really wrong, no matter how emotional it all plays out in Jane’s head.
Also I always found St. John to be a very complex and interesting character. Not a villain, but clearly not one of the positive forces according to the author. I get that he was meant to be this cold counterpart for Rochester - Rochester being the fire and St. John being the ice. Still I think there was so much more two him and that he came out more multi-dimentional and likable than Brontë intended. Or not. Then the book is even more psychologic novel than I realized.
Anyone else had a fascination with St. John? )
Loved your thoughts on the book! It's one of my favorites :)
I have this on my kindle and I really must get round to reading it! I know, I should have a classic as a book, but it was free lol
i just started reading this in class :)
Hi. nice review. I want to know what do you think of pride and prejudice? Thank you so much for your awesome videos you make me want to read more
Ive been on the fence about including this to my TBR. NOT ANYMORE! YES! 2015
Jane Eyre or Wuthering Heights??
Another amazing video. I'm just so amazed of you. You are a drem, keep going on, keep making those stunning videos ^^
This book sounds rather interesting. Was thinking of buying the book ages ago, but then i bought another one. Lol Would you recomend it.. :)
I have the book and it is interesting l am on chapter 3 like of you have the book
I really like the story, however when I was younger I saw the BBC Adaption and ever since I've experienced frequent Jane Eyre nightmares.
My favorite book in the entire world! So much in fact that I have a quote tattooed on me :)
I remember finding Jane a very relatable and likable character but being very much put off as soon as Mr. Rochester appeared. I just did not like him at all and I personally think the romantization of the character is quite strange.
There are also a few extremely racist passages in the book. I know the novel is a product of its time and all that but still. So I'd suggest reading Wide Sargasso Sea immediately afterwards. :D
Jane Eyre is my favorite book!
Wuthering Heights is undoubtedly more sophisticated and intelligent, but Jane Eyre is definitely an easier read.
i need a short summary of this book :'( my exam is for this sunday
+khaoula ghamoud Google is your friend! (I'd also suggest reading at least a bit of the book, if you don't have time to read the full book. It will really help!)
i would like to read it but unfortunately i really don't have time :'( i didn't find a short summary on google :'(
Shorter hair totally suits you :)
Marks out of 10 for the story of jane eyre? 🤔🤔
ngl I kinda panicked when everything seemed resolved in the story and I saw that I was only halfway through
Hi sane!! Have you read the giver? If not, can you read it please!!!!
Now you should read "The Thirteenth Tale."
Hello, Sanne! Thank you for the fantastic video! But why did the subtitles disappear? Your videos help me to learn English. Please, give them back! :(
I love Jane Eyre!