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Jane Eyre is raised in her aunt's house after the death of her parents. Her aunt cannot stand the queer, quiet child and sends her off to a spartan boarding school where she is severely mistreated. She survives, however, and eventually finds herself a situation as a governess in the household of Edward Rochester. She and Rochester fall passionately in love, in one of the great literary love stories. But a dark secret in his house will tear them apart and send her alone into the wilderness before she can find her way back to him.… (more)
chrisharpe: There are some similarities between these two books: a young woman marries an older widower and moves to his mansion, where the marriage is challenged by the unearthly presence of the first wife.
fannyprice: These two books reminded me a lot of each other but Rebecca was more modern and somewhat less preachy.
Kerian: If for some reason you read The Eyre Affair without having read Jane Eyre, I definitely recommend it. It will certainly be interesting to read and is a very good book.
westher: Voor als je wilt weten hoe de verhaallijn ontstaan is ;-)
deepikasd: This story also gives you a different spin and shows how the story is "changed" to what it is today. Though the story is a parody, the reader who loves Jane Eyre will definitely love meeting the characters again and relish the story all over.
stephmo: Written as the story of the first Mrs. Rochester. While this may not be the light we want to remember Mr. Rochester in, it leads to a richer picture of the man he becomes for Jane.
_Zoe_: The Mysterious Howling offers a fresh perspective on the young governess arriving at a mysterious new place of employment. It's tongue-in-cheek and very funny--definitely an enjoyable read for those who don't take Jane Eyre too seriously.
JenniferLivingstone: If you're a fan of Jane Eyre, you might enjoy the children's book Jane, the Fox, and Me. It's a sweet story about a young girl who has trouble with bullying and self-esteem - and who is able to find comfort from the book Jane Eyre. Highly, highly recommended.… (more)
This is one of those classics that will get you back into reading no matter how long you've gone without it. Charlotte Bronte is a GENIUS. Meet Jane, a shy orphan girl who has learned to rely on her wits to survive. Jane isn't rich, or pretty, or lucky, but she gets by just fine. After completing her schooling, she becomes a governess for a young French girl named Fleur, having been employed by Fleur's mysterious uncle, Mr. Rochester. Living at his estate, Thornfield Hall, Jane gradually begins to fall in love with Mr. Rochester, but she can't continue to ignore the strange happenings around the manor that only seem to occur in the dead of night. Furniture collapses. The house is set on fire. Strange shrieking emanates from the attic. Jane begins to suspect that Mr. Rochester isn't all that he seems, and that Thornfield is home to more beings than humans. This gothic romance/coming of age/ghost story is just as good as everyone says it is and more. Jane Eyre will become your friend by the time you're done reading, and you will never forget this book. ( )
To W.M. THACKERAY, ESQ. This work is respectfully inscribed by THE AUTHOR
First words
There was no possibility of taking a walk that day.
Preface A preface to the first edition of 'Jane Eyre' being unnecessary, I gave none: this second edition demands a few words both of acknowledgment and miscellaneous remark.
Quotations
I could not answer the ceaseless inward question—why I thus suffered; now, at the distance of—I will not say how many years, I see it clearly.
Do you think because I am poor, obscure, plain and little that I am souless and heartless? You think wrong. I have as much soul as you and full as much heart, and if God had granted me some beauty and much wealth I should have made it as hard for you to leave me as it is now for me to leave you.
Women are supposed to be 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, too absolute a stagnation, precisely as men would suffer; and it is narrow-minded in their more privileged fellow-creatures to say that they ought to confine themselves to making puddings and knitting stockings, to playing on the piano and embroidering bags. It is thoughtless to condemn them, or laugh at them, if they seek to do more or learn more than custom has pronounced necessary for their sex.
To have yielded would have been an error of principle; to have yielded now would have been an error in judgement.
I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will; which I now exert to leave you.
"My bride is here," he said, again drawing me to him, "because my equal is here, and my likeness."
It was my time to assume ascendency. My powers were in play, and in force.
Reader, I married him.
Every atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own: in pain and sickness it would still be dear.
Last words
'My Master,' he says, 'has forewarned me. Daily he announces more distinctly,—"Surely I come quickly!" and hourly I more eagerly respond,—"Amen; even so come, Lord Jesus!"'
Jane Eyre is raised in her aunt's house after the death of her parents. Her aunt cannot stand the queer, quiet child and sends her off to a spartan boarding school where she is severely mistreated. She survives, however, and eventually finds herself a situation as a governess in the household of Edward Rochester. She and Rochester fall passionately in love, in one of the great literary love stories. But a dark secret in his house will tear them apart and send her alone into the wilderness before she can find her way back to him.
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Jane Eyre is the story of a love-deprived girl who becomes the governess of a young french girl at a the Rochester estate. Jane's boss, Mr Rochester is mysterious and reclusive. As romance develops between Jane and Rochester not all is as it seems. There are strange noises in the night and Jane believes a servant is trying to kill Rochester. Nothing at the Rochester estate is as she expects.
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She's poor and orphaned But educated and proud Boss gets all fired up. (pickupsticks)
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Meet Jane, a shy orphan girl who has learned to rely on her wits to survive. Jane isn't rich, or pretty, or lucky, but she gets by just fine. After completing her schooling, she becomes a governess for a young French girl named Fleur, having been employed by Fleur's mysterious uncle, Mr. Rochester. Living at his estate, Thornfield Hall, Jane gradually begins to fall in love with Mr. Rochester, but she can't continue to ignore the strange happenings around the manor that only seem to occur in the dead of night. Furniture collapses. The house is set on fire. Strange shrieking emanates from the attic. Jane begins to suspect that Mr. Rochester isn't all that he seems, and that Thornfield is home to more beings than humans.
This gothic romance/coming of age/ghost story is just as good as everyone says it is and more. Jane Eyre will become your friend by the time you're done reading, and you will never forget this book. (