Penguin Clothbound Classics Jane Eyre, (Hardcover)

from brenzi

If you have avoided the classics thinking they were boring, unimportant, lifeless, uninteresting slogs that have nothing to say to you, Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre is a book that just may change your mind and encourage you to explore other 19th century novels, as well. It's got it all---mystery,...

from ncgraham

I am a reluctant Jane Eyre convert. I was a callow teenager when I first read the novel. Brontë's style bewitched me, and I grew to love Jane herself, but the plot twist regarding Rochester's deep, dark secret turned me against both him and the narrative as a whole. I probably would not have rere...

from AbigailAdams26

It isn't every book that speaks to both the Wild Romantic and the Stern Puritan in me, and since the day I first read Jane Eyre - up in the woods of Michigan, the summer I was twelve - I have revisited it often, and always with pleasure. It is a book that speaks in many tongues, to many people, a...

from Summer_Missfictional

I don't normally review classics, but here goes.Here in the US, I'm fairly sure the works of the Bronte sisters are commonly dubbed as required reading alongside other classics, and for this reason are unjustly spared with naught but a single glance by young adult readers.After being recommended ...

from Smiler69

Hard to believe now that when I originally read this novel in my high school days back in the early 80s, I somehow managed to find it boring! That combined with a very poor memory meant that I was more or less starting over with a clean slate, since I could barely remember any details, save for w...