Becoming Jane Eyre

from LaBibliophille

This new novel by Sheila Kohler is based on the true story of Charlotte Bronte and the writing of her master work, Jane Eyre. Charlotte and her siblings, Ann, Emily, and Branwell, live with their father in a gloomy parsonage in Yorkshire. They are educated and literate, yet their lives are constr...

from Renz0808

Becoming Jane Eyre by Shelia Kohler, is a fictionalized account of Charlotte Bronte, and in a sense all of the Brontes lives, from 1846 when Charlotte begins writing Jane Eyre in Manchester while caring for her father who was recovering from an eye surgery to her marriage in 1854 and eventual ear...

from Fliss88

Jane Eyre is one of my all time favourites from the classics and this inspired retelling of the life of Charlotte Bronte, as she writes her novel is written with much respect. The story of the Bronte family, in particular Charlotte and her two younger sisters is an oft told, truly tragic tale. As...

from bookwyrmm

Interesting to learn more about Bronte and her sister through historical fiction, but very dry.

from thatotter

Somewhat dull, and some of the characterizations rubbed me the wrong way (like Patrick being a total jerk and borderline perving on Charlotte. Yikes!). The writing itself wasn't bad, though, and I quite liked the final page or so.