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ampetersen25's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
moonkissedmeli's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
porridgegobbler's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
melankoly's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
4.5
Jaka to jest dobra książka.
Jeden z najprzyjemniejszych i najbardziej wciągających klasyków jakie miałam okazję czytać. Ma w sobie coś zaskakująco współczesnego. Mimo realiów i praw jakim rządził się XIX-wieczny świat, sposób myślenia i kreacja głównej bohaterki wydają się wyprzedzać swoją epokę, gdybym nie wiedziała, że książka została napisana w epoce wiktoriańskiej, oh, jakbym się zdziwiła. Słusznie określana prekursorką feministycznej literatury.
Piękny styl. Opisy długie, ale nie nużące i myślę że dość przystępne. Emocje bohaterów przedstawione niezwykle obrazowo. Sami bohaterowie natomiast bardzo dobrze wykreowani, charakterystyczni, pełni głębi. Niesamowicie ludzcy w najlepszym i nagorszym tego słowa znaczeniu.
Daleko mi co prawda do bezkrytycznego podejścia do postaci i samego związku Jane z panem Rochesterem. Są elementy tej relacji, które, zwłaszcza z dzisiejszej perspektywy, mogą razić, a samego pana Rochestera ciężko mi zaliczyć do postaci sympatycznych.
Nie zmienia to jednak faktu, że czytałam z ogromnym zaangażowaniem i z równie dużą przyjemnością. Bardzo dobra lektura.
Daleko mi co prawda do bezkrytycznego podejścia do postaci i samego związku Jane z panem Rochesterem. Są elementy tej relacji, które, zwłaszcza z dzisiejszej perspektywy, mogą razić, a samego pana Rochestera ciężko mi zaliczyć do postaci sympatycznych.
Nie zmienia to jednak faktu, że czytałam z ogromnym zaangażowaniem i z równie dużą przyjemnością. Bardzo dobra lektura.
cazdark's review against another edition
4.0
Wow I’m rlly enjoying these classic books??? Thanks mum for the recommendation. Lots of girllllll power here. Mr Rochester can be a bit OTT, lots of love bombing. I haven’t done any diploma work as I had to keep reading till finish lol
rileymoonn's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Jane’s passion, loyalty, and resilience made me fall in love with her. My favorite classic so far and the gothic element is perfect for October ;)
debicates's review against another edition
4.0
The book is always better.
Finally, I read the novel! The years of watching film adaptations on lazy Sunday afternoons had been mere wispy entertainments, complete with a Victorian tea set of tropes. Mistreated orphaned relative? Check. Abused Dickensian school waif? Check. Self-sacrificing do-gooder? Check. And, last but not least, an innocent governess in love with a Byronian rake? Check!
But in the novel, along with those campy tropes and plot devices, there is firmly something more: the immediacy of being taken into the confidence of a contemplative, soft-spoken person. It's like listening to a friend telling you for the first time her life story while you each gaze into a roaring fire. She's lost in her nostalgia, recalling when things were different, when she was different.
There's no rush. You become lost too, mesmerized, listening.
Even sitting here in my 21st century sensibility armchair, alone and far removed from Jane's time, her story is immersive, compelling. I systematically let go of my retro judgements and postmodern fatigue. Reading bonded me with the novel like one bonds with a friend, slowly, then fully. I grew to care sincerely that this little person once was young, sensitive, and suffered.
I filled pages in my reading journal. So many thoughts. That was unexpected.
My observations weren't just how impossibly hard historically it has been for women. My thoughts were about power, who has it and who doesn't, about manipulation and how it can be warped as superior wisdom, how perilous it is to navigate a world where those pitfalls abound. In too many ways, the world of 1847 is not so distant from the world of 2024 as one might think it would be. The world yet remains difficult and oppressive, and not only to women.
By the end of my purposefully slow reading, I was heartily ready for the reward of a happy ending for Jane, for her humility and forbearance. Half consciously I was rooting also for the living others with whom I currently share this world and wishing a happy ending to their struggles too.
Jane Eyre, or rather Charlotte Bronte, is a friend to me now.
I want to tell her that she deserved so much better than her often dreary life, beset by limitations, worries, heartbreak, and that life then cut far short of richer fulfilments. I wish I could thank Bronte for her genius and her fortitude. I wish that she could know that, through her trope-ridden Gothic of plain Jane, she got something she well deserved:
She got immortality.
How about that for a trite happy ending.
Finally, I read the novel! The years of watching film adaptations on lazy Sunday afternoons had been mere wispy entertainments, complete with a Victorian tea set of tropes. Mistreated orphaned relative? Check. Abused Dickensian school waif? Check. Self-sacrificing do-gooder? Check. And, last but not least, an innocent governess in love with a Byronian rake? Check!
But in the novel, along with those campy tropes and plot devices, there is firmly something more: the immediacy of being taken into the confidence of a contemplative, soft-spoken person. It's like listening to a friend telling you for the first time her life story while you each gaze into a roaring fire. She's lost in her nostalgia, recalling when things were different, when she was different.
There's no rush. You become lost too, mesmerized, listening.
Even sitting here in my 21st century sensibility armchair, alone and far removed from Jane's time, her story is immersive, compelling. I systematically let go of my retro judgements and postmodern fatigue. Reading bonded me with the novel like one bonds with a friend, slowly, then fully. I grew to care sincerely that this little person once was young, sensitive, and suffered.
I filled pages in my reading journal. So many thoughts. That was unexpected.
My observations weren't just how impossibly hard historically it has been for women. My thoughts were about power, who has it and who doesn't, about manipulation and how it can be warped as superior wisdom, how perilous it is to navigate a world where those pitfalls abound. In too many ways, the world of 1847 is not so distant from the world of 2024 as one might think it would be. The world yet remains difficult and oppressive, and not only to women.
By the end of my purposefully slow reading, I was heartily ready for the reward of a happy ending for Jane, for her humility and forbearance. Half consciously I was rooting also for the living others with whom I currently share this world and wishing a happy ending to their struggles too.
Jane Eyre, or rather Charlotte Bronte, is a friend to me now.
I want to tell her that she deserved so much better than her often dreary life, beset by limitations, worries, heartbreak, and that life then cut far short of richer fulfilments. I wish I could thank Bronte for her genius and her fortitude. I wish that she could know that, through her trope-ridden Gothic of plain Jane, she got something she well deserved:
She got immortality.
How about that for a trite happy ending.
tabsjewel03's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Favorite classic ever!
calciferthecaique's review against another edition
dark
emotional
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
tha_ptlnkr's review against another edition
5.0
Direto pra lista de favoritos
Eu li Jane Eyre mais para cumprir o protocolo de ler um livro tão famoso. Mas eu não estava ansiosa por ele. Eis que eu me apaixonei completamente por Jane Eyre, um livro fresco e ao mesmo tempo com uma forte carga de maturidade.
Charlotte Brontë escreve lindamente, nos instiga, nos assusta. Eu me desesperei, eu me emocionei, eu quis gritar, eu chorei, eu chorei, eu chorei.
Se Jane e Edward não são o casal mais tragifofo da literatura, não sei de mais nada.
Eu li Jane Eyre mais para cumprir o protocolo de ler um livro tão famoso. Mas eu não estava ansiosa por ele. Eis que eu me apaixonei completamente por Jane Eyre, um livro fresco e ao mesmo tempo com uma forte carga de maturidade.
Charlotte Brontë escreve lindamente, nos instiga, nos assusta. Eu me desesperei, eu me emocionei, eu quis gritar, eu chorei, eu chorei, eu chorei.
Se Jane e Edward não são o casal mais tragifofo da literatura, não sei de mais nada.