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Jane Eyre

by Brontë Charlotte

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“Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Bronte, English novelist, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters, has much of a gothic novel. The book recounts a life of a young woman, a strong independent personality, describing her childhood, growing up, searching of her way in life and obstacles she encounters. It is worth noticing that the early events of the novel, when little Jane is sent to a rigorous Lowood School, are based on the personal author’s experience. Jane struggles through her cheerless childhood and becomes governess at Thornfield Hall, where she falls in love with Edward Rochester, rich owner of the gloomy Gothic estate, but her moral convictions keep her from becoming his mistress. Let the rest of the book, having an intricate, exciting plot and touching questions of morality, religion and gender relations, speak for itself.

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...between two claimants the precious morsel of brown breaddistributed at tea-time; and after relinquishing to a third half thecontents of my mug of coffee, I have swallowed the remainder with anaccompaniment of secret tears, forced from me by the exigency of hunger. Sundays were dreary days in that wintry season. We had to walk two milesto Brocklebridge Church, where our patron officiated. We set out cold, we arrived at church colder: during the morning service we became almostparalysed. It was too far to return to dinner, and an allowance of coldmeat and bread, in the same penurious proportion observed in our ordinarymeals, was served round between the services. At the close of the afternoon service we returned by an exposed and hillyroad, where the bitter winter wind, blowing over a range of snowy summitsto the north, almost flayed the skin from our faces. I can remember Miss Temple walking lightly and rapidly along our droopingline, her plaid cloak, which the frosty wind fluttered,...

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All comments: 6

freerainbow85

20 Dec 2010 13:55:13

A Masterpiece!

jRoxy13

27 Nov 2010 06:28:26

Probably one of the most well-written and likable of the gothic romances I've read.

kasierocha21

16 Nov 2010 19:11:10

most awsome book i ever read

kasierocha21

16 Nov 2010 19:11:09

most awsome book i ever read

Deepika

21 Oct 2010 01:33:49

Really good classic! But the abridged version is just as good if you're looking to know the plot. Amazing plot!

myself

20 Sep 2010 16:15:03

amazing book

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I cannot tell what sentiment haunted the quite solitary churchyard, withits inscribed headstone; its gate, its two trees, its low horizon, girdled by a broken wall, and its newly-risen crescent, attesting thehour of eventide.

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Folds of scarlet drapery shut in my view to the right hand; to the leftwere the clear panes of glass, protecting, but not separating me from thedrear November day. At intervals, while turning over the leaves of mybook, I studied the aspect of that winter afternoon. Afar, it offered apale blank of mist and cloud; near a scene of wet lawn and storm-beatshrub, with ceaseless rain sweeping away wildly before a long andlamentable blast.

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There is a man in our own days whose words are not framed to tickledelicate ears: who, to my thinking, comes before the great ones ofsociety, much as the son of Imlah came before the throned Kings of Judahand Israel; and who speaks truth as deep, with a power as prophet-likeand as vital--a mien as dauntless and as daring. Is the satirist of"Vanity Fair" admired in high places? I cannot tell; but I think if someof those amongst whom he hurls the Greek fire of his sarcasm, and overwhom he flashes the levin-brand of his denunciation, were to take hiswarnings in time--they or their seed might yet escape a fatalRimoth-Gilead.

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