Quote:
“Let me hasten to add that I am not at all like Jane Eyre, who must have given hope to so many plain women who tell their stories in the first person, nor have I ever thought of myself as being like her.”
― Barbara Pym, Excellent Women
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Just some notes rather than any coherent thoughts.
I liked Jane Eyre. I didn't really identify with her but at the beginning I rooted for her the way you root for all abused children.
The romance didn't do much for me but I wanted her to be happy and you had the mystery of the strange third floor at Thornfield Hall to keep up interest.
And finally I read on to see how it would all resolve with Jane finding Happiness At Last, because I
did want her to be happy and St. John (pronounced Sinjin?) was totally unsuitable.
I found it interesting Bronte used the last words of the New Testament as the last words of the novel.