Thread: Jane Eyre ending?
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Old 08-31-2021, 04:34 PM   #12
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I think my teacher probably thought it was easier to give us some choice so nobody would be stuck with something they absolutely hated. As I recall, the girls tended to choose more romantic books (like Pride and Prejudice or Wuthering Heights) while the boys were more likely to choose books that had to do with war or adventure.
Even though Lawrence's bio was very derring-do, the bit that really stuck with me even as a 15 year old and that I still quote frequently was his hilariously apt summary in the foreword on the value of transliteration.
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