- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Wow! Just wow!
I was a latecomer to Jane Eyre and I often wonder what the hell took me so long. This book is amazing from start to finish and I found myself thinking about it whenever I couldn’t get to it to carry on reading.
Jane Eyre is a fantastic character and I had more than a few laugh-out-loud moments with her. My favourite being when the school governer tell her she is naughty and asks how she can stop being burned in the pits of hell to which she replies “I must keep in good health, and not die.” Genius!
The story of Jane Eyre spans over a decade and we follow her from her first home as an orphan in her rich relatives home where they treat her as an outcast, through boarding school for orphan girls and on to work as a governess where she meets Mr Rochester.
The whole books is beautifully written and engaging and I never once found a dull moment.
This is one book that I will be going back to again and again, I’m sure, and it is in my top 5 of all time.
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