Author:
Charlotte Brontë
Title:
Jane Eyre
Number of pages:
153
Publisher:
Longman Fiction
Genre:
Dramatic / romantic novel
Why’d I chose this book:
A classmate said that I would like Jane Eyre because she thought the story would interest me, so I rented the book and hoped that she was right!
First reaction:
The first pages were a bit boring, and I almost stopped reading to choose another book, but I readed on and I’m happy with that decision.
Summary:
The story begins when Jane is 10. Her parents are dead and she has been taken care of by her aunt at Gateshead Hall. There she lives a miserable life with her cousin John who bully's her. After a fight with John she is put in the room where her uncle died. There she has a nightmare. Late at night she is taken back to her room by Bessie, the nurse. She isn't well so Bessie call's the apothecary. To him Jane says that she wants to go to school. For weeks nothing happens. At one day Mr Brocklehurst arrives. He is the head of Lowood Institute. Jane go's to Lowood and meets Helen, a very intelligent child. Helen dies of tuberculosis. Many other children die at the same time of typhus, because of the bad food. Mr Brocklehurst is degraded to the post of treasurer and other people are caring for the children.
When jane is 18 she wants to go away. She is a teacher now and she places an advertisement as a governess. She gets one reply, from Mrs Fairfax at Thornfield Hall.
Jane becomes a governess there for Adele a little orphan and ward of Mr Rochester, the master of the house. Mr Rochester isn't home and there are strange things going on in the house. Many days pass away. One day when Jane goes out to the village to post a letter, she meets a horseman with his dog.
The horse falls and the man is hurt and Jane helps him on his feet. When she is back home she recognises the dog and understands that the horseman is Mr Rochester.
She meets Mr Rochester many times and they have interesting conversations and she starts to like him very much, in spite of his sarcastic and authoritarian manners. He tells her much about his journeys. Sometimes she hears strange laughter in the night coming from the third floor. One night hears a noise and finds out that Mr Rochesters bed is on fire. She puts out the fire and Mr Rochester expresses his gratitude in an emotional way. Jane finds herself in love with Mr Rochester. After that event Mr Rochester invites a lot of guests. One of the guests is Miss Blanche Ingram, a very beautiful woman who tries to secure Mr Rochester which gives great pain to Jane. Jane thinks that Mr Rochester wants to marry Blanche Ingram. One day a stranger arrives, a Mr Mason from Spanishtown, Jamaica. Mr Rochester seems to be very upset by his arrival. In the night Jane hears terrible screaming from the third floor. Mr Rochester asks her to help him. He brings her to the third floor where she sees Mr Mason badly wounded and bleeding. All the time Jane thinks that the laughter and the attack on Mr Mason is the work of Grace Poole, a servant, and Mr Rochester lets her also believe that.
In the morning Jane is visited by a servant from her aunt who wants to see her on dyingbed. Jane gets permission to visit her. Her aunt gives her a letter written 3 years ago by her uncle John Eyre in which he wants to adopt Jane and make her his heir. After the funeral Jane returns to Thornfield Hall. The guests are all gone and Mr Rochester asks her to be his wife. During the wedding in the church, Mr Mason appears and tells the priest that Mr Rochester is already married to his sister and that she lives at Thornfield Hall. Mr Rochester shows his wife to the audience. His wife is insane and behaves like a wild beast, and he has been married to her for 15 years. Jane has great pity with him but she decides to go away because she can't live with Mr Rochester as his mistress. She sneaks away in the night with little money and takes a carriage to the north of England and then she has no money left. After many days of starvation she is taken care of by a young clergyman, St. John Rivers and his two sisters Diana and Mary. After many weeks she wants to pick up her life and becomes a village teacher. Mary and Diana become both governesses. The school is a succes thanks to Jane. One day Mr Rivers arrives and wants to tell Jane something. He tells her that he is her cousin and that she has inherited a fortune from her deceased uncle John. Jane wants to share it with her newfound relatives so that they need no longer be governesses and come home to Moor house. For some months they all live quietly together. St. John Rivers, a cold man, wants Jane to be his wife. Not for love but he wants her to take to India, where he will be a missionary. Jane refuses, she only wants to go unmarried because she cannot love him. One evening St. John almost succeeds in his attempts to persuade Jane, but suddenly she hears Mr Rochesters voice calling her name. Immediately she knows what to do and the next day she travels to Thornfield Hall to find out what has become of Mr Rochester. She finds the house burnt down. After talking to the host of the inn she hears that Mrs Rochester had set fire to the house several months ago. She fell from the roof and died instantly and Mr Rochester had become blind and lost his right hand by trying to save her. She finds Mr Rochester in an old manor and after some days they marry. After two years Mr Rochester regained the sight in his right eye.
Characters
Jane: an orphan girl, intelligent and honest. Although she meets some people who treat her bad, Jane succeeds every time at asserting herself. She is the main character and tells the story of her life.
Mr. Rochester: Janes employer, lover and the master of Thornfield. He is a wealthy man with a dark secret. He suffered for a long time as a result of his earlier marriage to Bertha.
St. John Rivers: together with his sisters Mary and Diana they are there for Jane when she runs away from Thornfield. He wants a carreer. He asks Jane to marry him.
Mrs. Reed: Janes aunt who raises her till at Gateshead Hall till she’s 10 and goes to school. Mrs. Reed treats Jane bad, because her man always loved Jane more then their own children.
Themes
1. Romance
2. Passionate love
Explanation of the title:
That is very easy, because the title is the name of the main character, Jane Eyre. The story of her life is told in this book, so it’s a good and understandible title for the book.
Point of view:
The story is told by the main character, Jane Eyre herself, in the first-person. She tells the story of her life years after her marriage to Mr. Rochester.
Judgment:
I liked the book. While reading the book you’ll be as one with the teller of the story. The first 10 pages it was not my kind of book, but after those pages there was a fantastic story! I’ve read better books, but it was nice to read and I don’t regret the choise to read on after those 10 hard pages.
Charlotte Brontë
Title:
Jane Eyre
Number of pages:
153
Publisher:
Longman Fiction
Genre:
Dramatic / romantic novel
Why’d I chose this book:
A classmate said that I would like Jane Eyre because she thought the story would interest me, so I rented the book and hoped that she was right!
First reaction:
The first pages were a bit boring, and I almost stopped reading to choose another book, but I readed on and I’m happy with that decision.
Summary:
The story begins when Jane is 10. Her parents are dead and she has been taken care of by her aunt at Gateshead Hall. There she lives a miserable life with her cousin John who bully's her. After a fight with John she is put in the room where her uncle died. There she has a nightmare. Late at night she is taken back to her room by Bessie, the nurse. She isn't well so Bessie call's the apothecary. To him Jane says that she wants to go to school. For weeks nothing happens. At one day Mr Brocklehurst arrives. He is the head of Lowood Institute. Jane go's to Lowood and meets Helen, a very intelligent child. Helen dies of tuberculosis. Many other children die at the same time of typhus, because of the bad food. Mr Brocklehurst is degraded to the post of treasurer and other people are caring for the children.
Jane becomes a governess there for Adele a little orphan and ward of Mr Rochester, the master of the house. Mr Rochester isn't home and there are strange things going on in the house. Many days pass away. One day when Jane goes out to the village to post a letter, she meets a horseman with his dog.
The horse falls and the man is hurt and Jane helps him on his feet. When she is back home she recognises the dog and understands that the horseman is Mr Rochester.
She meets Mr Rochester many times and they have interesting conversations and she starts to like him very much, in spite of his sarcastic and authoritarian manners. He tells her much about his journeys. Sometimes she hears strange laughter in the night coming from the third floor. One night hears a noise and finds out that Mr Rochesters bed is on fire. She puts out the fire and Mr Rochester expresses his gratitude in an emotional way. Jane finds herself in love with Mr Rochester. After that event Mr Rochester invites a lot of guests. One of the guests is Miss Blanche Ingram, a very beautiful woman who tries to secure Mr Rochester which gives great pain to Jane. Jane thinks that Mr Rochester wants to marry Blanche Ingram. One day a stranger arrives, a Mr Mason from Spanishtown, Jamaica. Mr Rochester seems to be very upset by his arrival. In the night Jane hears terrible screaming from the third floor. Mr Rochester asks her to help him. He brings her to the third floor where she sees Mr Mason badly wounded and bleeding. All the time Jane thinks that the laughter and the attack on Mr Mason is the work of Grace Poole, a servant, and Mr Rochester lets her also believe that.
In the morning Jane is visited by a servant from her aunt who wants to see her on dyingbed. Jane gets permission to visit her. Her aunt gives her a letter written 3 years ago by her uncle John Eyre in which he wants to adopt Jane and make her his heir. After the funeral Jane returns to Thornfield Hall. The guests are all gone and Mr Rochester asks her to be his wife. During the wedding in the church, Mr Mason appears and tells the priest that Mr Rochester is already married to his sister and that she lives at Thornfield Hall. Mr Rochester shows his wife to the audience. His wife is insane and behaves like a wild beast, and he has been married to her for 15 years. Jane has great pity with him but she decides to go away because she can't live with Mr Rochester as his mistress. She sneaks away in the night with little money and takes a carriage to the north of England and then she has no money left. After many days of starvation she is taken care of by a young clergyman, St. John Rivers and his two sisters Diana and Mary. After many weeks she wants to pick up her life and becomes a village teacher. Mary and Diana become both governesses. The school is a succes thanks to Jane. One day Mr Rivers arrives and wants to tell Jane something. He tells her that he is her cousin and that she has inherited a fortune from her deceased uncle John. Jane wants to share it with her newfound relatives so that they need no longer be governesses and come home to Moor house. For some months they all live quietly together. St. John Rivers, a cold man, wants Jane to be his wife. Not for love but he wants her to take to India, where he will be a missionary. Jane refuses, she only wants to go unmarried because she cannot love him. One evening St. John almost succeeds in his attempts to persuade Jane, but suddenly she hears Mr Rochesters voice calling her name. Immediately she knows what to do and the next day she travels to Thornfield Hall to find out what has become of Mr Rochester. She finds the house burnt down. After talking to the host of the inn she hears that Mrs Rochester had set fire to the house several months ago. She fell from the roof and died instantly and Mr Rochester had become blind and lost his right hand by trying to save her. She finds Mr Rochester in an old manor and after some days they marry. After two years Mr Rochester regained the sight in his right eye.
Characters
Jane: an orphan girl, intelligent and honest. Although she meets some people who treat her bad, Jane succeeds every time at asserting herself. She is the main character and tells the story of her life.
Mr. Rochester: Janes employer, lover and the master of Thornfield. He is a wealthy man with a dark secret. He suffered for a long time as a result of his earlier marriage to Bertha.
St. John Rivers: together with his sisters Mary and Diana they are there for Jane when she runs away from Thornfield. He wants a carreer. He asks Jane to marry him.
Mrs. Reed: Janes aunt who raises her till at Gateshead Hall till she’s 10 and goes to school. Mrs. Reed treats Jane bad, because her man always loved Jane more then their own children.
Themes
1. Romance
Explanation of the title:
That is very easy, because the title is the name of the main character, Jane Eyre. The story of her life is told in this book, so it’s a good and understandible title for the book.
Point of view:
The story is told by the main character, Jane Eyre herself, in the first-person. She tells the story of her life years after her marriage to Mr. Rochester.
Judgment:
I liked the book. While reading the book you’ll be as one with the teller of the story. The first 10 pages it was not my kind of book, but after those pages there was a fantastic story! I’ve read better books, but it was nice to read and I don’t regret the choise to read on after those 10 hard pages.
REACTIES
:name
:name
:comment
1 seconde geleden