Jane Eyre
Last night I finally finished reading Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte.
It has taken me quite a while to read - I think about 7 weeks of reading a bit each night. It is relatively long compared to a lot of modern novels and I did spend quite a bit of time looking words up in the dictionary as I went along! I’m glad I did that though because that made it far more enjoyable.
About a third of the way into the book I decided to stop reading the footnotes because they started giving away plot developments! This most displeased me. Most of the other classics I have bought are the cheaper copies which don’t include footnotes so I won’t have that problem in future.
I think in general, it was a fairly plodding story and was basically as I expected it to be. The second half was particularly elongated. Overall I think I give it a 7/10.
did you watch the tv series of it? I didn’t catch all of it but I really liked the ones I did see. I was wondering a bit how close the story was to the book.
Good work on all the crazy weight loss :D It’s very impressive how you’ve persevered :)
I purposefully didn’t watch the tv series because I thought “I ought to read that” and I thought it would be better to read before watching. I notice that the DVDs are out soon so I’m hoping that I’ll be able to rent them from Love Film.