“We know that God is everywhere; but certainly we feel His presence most when His works are on the grandest scale spread before us; and it is in the unclouded night-sky, where His worlds wheel their silent course, that we read clearest His infinitude, His omnipotence, His omnipresence.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
Summary:
Jane, a plain and penniless orphan in nineteenth-century England, accepts employment as a governess at Thornfield Hall and soon finds herself in love with her melancholy employer, Mr. Edward Rochester, a man with a terrible secret.
My book club read Jane Eyre last month and it was a great stretch for me! It was my first time reading this classic. One of our members read the above quote as one she liked. The words comes from a dark time in Jane's life when she has run away and is sleeping out in the wilderness under the stars. Yet she finds comfort because she feels God's presence in her life.
The book is a Gothic, romantic, mysterious and moral story. It is lengthy and my audio version took about 17 hours. I read the book on my Kindle and synced it up with my audio version from Audible. The words were highlighted as the narrator read to me. The narrator had a great British accent with a smooth and well paced dramatic delivery. I enjoyed it a great deal. My vocabulary couldn't match the vocabulary in the book and I had to look up at least one if not more words per page. Our language has certainly changed since this book was written in 1847. I highly recommend using a Kindle and Audible sync if you are reading a book that is difficult. It helped a great deal.
The book was a bit wordy and I think a modern editor would have had the author shorten up parts of the book. However, there is no doubt that Bronte was a very good writer. Our club also imagined that books were probably longer at that time because people were glad to have a long book to read for their evening entertainment instead of watching something on television!
Yes, I would recommend reading this book but I would advise an audio recording if you are having trouble with the reading process. It helps so much and was quite fun too. I give this book a 3 out of 4 stars. I would only recommend this book to those willing to take on a challenge but, if you want to read a classic, this is a great start. The next adult fiction book I read, coincidentally had a blurb calling it a modern day retelling of Jane Eyre. It was fun to have read the book and determine if that was really a true statement in my eyes. I will be reviewing that book next! Come back and find out the title!
I watched a British movie from Amazon called Jane Eyre. There were several to choose from and this one was the newest. I liked it a lot and thought they created a good film version. I highly recommend it. There is another one that I have queued up to watch next.
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