Rating: 5 stars
Cover synopsis: The passionate love between Jane Eyre, a young girl alone in the world, and the rich, brilliant, domineering Rochester has, ever since its publication in 1847, enthralled readers. It lives as one of the great triumphs of storytelling and as a moving affirmation of the perogatives of the heart in the face of disappointment and misfortune.
I vaguely remember reading this in high school, but apparently it didn't make much of an impression on me. I'm so glad I tried it again. I've been completely absorbed in it all week, hardly able to think of anything else, hiding away so I can read a few pages and, yes, I admit, putting movies on for the kids so I could read a lot of pages!
I'd say this novel rivals -- or exceeds -- some of Jane Austen's work. It's action packed, crammed with emotion, moral dilemmas, secret identities, long lost relatives, fortune, poverty, mysteries in the attic, supernatural voices, and more. Now I'll have to put some of the screen adaptations in my Netflix clue to continue my Jane Eyre fix.
