tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530705972708152378.post2633827487623855616..comments2024-01-26T02:25:17.645-07:00Comments on Alternate Readality: Follow FridayJennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05738740015526095835noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530705972708152378.post-30775521490586249542012-09-22T16:50:00.902-06:002012-09-22T16:50:00.902-06:00I've read the book and liked it, but I don'...I've read the book and liked it, but I don't think it's as wonderful as many people say. The love story is... strange. I had watched the last movie before I read the book, so I kept imagining a much better looking version of Rochester than the one described in the book.Hellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02575223261024272032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530705972708152378.post-11315932682101639282012-09-21T16:49:51.680-06:002012-09-21T16:49:51.680-06:00LOL! Well, I'm glad it's not one you loved...LOL! Well, I'm glad it's not one you loved then. ;) Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05738740015526095835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530705972708152378.post-75597563906595567532012-09-21T11:56:51.696-06:002012-09-21T11:56:51.696-06:00I was seriously terrified that you were going to p...I was seriously terrified that you were going to pick a book I loved. But I haven't read this one, so you're good. fakestephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08178042157823156839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530705972708152378.post-38737572165631024842012-09-19T17:27:57.194-06:002012-09-19T17:27:57.194-06:00No, maybe stepped on by kitties. I know I have tha...No, maybe stepped on by kitties. I know I have that problem. ;) Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05738740015526095835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530705972708152378.post-22673235517796256252012-09-19T17:27:11.829-06:002012-09-19T17:27:11.829-06:00This is so funny to me. My mom and sister love thi...This is so funny to me. My mom and sister love this one too yet HATE Wuthering Heights. I, on the other hand, don't mind that one nearly as much. Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05738740015526095835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530705972708152378.post-8210671546220881662012-09-19T17:26:30.472-06:002012-09-19T17:26:30.472-06:00Well, at least I got you thinking about it again. ...Well, at least I got you thinking about it again. ;) Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05738740015526095835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530705972708152378.post-68262898652777349532012-09-19T15:12:50.203-06:002012-09-19T15:12:50.203-06:00LOL! I haven't read it in a long time but I r...LOL! I haven't read it in a long time but I remember it was not a favorite. Still want to reread, though. I'll be keeping your thoughts in mind. There were things I used to not notice till blogging. Maybe I'm ripe for being stepped on by men or something. :)Bookfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530705972708152378.post-57392778378038633512012-09-19T07:23:54.656-06:002012-09-19T07:23:54.656-06:00+JMJ+
Well, to be honest, I needed a couple of d...+JMJ+ <br /><br />Well, to be honest, I needed a couple of days to come up with the above comment. =) <i>Jane Eyre</i> is a novel I've loved for so long that I don't always remember my intellectual reasons for favouring it. Enbrethilielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03414765854670926854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530705972708152378.post-10905999846625842482012-09-18T14:31:47.973-06:002012-09-18T14:31:47.973-06:00Oh, Jenny. I do like to forget that you hate this...Oh, Jenny. I do like to forget that you hate this book. :) But I can totally see your point. I can. I just happen to like it. (Note, though, that I despised WUTHERING HEIGHTS.) <br /><br />This is one of my favorite things about the book community. Everyone's tastes are so diverse, and it's so fun to discuss why a particular book did or did not resonate with you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530705972708152378.post-68897673462738679932012-09-18T11:10:58.473-06:002012-09-18T11:10:58.473-06:00LOL! Oh yeah. I forgot how much you loved this one...LOL! Oh yeah. I forgot how much you loved this one. Yes, we're still friends. We'll just have to agree to disagree. I like your insights, though. I hadn't thought of those things and no one else can even stand up for why they like it. Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05738740015526095835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530705972708152378.post-10347610601682767342012-09-18T05:50:58.134-06:002012-09-18T05:50:58.134-06:00+JMJ+
PS -- Please don't shoot me. We're...+JMJ+ <br /><br />PS -- Please don't shoot me. We're friends, right? =PEnbrethilielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03414765854670926854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530705972708152378.post-86951783511302525432012-09-18T05:48:48.743-06:002012-09-18T05:48:48.743-06:00+JMJ+
I think you already know that this is one ...+JMJ+ <br /><br />I think you already know that this is one of my favourite novels of all time. LOL! ;-) <br /><br />For what it's worth, the "romance" is "justifiable" (<i>Didn't know which of the words merited the scare quotes more--LOL</i>) because Jane and Edward are the only two people in the world for each other. That "Jane, Jane, Jane!" moment isn't a weak plot device, but proof that there's no way Jane can just get over him. His voice will literally follow her anywhere she tries to escape. LOL! <br /><br />While I personally take the idea of "soulmates" with a grain of salt, I think the conceit works very well here. And one reason is that Jane and Edward really are very much alike. He's not some overbearing older, more experienced man taking advantage of a young, naive girl. They are cut from the same cloth. Edward may have locked a woman in an attic for years, but I'm betting that Jane would have done something just as shocking if she had married St. John, gone to India, and then realised she had made her own awful mistake. They are <i>both</i> extreme, both on the fringes. <br /><br />Jane just <i>seems</i> more in control because the Victorian world would not have been very forgiving of her true character (as we see when she rubs everyone the wrong way even as a child), and she has had to learn to adapt. Edward has a bit more leeway, being a man--but he is also still very restrained. If they had been a more modern couple . . . Well, let me put it this way: they'd be in the same league as Mick Jagger and Jeri Hall or Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love. Very extreme indeed: what we might now call "rock and roll." <br /><br />But Charlotte Bronte's point was that such extreme emotions are not the province only of men or of the "beautiful people" of the world. She insisted that even the most overlooked people in Victorian society--the governesses--could have storms raging inside their souls. Enbrethilielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03414765854670926854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530705972708152378.post-41362730239298970992012-09-17T16:40:24.085-06:002012-09-17T16:40:24.085-06:00LOL! Who's crazier? The Jane Eyre/Twilight hat...LOL! Who's crazier? The Jane Eyre/Twilight haters or people who spell words with half capitols and half lower case letters? Seriously. ;) Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05738740015526095835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530705972708152378.post-24532823414410448502012-09-17T16:36:53.549-06:002012-09-17T16:36:53.549-06:00I don't mind some classics but, yes, they'...I don't mind some classics but, yes, they're much slower. Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05738740015526095835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530705972708152378.post-11660735758609797562012-09-17T16:36:14.756-06:002012-09-17T16:36:14.756-06:00Yay, you get it! At least you're smart enough ...Yay, you get it! At least you're smart enough to not even read. Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05738740015526095835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530705972708152378.post-36899014984189528902012-09-17T16:32:41.305-06:002012-09-17T16:32:41.305-06:00Don't feel bad, it sucked! ;)Don't feel bad, it sucked! ;) Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05738740015526095835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530705972708152378.post-11626052639954853752012-09-17T16:32:17.099-06:002012-09-17T16:32:17.099-06:00Thanks for hopping by. :) Thanks for hopping by. :) Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05738740015526095835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530705972708152378.post-67434512335145260422012-09-17T13:27:53.964-06:002012-09-17T13:27:53.964-06:00I seriously can't believe you don't LOVE J...I seriously can't believe you don't LOVE Jane Eyre, what is wrong with you?? You probably hate Twilight too, obviously you don't get how sexy overly dramatic, rude men can be.<br /><br />His wife was BaTShiT crazy that's why she was locked in the attic which is where Jane Eyre and Twilight haters should besusanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10842214061035737747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530705972708152378.post-80430418644250098092012-09-17T13:10:37.436-06:002012-09-17T13:10:37.436-06:00As an English major, I was always sort of embarass...As an English major, I was always sort of embarassed that I don't care for many of the classics. I often find the plots trite/boring and the characters not all that relateable. The pacing is often super slow too. Nice post!Camille Picotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04202776373092423433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530705972708152378.post-23577251372013843032012-09-16T15:27:18.941-06:002012-09-16T15:27:18.941-06:00And that is exactly why I haven't read this bo...And that is exactly why I haven't read this book. I knoooow it's supposed to be a great classic and that I should give it a chance, but the story sounds ridiculous to me. Locking your wife in an attack while gallivanting around with some other woman who you continuously undermine? Niiiice :P. And Jane just accepts all of it...ugh. I have read bits of this book but never all of it, and I probably never will read all of it...Liz. Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14946301117581700393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530705972708152378.post-75533392942510239292012-09-16T13:19:44.876-06:002012-09-16T13:19:44.876-06:00You know, I hate to say it, but Jane Eyre is one c...You know, I hate to say it, but Jane Eyre is one classic I've never read... when it comes to classics, I've always felt that way about Wuthering Heights... so... much... wuthering. <br /><br />New follower here!<br />http://littlesqueed.blogspot.com/2012/09/feature-follow.htmlHeatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15111661500387424612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530705972708152378.post-23964264314447170312012-09-15T13:17:23.476-06:002012-09-15T13:17:23.476-06:00Everyone at book club loves this one. I'm used...Everyone at book club loves this one. I'm used to it, it's all good. I just can't get it. Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05738740015526095835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530705972708152378.post-15697985605483581782012-09-15T12:56:31.589-06:002012-09-15T12:56:31.589-06:00Jane went back because she LOVED him! Sheesh! :) A...Jane went back because she LOVED him! Sheesh! :) And he was wrong about the whole wife in the attic thing, but still, he LOVED her! (Jane of course, not the wife.) I see him, I guess, in a much more sympathetic way. It's an awesome LOVE story!! Even with the new way you've made me look at this one (and you have, believe me) I still stand by that. Sueyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926501219758538615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530705972708152378.post-81313095024189674882012-09-15T12:23:35.921-06:002012-09-15T12:23:35.921-06:00Very insightful. I need to look at it that way bec...Very insightful. I need to look at it that way because the book seriously infuriates me. I'd never even thought about how inexperienced she was. Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05738740015526095835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530705972708152378.post-8809875232640849832012-09-15T12:22:20.908-06:002012-09-15T12:22:20.908-06:00Yeah, it's because they got payed by the word ...Yeah, it's because they got payed by the word so they never shut up! ;) Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05738740015526095835noreply@blogger.com