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LitJoy Crate, Charlotte Brontë, Felix Klaer: Jane Eyre (2021, LitJoy Crate)

Langue : English

Publié 19 mars 2021 par LitJoy Crate.

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978-1-7350633-4-8
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I didn't get Wuthering Heights, but I get Jane Eyre

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This is the third book written by the Brontë sisters I've read, and so far I've definitely enjoyed it the most. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall felt a little too moralistic to me, with Wuthering Heights I couldn't understand the characters' motivation. Jane however? I get Jane. Abused and neglected in childhood, desperate for love, yet still too proud to accept crumbs... I get Jane Eyre.

It's just a shame how much the two other most interesting female characters in the book - which would be Bertha and Adele - are treated. Bertha is little more than a plot device, when her story carries so much potential. Charlotte Bronte wouldn't have even had to make her sympathetic to satisfy me, just show a little bit more of her perspective. But, you know, I'm a person who has lived in the world for a couple of years, so I knew about …

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