3-2-1 Chapter
Review for Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte.
Tells the
life story of the title character in first person narrative.
I first read
Jane Eyre when I was fifteen. I started it one morning and read all through the
day and night. Finishing it the next afternoon. It is still my all time
favourite and I’ve given up watching either movies, TV or stage versions as
none of them come close. This is my
3-2-1 Chapter Review:
The Good -
Very smooth introduction to the characters and their personalities.
The Good -
Started off with a day that for all intents and purposes should have leaned on
the side of boring (a child stuck indoors because of the rain) and ended with a
physically violent, blood drawing altercation.
The Good - By
the end of the third paragraph the reader’s feet are firmly planted in the
young heroine’s corner.
The Bad - The
language of the book being read by Jane Eyre ‘Bewick’s History of British Birds’
seems a tad poetic for a factual book on birds. However, since Jane Eyre was first
published in 1847 perhaps this was the norm.
The Bad - The
novel is narrated by Jane Eyre and at one point she describes in detail the
response of her cousin John’s Head Master to her Aunt. It caused me to wonder
how an ostracized ten year old would have known his comments.
The Beautiful
- ‘I feared nothing but interruption, and that came too soon. The
breakfast-room door opened.’
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