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Drs. Bruce and Molly Recommend - Jane Eyre
Posted by Dr. Molly Roberts on October 14th, 2008
Have you ever read a classic once when you were a child and then again as an adult? I recently did just this with Jane Eyre. I remember loving this book as a child, but oh, what a distinct pleasure to read it again! The poetry of Charlotte Brontë’s language is as heavenly as petting a purring cat on your lap.
This whole thing got started because our daughter, Rebecca, was assigned this book for school. Dr. Bruce hadn’t read it before and I remembered loving it, so we decided to read it together. We listened to the book on tape version during a couple of long drives, and Bruce fell in love with her skill in painting pictures with words just as I found a new appreciation for it. We found ourselves not wanting to get out of the car when we got to our destination, just so that we could hear a bit more of Jane’s Eyre’s thoughts! If you haven’t read this in a while, give it another try - there is a reason this is considered a classic!
I was force-fed Jane Austen’s Persuasion at school and loathed it. In my thirties, I decided to give it another try and found it absolutely brilliant. Funny, sad, romantic and with subtleties that pass a reluctant teenager by.
I can’t count how many times I’ve re-read Jane Eyre and it just keeps getting better.
Elaine Saunders
Author: Fiction Writing Exercises
http://www.completetext.com
Comment by Elaine Saunders — October 14, 2008 @ 8:48 am