Charlotte Bronte
Jane Eyre
Very readable story about a young woman's fight to get on in the world whilst preserving her self respect. Beautifully descriptive and a gripping story. Spoiler alert... The long section about her cousin gets a bit tedious and seems very uncharacteristic of Jane in her offer to her cousin. I wonder if that was put in to suit contemporary tastes as to the place of women given religious sensibilities although that seems very odd given the rest of the book. The ending is pretty standard for novels of this time although still very satisfactory as our heroine wins out. Now to read the introduction by a scholar to find out the hidden meanings I missed or misinterpreted!
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