Jane Eyre (Wordsworth Classics)

This book is a classic because it has all the highs and lows that life can hold. Ever felt like you were different from everyone else? Ever felt like you were invisible to your family? Then you will relate to Jane. This book takes you on the journey of Jane's life as she navigates through the bad times of being an orphan, the better times of finding a friend, and the good times of falling in love. All the emotions we as humans feel are in this book. Try it for yourself!

I liked the format of the book, it was easy to see, the list of footnotes at the back helped to understand references that I didn't know, and the introduction in the front of the book, which suggested that I read the book first before looking at the next section was good advice, even though I had read this book many times before! It is a book that I will continue to reread!

I haven’t read it yet but it’s beat up. It’s bent a bit and a little crinkled. It looks like I bought it at half priced books for $5. 😭

jane eyre is an exceptional read for figuring out how to be cemented in yourself and finding yourself. it's all a great story to follow with good twists and plot points. one of my favorite books.

The font was smaller than expected but other than that the book is in great conditions.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this classic novel and look forward to finding more such treasures.

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I ordered two of these books. The quality is good but I'm disappointed that the cover does not match what the listing shows. I picked this particular listing because the cover was pretty. Not the end of the world but would have loved to get what was shown.

Recebi o produto com muita rapidez, o que me surpreendeu muito. E, por ser um livro em inglês, o valor não foi muito alto. Qualidade excelente desde o início. Estou muito satisfeita com tudo. Até agora, o livro está muito interessante.

This is one of my favourite books, perhaps my absolute. Excluding children's books, I have read this one far more than any other, and that's got to be saying something because I couldn't name another pre-20th-century novel that excites me like this, or even another Brontë novel that I particularly like.I love Jane; although my personality doesn't run in complete tandem with hers, I feel like I 'get' her and therefore across time I am also 'got', in a way only introverts could understand. Jane is a voice for the voiceless, in more ways than one of course, since she also stands up for women and the poor and abused. Brontë has a sharp wit that she just throws in every now and then when I wouldn't even have thought to make a moment funny that really brings this seemingly quiet but actually fiery character to life. It is a thrill and joy every time Jane speaks her mind despite what convention states is proper for her sex and place in society; it is therefore also a joy that she meets a character who responds with that same thrill and joy to her words and actions as I do.When I start reading the book each time, I grow excited as I look forward to certain moments I know are coming. It's impossible not to sympathise with an unfairly treated child, and when little Jane finally snaps and stands up to her tormentors, the words seem to crackle. The same is true when she grows up and takes her job at Thornfield Hall. Every encounter with Mr Rochester can't come quick enough. Some of these, and of course the bedroom fire, are moments I'd happily seek out just to read off the cuff. They are thrilling, funny and always deliciously too brief.There are two chapters somewhere towards the end of the middle that dampen my spirits each time I reach them. (view spoiler) But then we are back on track - Jane's flight and near starvation bring tears to my eyes, and her encounters with St John Rivers hold an interesting appeal, although each time I read the novel I discover I despise him more and more thoroughly. I delight in the contrast between Rochester and St John, it perfectly fuels the desire to reach the climax of the story regardless of previous wrong-doing by certain people, handing out dramatically balanced comeuppance with love and compassion, making the ending so rewarding.Despite all this, I don't think the book is perfect. There are times when the narration seems to waffle on too much, oddly out of sorts with the sharper, wittier stuff that I love. The first two pages don't exactly zing. I have never understood why the ending focuses on St John (am I not supposed to revile him?). I could probably do without the direct addresses to the reader all the time. The untranslated French leaves me baffled. Diana and Mary are barely realised as characters while Brontë seems to describe St John's words far more than she actually shows them to us, telling us he has this mesmerising power that we never get to experience, which makes it all the more difficult to understand how anyone could possibly like him. Also as time goes on, I find it harder to grasp exactly why Mr Rochester feels the need to make Jane jealous by pretending to be interested in Blanche Ingram - it's a lot of fun for the reader, but it just feels like a silly scheme put in by the writer rather than a logical thing a real person would actually do, (view spoiler) One must also wonder what the hell delusion Mr Rochester is living in that he thinks he could ever get away with his other more serious deception (I don't know why I'm being coy, like anyone on the planet doesn't know what his secret is), how did he think Jane was going to react when she finally found out, since he did intend to tell her?But where it is good, which is most of it, it soars right off the page into my heart. The friendship between Jane and Rochester is one of my favourite relationships in literature. It is exactly the right blend of passion and chasteness that suits my tastes, and has probably influenced my tastes in other fiction. I just love reading about characters who see something in each other that other people are too blind to see.

I ordered this book because I liked the look of the cover and got a completely different book cover in the mail.

Great quality book.

Dovendo scrivere una recensione sul libro in quanto oggetto e non una mia opinione sulla trama, il libro ha tutte le pagine stampate correttamente, non presenta nessun tipo di difetto e l'immagine è rappresentativa del prodotto. Per 2.68€ direi che non posso lamentarmi di nulla, anzi. Non so cosa vi aspettiate da un libro, a me basta che ci siano tutte le pagine stampate e che siano leggibili le parole, se poi avessi voluto una qualità migliore della carta di certo non avrei comprato un libro da tre euro.