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post #1 of 31
11/2/08 at 11:48pm
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I am all aflutter after watching Jane Eyre for the first time (the only downloadable version that exists on Netflix, Timothy Dahlton as Mr. Rochester)
I can't believe I've never read this book. I am headed to the library for it tomorrow, but I want to know more NOW.
I think I love Jane as much as I do Mr. Rochester. He's such a jerk. So passionate. She's so strong. So feminine.
I'm twitterpated!
post #2 of 31
11/3/08 at 10:43pm
I read Jane Eyre and thought Jane Austen.

I love Jane Eyre! It was my favorite book for a while. The rendition on PBS recently was wonderful.

The Language of Slavery in Jane Eyre is a really interesting essay.
post #3 of 31
11/7/08 at 3:40pm
I love the book too.
I second the pbs version. I think the T. Dalton one is slightly more true to the book. But the recent pbs one is also really very good. It really is a classic and beautiful love story. The book gets really wordy, like they talk to each other for pages and pages, but if you like Jane Eyre it's all the better because it's long
Wide Sargasso Sea is an interesting take on the wife's story. It mostly takes place before they go to England but it does end with the fire. I wasn't crazy about it but it definitely gives you more to think about.
Happy reading!
post #4 of 31
11/7/08 at 3:44pm
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I love Jane Eyre. And you are right that Timothy Dalton is a much better Rochester than any other. I even started a Facebook Group about it.

I have read the book about 11 times, have listened to it on tape a few times (what a pleasure!) and have seen the film a couple of times.

It is my favorite book.
post #5 of 31
11/7/08 at 5:48pm
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I want in on that Facebook group! I am obsessed with Mr. Rochester. Now that I am reading the book, he comes across as less abusive and more vulnerable, real and SEXY!
So obvious to say, but the movie just couldn't do him justice....
post #6 of 31
11/7/08 at 5:48pm
Mr. R: "Jane, am I hideous to behold, now?"
Jane: "You always were, sir"

post #7 of 31
11/7/08 at 5:55pm
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Originally Posted by redhotmama View Post
I want in on that Facebook group! I am obsessed with Mr. Rochester. Now that I am reading the book, he comes across as less abusive and more vulnerable, real and SEXY!
So obvious to say, but the movie just couldn't do him justice....
http://is.gd/OhJ Here it is.
post #8 of 31
11/7/08 at 6:05pm
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Originally Posted by KiwiZ View Post
Mr. R: "Jane, am I hideous to behold, now?"
Jane: "You always were, sir"
Do you doubt me, Jane?
Entirely, sir.
Have you no faith in me?
Not a whit.

post #9 of 31
11/7/08 at 6:07pm
I Jane Eyre.
post #10 of 31
11/9/08 at 2:24pm
Jane Eyre is my favorite book! I've never watched the movie, though, and I don't think I'll ever be able to.....it couldn't possibly be as good as the book.
post #11 of 31
11/9/08 at 3:02pm
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Originally Posted by KiwiZ View Post
Mr. R: "Jane, am I hideous to behold, now?"
Jane: "You always were, sir"
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Originally Posted by fek&fuzz View Post
Do you doubt me, Jane?
Entirely, sir.
Have you no faith in me?
Not a whit.
Reader, I married him.
post #12 of 31
11/9/08 at 7:34pm
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Originally Posted by *Jessica* View Post
Jane Eyre is my favorite book! I've never watched the movie, though, and I don't think I'll ever be able to.....it couldn't possibly be as good as the book.

I know what you mean, but if you change your mind, check out the Masterpiece Theatre version:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/janeeyre/index.html (has a preview you can play)

I thought it was very well done and true to character/book
post #13 of 31
11/10/08 at 10:18am
AMAZING book, one of my favorites. I am so happy that I recommended it to my 15 yr old niece, and she loves it too!
post #14 of 31
11/10/08 at 10:34am
I love Jane Eyre.
post #15 of 31
11/11/08 at 8:54pm
Jane Eyre is great! The movie is good but not as good as the book.
post #16 of 31
11/12/08 at 6:04am
I love Jane Eyre. I read it for the first time in high school and it's a book I come back to read over and over again. Bronte's heroines are made of much stronger stuff than Jane Austen and I say that as a huge Jane Austen fan. I just can't picture Elizabeth Bennett roaming the moors starving and penniless like Jane Eyre.

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Originally Posted by KiwiZ View Post
I know what you mean, but if you change your mind, check out the Masterpiece Theatre version:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/janeeyre/index.html (has a preview you can play)

I thought it was very well done and true to character/book
I got the DVD a few months ago. I thought the actress who played Blanche Ingram did a decent job but she was a blonde. Blanche Ingram is supposed to be a brunette and "dark as a Spaniard." Those little details matter to a purist like me.
post #17 of 31
11/12/08 at 10:21pm
I liked the sexual tension as it was portrayed in that PBS version. The first time they... hug passionately, he's on top. The second time, at the end, she's on top. That was clever.
post #18 of 31
11/13/08 at 12:38am
Jane Eyre is my favorite book of all time!!!
post #19 of 31
11/13/08 at 8:23pm
Oh, Mr. Rochester... :

I never really got into the movie, but the book, the book!
post #20 of 31
11/13/08 at 8:42pm
Quote:
Do you think because I am poor, obscure, plain and little, I am souless and heartless? You are wrong! - I have as much soul as you and full as much heart.
when they were in the garden and he was saying that he found her a job in Ireland.

For some reason, that was running through my head today.
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