tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275239266133000382.post6174288026024003228..comments2024-01-01T20:45:04.000+00:00Comments on Be Sol Be: Jane Eyre read along 2017Solhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10518631542782309728noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275239266133000382.post-20999732042512756052017-06-01T14:36:31.389+01:002017-06-01T14:36:31.389+01:00I am glad Blackso is well enough to go outside, th...I am glad Blackso is well enough to go outside, the weather is so changeable. We need to start thinking more about the books we want to read. I will do a post on it tomorrow I think.Solhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10518631542782309728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275239266133000382.post-16978414865428200232017-06-01T13:43:17.493+01:002017-06-01T13:43:17.493+01:00I'm okay, thanks Sol. Still keeping an ever-wa...I'm okay, thanks Sol. Still keeping an ever-watchful eye on you-know-who who's still tottering about looking as if he's drunk, poor thing, but he hasn't had another nasty turn for over a week now. Trouble is, in this sunny, warm - or hot - weather he (as well as Noodles) wants to go outside and lie under parked cars for their shade, something he does every Summer. In his present condition he couldn't get out quick enough if he had to, so I've got to keep alert to that as well - and my nerves are shreds!<br />Apart from that all is fine, as I hope it also is chez vous.<br /><br />I'm getting through another John Grisham at the mo. Always a pretty good read. But especially looking forward to 'Purple' time.Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275239266133000382.post-70998602624862368862017-06-01T12:40:27.728+01:002017-06-01T12:40:27.728+01:00Hey Ray, I always love your book reviews! Spot on...Hey Ray, I always love your book reviews! Spot on, thought provoking. I much prefered this to Mansfield park or middlemarch. We are getting on to some more gritty ones that I am looking forward to reading.<br /><br />Hope you are well and having a lovley time in the good weatherSolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10518631542782309728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275239266133000382.post-39128208746025762602017-06-01T09:53:04.465+01:002017-06-01T09:53:04.465+01:00Okay, Sol. 'Jane Eyre' then. (3rd time rou...Okay, Sol. 'Jane Eyre' then. (3rd time round)<br /><br />I felt the most successful part of the book was the initial pre-Rochester episodes. The writing throughout the novel is strong - but, dear me, talk about melodrama! The undisclosed mad wife in the attic, her attempts at arson, and the closing divulging of the ultimate conflagration with its devastating physical (and mental) effects on Rochester, all capped by Jane's revealing of herself as a 'good angel' - right through the book her own opinion of herself just teetered on the edge of becoming insufferable - who just very handily and unexpectedly happens to have become wealthy beyond measure, and finally marrying the one she'd been intended for all the while. <br />I can well believe that the novel kept readers of the time (and, indeed, ever since) engrossed with its 'thrills' and a glowing feeling of satisfaction at the 'happy ever after' conclusion. A lot of the denouement wouldn't have been out of place in what were once called 'penny-dreadful'comics. It all takes some swallowing - and yet it still manages to be quite rivetting.<br />I've got no complaints at all about the writing style (not something I can say about the next book, 'Wuthering Heights', alas - or rather three specific aspects in it). Command of vocabulary in 'Jane Eyre' is quite masterful. Characters are all well-delineated, their personalities drawn out more from their words and actions rather than direct descriptions.<br /><br />It's a long read, though it hardly ever becomes tortuous. Would I embark on it again for a fourth time ? Sure!<br />Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275239266133000382.post-35490959092254751852017-05-31T21:31:30.626+01:002017-05-31T21:31:30.626+01:00Hi DUTA, I came late to the joys of reading. I wa...Hi DUTA, I came late to the joys of reading. I was a bit wild and prefered to be outside with my friends rather than expanding my mind. Hence I am reading them all now. Feel free to join in!<br /><br />Hi Ray, I held back on the book post as Blackso was unwell. Life then got in the way and I was later than I thought I was going to be. I have also nearly finished Wuthering Heights. It is a short book. Looking forward to your thoughts on Jane EyreSolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10518631542782309728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275239266133000382.post-81934721443264540992017-05-31T06:30:00.740+01:002017-05-31T06:30:00.740+01:00I actually finished the next book, 'Heights...I actually finished the next book, 'Heights', some days ago (and read another book since) and it is Emily B's which is now uppermost in my memory rather than Charlotte's. I'll have to gather my thoughts together and re-marshal my opinion of 'J.E.'. as it's fading faster than I thought it would. I shall return.Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275239266133000382.post-35709897060748115932017-05-31T00:11:52.402+01:002017-05-31T00:11:52.402+01:00Thanks for reminding me of the plot. I read this b...Thanks for reminding me of the plot. I read this book (and the other ones on your list) in my.. early adolescence. We were avid readers then as there was no TV (only radio and cinema), no PC, and too cold to go out(Europe, at present I live in the warm Middle-East).<br />Wonderful, wonderful books.DUTAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12979375799258978432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275239266133000382.post-18893876447985649672017-05-30T21:59:52.422+01:002017-05-30T21:59:52.422+01:00Hi Janie, there are 2 lines at the start of the bo...Hi Janie, there are 2 lines at the start of the book that really trumpet the feminist vibe to me. I will find it and post it. Hope you are well.Solhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10518631542782309728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275239266133000382.post-18068981537088105652017-05-30T21:29:50.586+01:002017-05-30T21:29:50.586+01:00Jane Eyre is an important feminist book. Note that...Jane Eyre is an important feminist book. Note that Jane only has true power after she has money of her own.<br /><br />Love,<br />JanieJanie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.com