Favorite Book #3

The moment I read the first chapter of Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë I was floored by its grittiness (compared to the Jane Austen novels I previously devoured). Jane has a distinct voice, almost cruel in its honesty. I would stay huddled in the corner of my seat on the bus to school, escaping into Jane Eyre’s unfair and eerie world. I wanted the other characters to understand Jane the way I understood her, to realize most of them weren’t anywhere near as sophisticated as she was.

An orphan unwanted by her relatives, Jane Eyre is a coming of age story about a girl thrust into the woes of life and love. Until at eighteen, she becomes a governess and meets the “brooding” Mr. Rochester. As much as I wanted to dislike Edward Rochester, I fell for him just as Jane did. Not only a Gothic Romance which had me cringing more than once, this is a story about a girl who refuses to be placed in the boxes society has made for her.

Check this out: JANE – by April Lindner

Forced to drop out of an esteemed East Coast college after the sudden death of her parents, Jane Moore takes a nanny job at Thornfield Park, the estate of Nico Rathburn, a world-famous rock star on the brink of a huge comeback. Practical and independent, Jane reluctantly becomes entranced by her magnetic and brooding employer and finds herself in the midst of a forbidden romance (Amazon). RD: OCT 2010