Jane Eyre is the true protagonist. Look how many mentions she has in today's press!
The internet edition of the
Midway Driller has an article on how to keep teenagers busy during the upcoming holidays. Here's one of the ideas:
"So, get creative and dream up different ways of engaging that bright spark-propose e-mail, pen-pals, composing a thoughtful letter to Aunt Dorothy for the gift of Jane Eyre last Christmas"Uhm - we hope that's actually after getting them to read the book - the first piece of advice is "advise them to read", after all. Let them comment to Aunt Dorothy on all the juicy bits.
Close on the footsteps of this pice of advice is the staff of
Full Effect Magazine, who have carefully compiled a summer reading list:
Crystal, entertainment writer: My favorite book is Jane Eyre; a good classic.We would call it outstanding, but that's okay :) Through their website and e-mail you can also submit your own favourite summer reads!
The Post-Standard includes an article on detective novelist Sara Paretsy where she sort of declares herself as a Brontëite:
Instead, Paretsky's idea of a true heroine was someone who "battled against the limiting odds of the female experience," she said.
Women like Jo March of "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott and the title characters of "Anne of Green Gables" by Lucy Maud Montgomery and Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre"
"Heroines who engage me had to suffer before they succeeded," said Paretsky.We hope she also got to read The Tenant of Wildfell Hall - there's one suffering heroine for her!
And finally we have come across this on
Risky Regencies. It's food for thought for the end of this post:
Or does Mary [Bennet, from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice]
really need a worldly rake to awaken her sleeping desires? How about Mr. Rochester? She does in some ways resemble Jane Eyre, so why not? Her primness and his brutal earthiness could be an exciting combination.What do you think? Does Mary actually resemble Jane Eyre?
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