Charlotte Brontë

The early life of Jane Eyre, an orphan, takes her from the loveless home of the Reeds to Lowood, a charity school where she is first pupil and the teacher, before she moves to a position as governess at Thornfield Hall. The master of the house, Edward Fairfax Rochester, is a firm, swarthy and engaging man, and by the time he asks Jane, in his own teasing fashion, to be his wife, she knows she will accept him. But there is an impediment to their marriage, and when it is revealed on their wedding day it sends Jane fleeing into the unknown, and further trials on her redoubtable character. Jane Eyre was an immediate success when it was published in 1847, and the dramatic story, centred upon a young woman of impressive independence and integrity of spirit, has assured it a place as one of the most enduringly popular novels in the language.

Englische Originalausgabe

Jane Eyre

Camila Carvalho

É inútil dizer que os seres humanos deveriam satisfazer-se com uma vida tranquila. Eles precisam de ação. E se não encontrarem, irão fazê-la acontecer.

Se as pessoas fossem sempre gentis e obedientes com aqueles que lhes são cruéis e injustos, as pessoas más sairiam sempre ganhando. Não temeriam nada e, assim, nunca se transformariam. Ao contrário, só iriam piorar. Quando somos agredidos sem razão, devemos agredir de volta, e com toda a força. Estou convicta disto: com força suficiente para ensinar à pessoa que nos agrediu a não fazer aquilo de novo.

Um medo do desconhecido estava tomando conta de mim. Mas ainda não me vencera completamente: meu sangue continuava quente. O estado de espírito do escravo revoltado ainda me tomava com seu vigor amargo. Todas as tiranias violentas do John Reed, toda a indiferença orgulhosa de suas irmãs, toda a aversão da mãe, toda parcialidade dos empregados, tudo isso revirava em minha mente como uma água suja sendo revolvida no fundo de um poço. Por que eu estava sempre sofrendo, sempre apanhando, sempre sendo acusada e eternamente condenada?

 aishu✧

Most true it is that 'beauty is in the eye of the gazer'. My master's colourless, olive face , square, massive brow, broad and jetty eyebrows, deep eyes, strong features; firm, frim mouth- all energy, decision, will - were not beautiful, according to rule, but they were more than beautiful to me: they were full of interest, an influence that quite mastered me - that took my feelings from my own power and fettered them in his. I had not intended to love him; the reader knows I had wrought hard to extirpate from my soul the gems of love there detected; and now, at the first renewed view of him, they spontaneously revived, green and strong! He made me love him without looking at me. 

Women are supposed to be very calm generally: but women feel just as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties, and a field for their efforts as much as thier brothers do; they suffer from too rigid a restraint, too absolute a stagnation, precisely as men would surfer; and it is narrow-minded in their more priviliged fellow-creatures to say that they ought to confine themselves to making puddings and knitting stockings, to playing on the piano and embroidering bags. It is thoughtless to condemn them, or laugh at them, if they seek to do more or learn more than custom has pronounced necessary for their sex.

Grace McCarter

Still I felt that Helen Burns considered things by a light invisible to my eyes.

Zainab 

 Hier gab es keine quälende Zurückhaltung, kein Unterdrücken von Lebhaftigkeit und Fröhlichkeit, denn ihm gegenüber fühlte ich mich vollkommen behaglich, weil ich wusste, dass ich ihm angenehm war. Alles, was ich sagte oder tat, schien ihn entweder zu trösten oder neu zu beleben. Welch ein beglü- ckendes Bewusstsein! Er ließ mein ganzes Wesen aufleben und brachte es zum Strahlen. In seiner Gegenwart lebte ich wahrhaft - und er in der meinen. 

»Aber Sie müssen doch nicht Missionar werden! Sie könnten diesen Plan dann aufgeben.« 

»Aufgeben! Was? Meinen Beruf? Mein großes Werk? Den Grundstein, welchen ich auf Erden für eine Wohnung im Himmel legen will? Meine Hoffnung, einst zu der Zahl derer gerechnet zu werden, welche allen Ehrgeiz von sich gestreift haben, um des größeren Zieles willen, das Men- schengeschlecht besser gemacht, Kenntnisse und Belehrung in das Reich der Unwissenheit getragen zu haben? Frieden an die Stelle des Krieges gestellt, Freiheit für Knechtschaft, Religion für Aberglauben, die Hoffnung auf das ewige Leben für die Furcht der Hölle eingetauscht zu haben? Das soll ich aufgeben? Es ist mir teurer als das Blut in meinen Adern. Es ist das, worauf ich hoffe, wofür ich lebe!«

Elizabeth Park

“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will, which I now exert to leave you.”

Easily the best, most addictive five star read I've ever encountered. I could literally pick it back up and reread it right now if I wanted to.  

Jane is such a strong, set, headstrong young womanof only 18, who's obviously had her fair share of struggles in the past. Of course, seeing her through her childhood, you're already shown what she'sbeen through, and why, as she goesthrough things, she doesn't show alot of panic, fear, hysteria or weakness. It's evident that her upbringing fostered such a strong innate characteristic which isso resilient and powerful. Honestly, I loved her and Mr Rochester. I felt like ever since they first met, they were so clearly drawn to eachother and made for eachother like magnets.

I loved Mr Rochester. He was such a stupid sarcastic silly character who used pet names like My darling, Janet, Sorceress and fairy. His ending was so so unfortunate, but I was so satisfied once I finished the book. This book was so good, a great tale of tragedy and romance, slice of life and mystery rolledi nto one and sandwiched together to create a great classic. I wish I picked this up sooner rather than putting it off so many times.

surtified™

Easily the best, most addictive five star read I've ever encountered. I could literally pick it back up and reread it right now if I wanted to.  

Jane is such a strong, set, headstrong young womanof only 18, who's obviously had her fair share of struggles in the past. Of course, seeing her through her childhood, you're already shown what she'sbeen through, and why, as she goesthrough things, she doesn't show alot of panic, fear, hysteria or weakness. It's evident that her upbringing fostered such a strong innate characteristic which isso resilient and powerful. Honestly, I loved her and Mr Rochester. I felt like ever since they first met, they were so clearly drawn to eachother and made for eachother like magnets.

I loved Mr Rochester. He was such a stupid sarcastic silly character who used pet names like My darling, Janet, Sorceress and fairy. His ending was so so unfortunate, but I was so satisfied once I finished the book. This book was so good, a great tale of tragedy and romance, slice of life and mystery rolledi nto one and sandwiched together to create a great classic. I wish I picked this up sooner rather than putting it off so many times.

☕️ a beautiful novel i’m so glad i finally got to read!

emily o’connor

took me a painfully long time to finish ahaaaa good read 

Really loved this as a kid but was definitely missing out on some of the best parts, really happy to have read it again as an adult. Either I missed the fact she's 18/19 when I read it as a kid, or just seemed like an adult age to a 12 year old, I didn't realize it until this time around. Brutal. I don't often find myself feeling like a woman but there's something about this that just really rings true, just as much today as when it was written. 

Kaye Barnett

i know it’s obvious and i’m very late to the party but my god this rocks so hard

lucy rosenthal

Jane Eyre is a realistic depiction of a woman's internal conflicts between her innate desires and societal status. 

It follows Jane, who finds herself faced with oppression, inequality, and hardship. It is a novel where the main character is deemed unconventional at the time it was released because it criticizes everything in the strict social class in Victorian society, especially how they perceive women. In a time where women were expected to be powerless and submissive, Jane Eyre challenges the society’s norms. 

In line with this, Jane speaks and stands up for herself, something that women back then did rarely or did not have the privilege to do so. I believe that the book was truly ahead of its time because of Jane's autonomous nature and the way it tackles issues of feminism, class, sexuality, and religion. It has aspects of societal criticism with a strong sense of Christian morality at its center. 

Jane Eyre is more than a story of finding love — it is also a tale that searches for a sense of belonging and independence amid the patriarchal dominance and gender inequality society.

Jane Eyre is a realistic depiction of a woman's internal conflicts between her innate desires and societal status. 

It follows Jane, who finds herself faced with oppression, inequality, and hardship. It is a novel where the main character is deemed unconventional at the time it was released because it criticizes everything in the strict social class in Victorian society, especially how they perceive women. In a time where women were expected to be powerless and submissive, Jane Eyre challenges the society’s norms. 

In line with this, Jane speaks and stands up for herself, something that women back then did rarely or did not have the privilege to do so. I believe that the book was truly ahead of its time because of Jane's autonomous nature and the way it tackles issues of feminism, class, sexuality, and religion. It has aspects of societal criticism with a strong sense of Christian morality at its center. 

Jane Eyre is more than a story of finding love — it is also a tale that searches for a sense of belonging and independence amid the patriarchal dominance and gender inequality society.

Bit too slow and religious for my taste but “the more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained i am, the more i will respect myself” is so hardcore i love u

Isabella

I honestly loved it! I am not a fan of janechester but whatever ☺️ the story was fun she rlly is just a 18 year old girl 

shruthi 

Why is it pronounced that way; also why is he a sexual masochist?

Clay Carey

Einer der schönsten Klassiker, die ich je gelesen habe. Diese Geschichte berührt das Herz. So viele Weisheiten kann man aus ihr ziehen, so viele Wortspiele und Menschenkenntnisse fließen in den Zeilen des Buches mit ein.

Ich bin hin und weg von dieser wunderschönen Geschichte. Der Schreibstil fesselt einen in seinen Bann. Die Scharfsinnigkeit, mit der die Hauptfigur ihre Umgebung beobachtet und beschreibt, weist auf die Menschenkenntnisse der Autorin hin.

Ich habe die Zeit, in der ich Jane Eyre gelesen habe, sehr genossen. Ein ideales Winterbuch!

Einer der schönsten Klassiker, die ich je gelesen habe. Diese Geschichte berührt das Herz. So viele Weisheiten kann man aus ihr ziehen, so viele Wortspiele und Menschenkenntnisse fließen in den Zeilen des Buches mit ein.

Ich bin hin und weg von dieser wunderschönen Geschichte. Der Schreibstil fesselt einen in seinen Bann. Die Scharfsinnigkeit, mit der die Hauptfigur ihre Umgebung beobachtet und beschreibt, weist auf die Menschenkenntnisse der Autorin hin.

Ich habe die Zeit, in der ich Jane Eyre gelesen habe, sehr genossen. Ein ideales Winterbuch!

Although this book was excessively long, I did enjoy the plot.

Jeweliet Coffee

Asmae

 care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself.”

'Good-night, my-' He stopped, bit his lip, and abruptly left me."

Jael Gibbs

“I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself.”

“'Good-night, my-' He stopped, bit his lip, and abruptly left me."



Sara

Magda Pais

paixonei-me por este livro nas primeiras páginas, quando Jane é uma órfã que vive com a tia - obrigada a aceitá-la por uma promessa feita ao marido no leito da morte - e os primos que lhe fazem a vida negra. Quando surge a oportunidade, Jane é enviada para um colégio interno onde sofre imenso. Não por causa da directora ou dos professores mas porque a escola onde está é sustentada por um pastor que não admite que se gaste mais do que estritamente necessário para sobreviver. Esta parte do livro lembrou-me A Princesinha, um dos livros que marcou a minha infância e pelo qual ainda sou apaixonada.
Após uma série de mortes no colégio - devidas à má nutrição das alunas - a situação melhora e Jane acaba por ter uma segunda parte da infância relativamente normal, ao ponto de passar alguns anos ainda no colégio - primeiro como aluna, depois como professora. Mas um dia sente que precisa de mais na sua vida e acaba por ir parar a Thornfield Hall como preceptora de Adele, uma jovem francesa que vive com o seu benfeitor, Mr. Rochester por quem acaba por se apaixonar e ser correspondida. Mas nem tudo são rosas e Jane, mantendo-se fiel às suas convicções, acaba por abandonar Thornfield Hall.
De leitura bastante acessível, e com uma história diferente do habitual, fiquei presa a cada palavra, a cada página, na ânsia de saber o final. Um final feliz, claro, mas com um travo amargo. 
Claro que a escrita, em si, é totalmente diferente dos livros actuais. Nem melhor nem pior, apenas diferente. Confesso que me fica a curiosidade... como seria escrita esta história nos dias de hoje?

fleabag

“I have for the first time found what I can truly love—I have found you. You are my sympathy—my better self—my good angel. I am bound to you with a strong attachment. I think you good, gifted, lovely: a fervent, a solemn passion is conceived in my heart; it leans to you, draws you to my centre and spring of life, wraps my existence about you, and, kindling in pure, powerful flame, fuses you and me in one.”

Steph L 

I loved this story as it is a classic story. I feel that this is a timeless story, that people of all ages will love.

This was my second time reading this b9ok. I really liked this edition of the book because it was something that was easy to navigate. I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys the classics.

Jane Eyre Englische Originalausgabe

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