Help, please... if you have NOT read Jane Eyre.

[mer]

...Or, if you remember what you thought it was about before you read it.

Those of you who have not read Jane Eyre, nor seen the movie, could you summarize in the comments for me what you think the book is about... with specifics regarding plot... and what your occupation is? And how/what other Victorian literature you have read instead?

I realize this is a weird request, but it's research for a book. I promise.


When I asked my husband the question, he said, "It's about women. And there's yammering. Because they can't marry who they want to marry." He's a computer guy. I couldn't even guess what Victorian literature he's read, but I'd suspect it's like one work of Dickens forced on him in school.

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[dendrophilous.livejournal.com]

Jane is someone's poor cousin, and she somehow (I would guess as a governess, but I don't remember hearing about any children) goes to live with Mr. Rochester, whose (mad?) first wife is hidden in the attic. Eventually Jane discovers the wife. The house catches on fire. (I think Jane might go away for awhile.) Then Jane and Rochester get married.

*looks up the Wikipedia article* Heh. I only knew that much because I looked up the plot summary a year or two ago. Before that I knew nothing.

I'm a copy editor of physics articles.

I had to look up "victorian literature" because I do not carry around a list in my head (I haven't had a literature class since high school!). I've read various Dickens (Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities, both for school, and I've seen A Christmas Carol a zillion times) and George Eliot's Silas Marner which I don't remember at all. And some children's stuff (Lewis Carroll, Beatrix Potter, Kipling).

[merriehaskell.livejournal.com]

And my character may now be... a copy editor of physics articles! May I steal your career path for a character? :)

[dendrophilous.livejournal.com]

Sure! Though you might just want the career rather than the whole path.

[merriehaskell.livejournal.com]

I think physics --> journalism --> copyediting is about right for my character, actually...

[dendrophilous.livejournal.com]

Spiffy.