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

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...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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The Barchester books by Trollope and 2 of his other works- I really like Trollope. Some Wilkie Collins and several of the Lupin stories by LeBlanc and of course Sherlock Holmes. Also Jerome K. Jerome (a long time fave) and Max Beerbohm's "Zulieka Dobson" but I think that's officially 20th century. Read but didn't really like "Indiana" by George Sand. Tried to read "Varney the Vampire" out of historical interest but couldn't. Also read "Frankenstein" by Shelley. Umm.... also Poe and I was going to say Lord Dunsany but he's actually later than I thought....

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All read on my own account except "Indiana" which was for Great Books by Women Authors- that class that *didn't* read any Austin or Bronte but instead read "Indiana" and "Beloved" and 2 Wolfe pieces and the Princess de Cleves- all of which were *terrible*. Sor Juanna and Hildegard von Bingen were both awesome, though.