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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[stillnotbored.livejournal.com]

What I know of Jane Eyre I know from other people talking about it. I've never read it nor have I seen the movie. I had some Dickens forced on me in school, hated it, tried some Jane Austen, hated it, kind of liked Wuthering Heights, but I liked the movie better. I'm not a Victorian literature kind of girl.

Loved Lewis Carroll and Kipling and Baum if they count as Victorian.

Jane Eyre is the story of a girl who goes to live in a big house and act as governess to the children of a sad, brooding man. She falls for him and he falls for her, but they can't marry or do anything about it because his first wife is still alive. Something happens and the wife dies, so Jane and her guy get married. A HEA ending.

I am a writer without a day job at present. Day jobs can vary. *g*

[merriehaskell.livejournal.com]

Thanks!