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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[prettyanthony.livejournal.com]

I haven't read it.

I thought it was Wuthering Heights (which I also haven't read) until a glance at Wikipedia showed me that I know absolutely nothing about it.

So basically, I thought Jane Eyre was about some unrequited love story where he or she isn't good enough so they go away and come back but by that time, the other person is married off or some shit and they die tragically.

See, I know nothing about it.

I read Pride and Prejudice and some Dickens excerpts in junior high. The only thing of Dickens' that I've read completely is A Christmas Carol which I adore.

I've read Lewis Caroll's Alice books. They're wonderful.