Jane Eyre: The Original 1847 Edition With Illustrations (A Classic Illustrated Novel of Charlotte Brontë)

Bennett Bertolli

"I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself." It wasn't until I was waist-high in Rachel Hawkins' The Wife Upstairs that I realized I was breaking my rule: no reading or watching adaptations of a novel before getting a baseline by reading the original. So, of course, I had to fast-track the Bronte tale to the front of my TBR. This was my first foray into the Bronte Sisters' Universe. And... Reader, I loved it.

Re-read this for a book club and boy was it funnier and more chaotic than I remember. It's also really sad at times and the biggest deepest mood you'll feel at others. But at times it wasn't entirely for me in thought, as it once upon a time had been, yet I still really enjoyed it so, that speaks on how well the storytelling is.

I see why it’s a classic. Beautifully written. Made my heart go pitter patter :)

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