I saw a play based on Jane Eyre when I was about 9 - all I remembered from it was that it was really scary and that there were waif-like orphans all over the place. So I was a little bit surprised when the book left the orphans after a few chapters, and that it was decidedly un-scary.
I liked it much more than Wuthering Heights - I thought Jane was surprisingly spunky and independent.
I'm definitely going to watch the 2011 adaptation - I had been waiting to finish the book before watching the movie.
Any other classics that I might have missed?
I have two quilts to bind, so what am I up to? Starting a new knitting pattern, obviously!
2 comments:
I was an English major and could never get through Tess. Also-it was one of the few movies I ever walked out of! What an awful story.
Try Precious Bane by Mary Webb - such a beautiful book to read. Also the Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne. They both have strong heroines.
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