Since Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte is my favorite novel, I was prepared to be picky about this adaptation. But I was also prepared to be charmed. Happily, I was mostly charmed! They really captured the essence of the characters so well -- Jane is valiant but yearning, Rochester is mercurial but kind, and St. John Rivers is cheerless and misguided.
Best of all, they did not glide over the twin turning points that Bronte hinges her story on -- that Rochester repents of his former ways and attitudes and asks God to help him do better, and that Jane stops relying on her own strength and intelligence and asks God to guide her. It's those two moments that combine to make the happy ending possible, but filmmakers almost never get that right, which means that this manga is superior to most filmed versions of Jane Eyre, imho.
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If This was a Movie, I Would Rate It: PG for mild depictions of a madwoman, mentions that Mr. Rochester had mistresses and lovers before he met Jane, and speculation that Adele may be his daughter. My youngest is 10, and I'm letting her read this, but I don't know if I would give it to younger kids.
This has been my 30th book read from my TBR shelves for #TheUnreadShelfProject2022
"Best of all, they did not glide over the twin turning points that Bronte hinges her story on -- that Rochester repents of his former ways and attitudes and asks God to help him do better, and that Jane stops relying on her own strength and intelligence and asks God to guide her."
ReplyDeleteReally??? Okay, I'm going to have to read this!
Eva, yup! Maybe your library has these? I know several of the used copies we've gotten have been ex-library copies...
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