Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte- Book Review

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Jane is an orphaned English girl in a society on which she must depend on strained family relations and charity for any hope of living a morally decent and independent life. As both are provided she has been brought up in an all girls school where she is trained to teach others in her situation how to be a governess and privately teach children of the upper classes. After a few years of training her equals, Jane ventures out to the wider world and finds a position teaching one student in the countryside where she is thrown into the complicated hierarchy of English society with only an elderly housekeeper and Mr. Rochester for guidance. Not unsurprisingly, her quick wit and moral fortitude are an even match for his worldly persona and jaded character. Eventually, after a number of attempts in figuring out the others feelings, the two end up in a romance that is considered more of a taboo than a relationship. But not even Jane, with her knack for attention to detail, could have guessed the Rochester secrets that end the relationship and set her on a journey that will not only define her identity and place within society, but determine whether or not she will go back to him.

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This book is written from the introverted perspective of Jane which allows for plenty of details and also allows for a better description of the local class structure from someone who has to observe it and stay out of its way. Most people I know consider this to be a classic book that happens to be a period romance that takes place in the late1700s/early 1800s, but this was a book that opened the door to many conversations that affect us today. This book challenged the social norms of class structure in a time where any mixing between social stations was enough ground to be outcast. It opened up the topic of what women are capable of in terms of human thought and portrayed women as equal with men in intellect and spirit when they were mostly thought of as property or a way to social advancement. The construct of marriage, how to raise children, and the development of Christian spirituality are addressed. Lastly, it began a much needed conversation about mental health and how those with mental health issues were to be treated when persons affected with any medical ailment were more likely to be chained to a wall like animals than treated as human beings. This book would be great for anyone interested in any of the above subjects and how they change through history. Jane Eyre is one of my favorite books in my library because while he is not handsome and she is not pretty they develop into two individuals that better the other and prove that a love story doesn't have to end perfectly in order to be good.

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