This is supposed to be a prequel to Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre, describing the background of Mr Rochester’s first marriage to the mad woman, Bertha. Wikipedia calls
I’m reading Thomas Hardy’s novel Jude the Obscure. Jude reminds me of myself in some of the passages. He is a romantic with a relatively
Just started reading Charles Dickens’ Nicholas Nickleby and there are, as always with Dickens, some amusing descriptions. The opening lines:“There once lived in a sequestered
This is a reprint of the intro to Chapter 21 of George Eliot’s Daniel Deronda. Each chapter starts with a small section of applicable text; sometimes
A big part of the reason I’m reading, particularly classic literature, is the intention to learn more about life. Proverbs says to get wisdom and
Jane takes a coach as far as her money will carry her, and is dropped off at a crossroads. She spends several days exposed and
Chapter XX sees Mason attacked in the middle of the night. Rochester calls Jane to aid him and they manage to get him to the
Jane passes her time at the Lowood school for another 8 years. But when Miss Temple retires, she finds herself in need of a change.
I am rereading Jane Eyre. This novel, recommended, and then given to me by a friend a few years back, started me up again on
“The shell ought not to be forced on the spirit. It can’t. The bright shell has to grow out of the spirit, and express it.”