English version of the review
"Jane Eyre"
Charlotte Bronte was born on April 21, 1816 in West Yorkshire and was the
third child (and there were six of them — Mary, Elizabeth, Charlotte, Patrick
Brenwell, Emily and Ann) in the family of an Anglican clergyman Patrick
Bronte (originally from Ireland) and his wife Maria, nee Brenwell. She write
books such as Jane Eyre, Shirley, The Town, etc.
The action takes place in England at the end of the 18th century. Jane Eyre is
a little ten-year-old girl. She lives on the Gateshead estate owned by her
aunt, Sarah Reed, an overbearing and selfish woman whose children, Jane's
cousins John, Eliza and Georgiana, look like her. She was not much like in the
house, so when her brother John smashe her head, Jane in a fit of rage, she
attacks him. As a result, she was sent to the red room, where her uncle Mr.
Reed died. Because of this situation, she loses consciousness, and the
pharmacist called recommends that her aunt send Jane to school. The girl
goes to a boarding school for girls. There she find friend named Helen Burns.
Jane studies diligently, she strives to learn as much as possible. But she lives
in the most terrible conditions, so a massive typhus epidemic soon begin at
school. Girl remain among the survivors. And her friend is dying of
tuberculosis, which she has been ill with for a long time. Jane spends eight
years at Lowood: six years as a student and two more as a teacher. Soon she
decides that her soul requires some kind of change. She leaves school and
becomes a governess for 9-year-old Frenchwoman Adele Varance at the
Thornfield Estate. Life in the estate is very quiet and secluded, in addition to
Adele, the housekeeper, a simple sweet old widow Alice Fairfax, and several
servants live in the house, among whom the gloomy seamstress Grace
Poole, a strange, sinister, unsociable drunkard stands out. Looking around
the house for the first time, Jane hears a strange laugh, but Mrs. Fairfax
convinces the girl that Grace has once again overdone whiskey. Everything
changes with the sudden arrival of the owner of the estate, Adele's
guardian, Mr. Edward Rochester. He was not very handsome, very ironic and
sullen, but he interested Jane. After a while, Jane realizes that she is in love
with him, and he is in love with her. He proposes to her, but it turns out that
they cannot get married, because Mr. Richardson is already married to a
crazy woman who live with a maid, locke in a room, in the same estate
upstairs. Jane secretly leaves penniless and settles with St. John Rivers, the
local vicar, who has two sisters, Diana and Maria, who as a result turned out
to be her relatives on her father side. Then she finds out that she received
an inheritance from her late uncle and decides to divide it equally among
everyone. St. John makes her an offer, she accept it on the condition that
she must see Mr. Rochester. Goes to the estate, but it was burn. Jane is told
that the wife of owner of the house burn it, and Mr. Rochester himself went
blind and lost his arm. Jane finds him in another ancestral home. He live
with only two servants and does not want to see anyone. She comes to him
and swears to him in love and loyalty. Soon they got married in a small
church.
The main characters of the book are Jane Eyre, Edward Rochester, Sarah
Reed and St. John Rivers.
Jane Eyre is deprived of beauty, but by no means character. She is an
incredibly strong woman who was able to withstand all the attacks of fate to
knock her down and in the end become happy. Jane Eyre is a very attractive
image. She is smart, talented, merciful and kind.In the most difficult
moments of her life, Jane ask God for help. She relies on Christian
commandments, so she says "no" to all her wrong desires, even if she really
wants to.
Edward Rochester was ugly and not young. He had a complex, sharp and
stubborn character. But he fascinated Jane in some way, most likely because
it was something new and interesting for her. At first, Edward behaved
defiantly towards Jane, but then they become very good friends, and then it
already flows into love. From this we can conclude that if this is true love,
then she will survive everything. After all, despite the fact that at the end of
the book Edward became quite ugly, Jane still stayed with him.
Sarah Reed is Jane Eyre's aunt. She is very bossy and energetic. She always
disliked Jane, so the attitude was appropriate. Also, even in that situation
with the red room, we can see how terribly unfair it is. However, before the
death of her husband, she swore to him that she would take care of Jane as
her own daughter, only this did not happen.
St. John Rivers is a pastor who later turned out to be Jane's cousin. He was
the one who took her in when she ran away from Thornfield. He found Jane
plain. His sister Diana said about him - "Inexorable as death", and this
phrase perfectly describes him.
My favorite episode was the ending of this book. When Jane arrives at the
Thornfield estate, she sees only a burnt-out dead house. Jane finds out in a
panic that the house was set on fire by Rochester's crazy wife, and she
jumped off the roof. Mr. Rochester, who tried to save her, is crippled: he
became blind and lost his hand. Having learned that he now lives in the
remote little Ferndin estate, she immediately go there. She finds him in an
incredibly bad state. He was looking for Jane and already considered her
dead, but at the sight of her, he is resurrected by the spirit again. Jane thinks
he should propose to her, however he considers himself ugly and helpless.
Jane manages to convince him of her love, so he proposes to her. I liked this
episode because it shows very clearly that love is capable of anything. All the
strong feelings that Jane had towards Edward are very well revealed here.
The author's language was very easy and not difficult to read. The book
filled with beautiful phrases that can even be calle quotes. Everything was
read very simply, despite its volume. I really liked that Charlotte Bronete
revealed each character very well, but it was still impossible to predict all
their actions, because sometimes they behaved completely differently. The
author kept us intrigued all the time and it was incredible, because the book
was read in one breath.
I really really liked the book and I read it with great pleasure. I liked the
image of Jane, such a gray mouse, but with what willpower, and what
character. I also really liked how Charlotte Bronte made both characters ugly
and thereby showed that appearance in love unimportant. After all, in
reality, very often people pay attention to something material than to the
soul. Jane shows by her example that love is worth all the obstacles and
worries. And the fact that at the end of the book she did not become the
owner of a large estate or something like that, the most important thing is
that she became really happy. That's what's important.
From this book, I concluded that it is very important to be loved. After all,
together with love, any person can blossom, which we clearly saw in the
book. I also realized that appearance is not the main thing, but the soul.