Reading Aloud: Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre
Written by Charlotte Bronte

Since Jane Eyre has been around for some time, I do not believe I could summarize it in a way that does it justice. New York University provides a summary of Jane Eyre written by Pamela Moore and Jack Coulehan, which may be found clicking here.

The romance of Jane Eyre and Mr. Rochester is one of the most notable in literature, because it defies the love story formula see in Victorian novels. Jane exerts her will to choose as an independent, while Mr. Rochester suffers, helpless to stop her. 

I happened to stumble upon a website that contained essays comparing symbolism, themes, and motifs in Jane Eyre to Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, which can be found by clicking here. After spending so much time studying Alice works at Oxford and studying Victorian novels in high school, they are insightful essays that lend more depth to each of the works.

I have tried reading Jane Eyre several times before and failed to keep my attention past the first few chapters. Watching the latest movie adaptation of Jane Eyre (2011) in the spring and reading a beautiful Penguin Classics edition of the book created by fashion illustrator Ruben Toledo boosted my confidence to keep with it this time.

Narragansett: Catching Up on the Couch

I have not blogged about daily stuff for the past few days, because I have not done anything terribly interesting. It has just been the usual routine: working out, watching the Olympics and Netflix documentaries, reading Jane Eyre, and checking out other fashion blogs.

On Thursday, I did have a job interview in Newport and will hear back on Monday. Fingers crossed, everything went well! Early evening, we went to Nana's and celebrated her birthday.

Friday I stayed in, trying to finish Jane Eyre.

Yesterday was the massive rain storm that tore through Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. There were tornado and flood warnings--I took a short video of the downpour my mom and I drove in.

And like Friday, today was another lazy day.

I got to Newport early before my job interview so I could take some pictures. 

Nana's cake-- I forget the name of what the type of cake is, but it was like angel food cake and strawberries with light whipped frosting. 

The rainstorm

I love this edition of Jane Eyre illustrated by Ruben Toledo--if only all books could look this fashionable.