I first read Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre (affiliate link) as a child, and it has fascinated me ever since. I find many similar books so boring, but this one isn't. Now a lot of time had passed since I last read it, and I wanted to see if it still fascinates me as much.
The book is about an orphan named Jane Eyre, who lives a miserable and poor childhood. On the threshold of adulthood, she gets a job as a governess from a rich man. Although the man is ugly and older than her, Jane naturally falls in love with him. What happens then?
The story is full of drama and overwhelming emotions, told in very verbose terms of course. It's hard to believe that people would actually talk like that.
The book was published in 1847 under a pseudonym, but a scandal soon emerged. That the author is a woman.
In the book a sum of money, 20 000 pounds, plays a major role. I had to check how much it would be worth in today's money: over 2 million dollars...
This time it took me exactly half a year to read it because I kept this book in the bathroom...
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