Jane Eyre

[heiditandy]

> ER: 

> > Yeah, you're right there. Goblin Revolutions must be about as 

> > interesting as the Corn Laws, especially at age 14 or so. A little 

> > like being made to read Jane Eyre at that age too! And this just 

> > reminds of something I thought of once (sad or what) - do the 

> > Hogwarts' pupils have English or Maths lessons? Or are they just 

> > expect to write literate yard-long essays without any teaching on 

> the 

> > subject of grammar and wotnot?

> 

> ME: 

> What are Corn Laws?

> Urgh... next semester one of the things we're supposed to read *is* 

> Jane Eyre. I've avoided that book my whole life as if I were roaming 

> around after lights out trying not to run into Mrs. Norris ^-^.

 

ER - I read Jane Eyre at 11 and I loved it. Perhaps if I hadn't been
exposed to it for another three years, I wouldn't've. But the story is
truly wonderful - it's probably, historically, along with Wuthuring
Heights (which I don't much enjoy) the first gothic romance. 

Meira - If you have to read Jane Eyre, as soon as you're done, read
Jasper Fforde's The Eyre Affair (right, B?) for a completely different
take on the book, and the concept of fanfiction. It's a brilliant
revision of the story, in a very meta way, which captures a lot of
what's fascinating about the longstanding British obsession with books.
Fforde is a wonder!



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