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In recent years I've been more focused on getting through my TBR than rereading old favorites. This reading of Jane Eyre was an attempt to return to my older habits: I have always been a re-reader. Ever since I was young and bored (summer vacation in hot Arizona summers was great when you were at the pool, but somehow you didn't always want to be outside...) a lot of my entertainment was mining my parents' books shelves. Anyway, this was, ahem, before the internet was widely available, and, no,
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Had a lengthy discussion about Bronte versus Austen last night actually. In general I guess I'm "team Bronte" because I can rarely even finish an Austen book (although I do like Emma) but that being said, I'm just not that much of a fan of 19th century literature. This was a re-read for a book club I'm trying out tomorrow (pairing the reading with the new movie) and I think I was a little more moved by it as a teenager. Now I look at Mr. Rochester a little more cynically - he's kind of an ass an
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One of my favorite books of all time. Gets better every time I read it!
