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Jane Eyre Chapters 36-38

Jan 18, 2007 09:24

Part of my 'yadda yadda yadda' had been St. John discovering Jane's true identity, helping her to get her inheritance, and admitting he and his sisters are her first cousins. Consequently Jane is able to return to Thornfield in a much more dignified manner....

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callmeserenity January 18 2007, 18:58:28 UTC

YAY! A happy ending!

Doesn't it say at the end of the book that when Jane put his firstborn son into his arms, he was able to see the colour of baby's eyes or something lovely like that?

embers_log January 18 2007, 20:07:18 UTC

the first time he says he can see something is when he asks Jane if she is wearing a blue dress, and then later they mention he can see his son when he is put in his arms....
but I felt that that was all epologue... JMPO of course, but the partial sight in one eye was pretty anti-climatic after Jane returns to marry him!

callmeserenity January 18 2007, 20:34:56 UTC

Oh, it's all little icing rosettes on the cake for me.

I couldn't find my lovely old copy of JE the other day. It's a small, bound book with that marble paper that was so popular in the early 1900's. The book's gotta be about 70 or 80 years old. I ADORE it. I wish I knew where it was.

embers_log January 18 2007, 20:46:56 UTC

I have a couple of beautifully bound small copies of Jane Austen books which are quite old (I'll often look for the older books in used book stores because sometimes it is possible to find something that is really lovely and a pleasure to hold, which is also a book I love).
I'll admit that I took Jane Eyre out of the library, I don't think it is a book that I need to reread often.

callmeserenity January 18 2007, 20:57:30 UTC

I've picked up so many lovely volumes at library book sales, thrift stores, used book stores, yard sales. It's amazing.

You may not think you need to reread Jane Eyre that often, but for me it's one of those pick me up books. It's romance without being smarmy, a happy ending that was earned, some wonderful witty dialogue. I like it. It's not my favourite book ever, but it's in the top 100!

embers_log January 18 2007, 21:09:08 UTC

Jane Austen (and Dorothy L. Sayers) are my pick up books...I know that rereading will always make me see it with new eyes, enjoying the romance and the humor and the elegant writing style. I think Jane Austen's use of language is even better than Shakespeare.

callmeserenity January 18 2007, 21:25:09 UTC

Oh Jane Austin is in the top 5. Her, Tolkein, and "The Princess Bride". That book is just so funny. I love it. It never gets old.

embers_log January 18 2007, 21:44:32 UTC

Did you read the real long version or just William Goldman's edited 'good parts' version? He actually got in trouble for his version, it turns out the book was NOT in public domaine! But I think they found a way to share royalties, it wasn't like he needed the money from the book to live on (he is an excellent screenwriter).

callmeserenity January 18 2007, 21:49:31 UTC

Okay, I hate to be the one to do this to you, but...Virginia, there is no Santa Claus ( ... )

embers_log January 18 2007, 21:54:52 UTC

OMG! I am stunned and amazed! I read the book when it first came out, and there were newspaper articles which wrote about it as though Morgenstern was a real person and that the book was still in print in Russia.... That was back in the mid 1970s. I never learned anything more about it, I certainly never knew that that whole thing was a publicity stunt! LOL

I am thrilled to know it. It is very funny!

callmeserenity January 18 2007, 22:01:34 UTC

yeah, and it's still going on today. People used to come into the bookstore I worked at and ask if they could get the original Morgenstern versions.

callmeserenity January 18 2007, 21:52:24 UTC

and to give you a papercut and pour lemon juice on it ( ... )

embers_log January 18 2007, 21:58:20 UTC

Shall I confess to you that I'm one of those who wrote in? I think that that is probably when I heard about the legal problems... but I never saved the letter, and it was a long long time ago....

I really appreciate all these details, it really astonishes me!

callmeserenity January 18 2007, 22:02:51 UTC

I love that we both wrote in! That makes me feel better.

There are whole websites dedicated to the conspiracy, if you get bored.

I wonder if I still have my letter? I remember I was so excited when it came back (and disappointed when it wasn't what I'd hoped it would be.)

embers_log January 18 2007, 22:13:01 UTC

Oh I was disappointed too!
But of course my disappoint was over 30 years ago! LOL

You make me feel better to know that there are still people today asking to buy the original book, and that people discuss it online. I thought only I was out of the loop!
It really is VERY funny!

callmeserenity January 19 2007, 13:21:17 UTC

It's become the stuff of legend now.

There was a girl in HS who said her brother had an orginal copy of the book. I had my doubts about her, she would occasionally say things that seemed just a little too good to be true, so when I found out about the book, I knew that she was just piling on the lies. It's amazing how one little book had such an impact on my life!!

It annoys me that I have none of my Princess Bride icons loaded. I have so many!!

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