Jane Eyre Pt.1: A synopsis, another literary mad girl, and why I love that fucking book.

[hannah_henchman]

Every time I read Jane Eyre, it becomes one of my favorite novels for at least a month.
For a lit slut like myself, that’s a rather lengthy period of infatuation.In between, I generally have a hard time remembering why that is...I start remembering it as more than a little dated and annoying

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[geezlouise77]

Hmn...now I want to read it. Heh. (I know you posted something about it on FB the other day, though now I can't seem to find it - deleted? - to recall what I commented).

Maybe I will send you new literature for your birthday - I know that's next month. :)

On a side note, would you be interested in sharing at least a portion of this on the (semi-)collaborative book blog I (attempt to) run: http://2grow-on-books.blogspot.com/
Please, please with sugar on top?

[hannah_henchman]

I'm re-reading it at the moment and, as usually when I get obsessive about things in books, scribbling notes everywhere. It looks insane...but not as insane as when I tape notes to the coffee table.
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Oh god, new books!
I've been trying to find ANYTHING in this house that I've read less than five times...and/or long enough ago to enjoy it again.
Between library fines I can't pay and the mobility thing, I'm getting twitchy for words.
Mostly I've begged people for "birthday cigarettes" but books are actually just as important. *L*
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FB comment wasn't deleted; It just got lost in my excessive posting.
You responded:
The government used to pay you to think? What? What's been done? Man, I am so confused today. I need more coffee. Only, mine is decaf, so it probably won't help.

I've never read Charlotte. Better than Emily? Because I hate "Wuthering Heights" passionately.

I responded:
Decaf?! ACK

[geezlouise77]

Heh, I understand. I am more the type who writes in margins of my own books, but post-its and notebooks come in mighty handy for the books that don't belong to me. But yeah, I get that whole "let's maul the book and eat the words" feeling

[geezlouise77]

If you have read or own any of these, let me know
Ok, clearly you don't own the authors. I means if you have read or own any of their books. Gotta work on that clarity thing.

[geezlouise77]

I'm bad, because while decaf tastes okay, I still sometimes feel worn down without it. I find myself scrounging for a little caffeine again before the end of the day, especially when I have to work.

ARGH, I gotta proofread. Should read:

I'm bad, because while decaf tastes okay, I still sometimes feel worn down without the caffeine. I find myself scrounging for a little again before the end of the day, especially when I have to work.

[hannah_henchman]

**Heh, I understand. I am more the type who writes in margins of my own books, but post-its and notebooks come in mighty handy for the books that don't belong to me.*L* As you know, I'm REALLY bad for practically writing my own book in the margins of another book. They're really fun when I re-read the book later and find multiple readings worth of notes

[hannah_henchman]

Jane Austen = The Shit. I ADORE her writing of dialog...How original, right

[geezlouise77]

Crap...I am *way* behind in replying to this and here's why: most LJ messages come to my inbox; this one didn't. I just found it by accident while looking for something I'd written to you.

...as in Mr. Rochester proposes, mutual declarations of love...*BOOM* A storm comes up and a tree blows up.

Ha, you have to love the extreme foreshadowing. I love Dickens - though I've only read Great Expectations and A Christmas Carol (which isn't really a novel - more like a novella, I guess). Well, actually, I read half of an abridged, kiddie version of Oliver Twist when I was maybe seven or something - but never got to the end because my brother tore it up and put it in the bathroom drawer for me to find. To be fair, he was only four. Hehe. Why do some of my weirdest life stories have some connection to books?

It sounds to me like the best thing about Jane Eyre (as opposed to the women - and men - in Wuthering Heights) is that she's still enough of a firecracker and an independent woman to be likable. Catherine (Wuthering Heights), however

[geezlouise77]

Heh, I remember checking a book out of the C.O.A library and finding a post-it with your handwriting (which I recognized) on it, so I knew you'd had it sometime before me. I'd like to see the coffee table thing. Yeah, I think that's the best thing about writing in the margins - finding the notes from multiple reads. I usually end up laughing at myself, like "what the hell was I thinking when I wrote that?!"

How about the last six years? I think that's my worry - I don't read as much new (as in: recently published) stuff. I am forever behind on my "want to read" list, so usually a book is a few years old before I get to it (though there are notable exceptions). I think a couple of the books I have for you may be a little older that three years now, but I am going to risk that you don't have them and send them along anyway. They're all surprises - I won't tell you a thing, but I hope you'll enjoy them. And if, on the off chance, you do already have something I send, feel free to sell it at Recycled Reader (if that place is still open