...Charlotte Brontë and Toby Stephens :o)

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My first impression is that he looks too young. And I don't like his hair style. Plus she can't beat Ruth's "plain and little" speech as far as I can tell from the trailer.

Today my sister stood in front of my book shelf and asked me why I have 3 copies of Jane Eyre.

EXCUSE ME!?! It's Jane Eyre!!!! Why not?

The book is divided into three parts. The first part confused me pretty much. I didn't particularly like Antoinette's way of narrating. It seems so jumbled, random and didn't make much sense to me. I don't feel like I got to know her at all. So I was just waiting for a certain Englishman to appear on the scene. He didn't. So I figured the first ( Read more... )

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Here are some JE moments I keep rewatching because they're just so great. Let's start with the library scene. He's totally checking her out, is he not?


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Here's the JE 2006 Theme Song as mp3. I'm sorry it took so long, I had forgotten about it.

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1. Anyone who looks at this entry please post this meme and your current wallpaper at your journal.
2. Explain in five sentences why you're using that wallpaper.
3. Don't change your wallpaper before doing this! The point is to see what you had on.


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I CANNOT POSSIBLY LOOK THAT MAN IN THE EYE! I'LL BE THINKING "and now *gasp* what do you say now"

So then, today was our last session on Jane Eyre, how dreadful, I know. But at least we actually did talk about Jane Eyre and not about Wide Sargasso Sea which was our teacher's initial plan. I was glad, cause I ordered the book last week but it had not arrived, yet. It was actually here when I got home today. Anyway, we discussed colonialism. ( Read more... )