Comments | victorian_novel: Can you be manly in pearls?

elettaria in victorian_novel

Can you be manly in pearls?

Dec 23, 2007 23:22

I'm listening to audiobooks a lot at the moment, and I find that I pick up on things I didn't notice when reading the novel. Jane Eyre is the one I've just finished, noting that St John is even more of a bastard than I remembered, and that Rochester may be a Strong Rugged Man type, but Jane is constantly rescuing him. The bit that really made me ( Read more... )

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deadache139 December 24 2007, 02:12:21 UTC

HAHA.
I've found that St John's bastardy increases on acquaintance. And I loathe the name. Ugh.

I didn't even notice the Mr. Rochester in pearls bit. It somehow makes him far less attractive. I like the way you re-wrote the scene. :D

basje December 24 2007, 09:04:30 UTC

Ahaha I never noticed the pearl either, I was racing through the last chapters to read the ending, so I'll have to reread it I guess.

I intended to love St John, and I really like the name, but he was totally a whiney bastard in the end :(

p_gotherina January 2 2008, 01:21:37 UTC

Haha that's funny...

I'm trying - repeat trying to come up with a focus to write an essay on Jane Eyre at the moment and am struggling. But I've somehow narrowed it down to clothing in Jane Eyre and how it shows up Victorian social anxieties about women...but not sure which arguement route to take or what to argue really.
~Maybe you can take a look at the post I am about to make and give me some feedback and tips?