Jane Eyre was my first aquaintance with Classic English literature when I was fifteen years old. I still remember the day I picked up the book from the bookstore in town, being intrigued by the volume of the book and the picture on the front of a woman in a white dress.
I brought the book home, read it, loved it and reread it several times since. I bought an English version a couple of years later, but I must admit, every time I reread it, I go for the (now slightly battered, almost 23 y.o.) copy I bought when I was fifteen.
More about this book can be found on my bookblog
A corner of the library.
I once saw the eighties miniseries with Timothy Dalton as mr. Rochester, and I really liked that. I loved how the scenes I knew so well came to live.
Recently I also saw the movie that was made in 2011, with Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender as Jane and Rochester. I liked the fact that this movie began with the moment Jane runs away from Thornton Hall, and we find out what happened to her in flashbacks.
Here are a few impressions of the film. Well worth viewing in my mind!
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| Aunt Reed, look at the marvellous details in her dress |
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| Jamie Bell as Rivers. Who would have thought this boy who wanted to be a ballet dancer (Billie Eliott) could be such a strict minister! |
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| Dame Judi Dench, in a role that seemed a little 'light' for her. |
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| Rochester and Jane, after she saved him from the fire. |
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| Jane and Rochester, in the Springtime |
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| Need I say more? |
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| Michael Fassbender is a very good Rochester in my mind. I think I even like him better than Timothy Dalton. |
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| Mia Wasikowska is a good Jane Eyre, although it took me some time to get used to her. |
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| Final scene were Jane comes to Rochester after the terrible fire that cost him his eyes. Beautiful and heartbreaking. |
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