jane eyre question

[schmerica]

Yesterday I was going through all of my books, deciding which few ones I absolutely required to have at school with me for the next few weeks, and I came across my copy of Jane Eyre. The book was a mass-market paperback, and I've read it enough times that it's showing many many many signs of wear, but it's been quite a while since my last reread -- I can't remember exactly when, in fact.

This got me thinking, and thus, poll question:

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I can picture Ray responding to it in a very "what the fuck?" way -- "His place burns down and he goes blind? What the hell kind of ending is that?"

Fraser, I think, would love it. A lot.

Also? Jane Eyre is SO much better than Wuthering Heights, omg.

Comments

[mz-bstone.livejournal.com]

god, yes.

I HATED Heathcliff and Catherine when I was a kid. Self-serving assholes.

Rochester, on the other hand?

Hot.

I have a really well done version from BBC starring Michael Jayston (sp?) and I've seen the Timothy Dalton one twice.

Can't make myself sit through William Hurt, though.

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[bethbethbeth.livejournal.com]

The William Hurt one was *terrible* (well, if you'd read the book, that is...I have no idea how it read to someone who was coming in cold). I adored the George C. Scott/Susannah York version though (and agreed, the Timothy Dalton one is v. good)

Oh! There was a 1930's movie version where...Jane was *blonde* And pretty! And Adele was Rochester's niece! And when Jane and Rochester first met (on the dark country road), yes, he falls off his horse, but he brushes it aside - gallant man that he is - and is smiling and charming to Jane.

I watched in fascinated horror. All the way through to the end!

[percysowner.livejournal.com]

Wow! Someone else who loves the George C. Scott/Susannah York version. I saw it my senior year in high school. Then the teacher had recorded it and showed it again in class. Then I got to see it again during study hall. It was great. The 1930's version is probably the the one with Orson Wells and Joan Fontaine. Yes, I am an obsessive Jane Eyre watcher. In fact, I read Jane Eyre to my daughter when she was about six. She loves it too!

[bethbethbeth.livejournal.com]

No, the Orson Welles one was totally canonical in comparison. Check this out: the 1934 version (http://imdb.com/title/tt0025323/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0yMHxzZz0xfGxtPTIwMHx0dD1vbnxwbj0wfHE9amFuZSBleXJlfGh0bWw9MXxubT1vbg__;fc=6;ft=20;fm=1). *g*

[aerye.livejournal.com]

Oh my gosh--three! I have that version on DVD!