100 Books You Must Read - #31 - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

[BooksUnbound]

Ahhhh ! This video is awesome and I feel guilty, but I really didn't like the writing style! I ABSOLUTELY LOVE this book, the story, the characters, the themes, but I found that the story really dragged on and was quite boring sometimes. !

[2eyre]

jane eyre is my new favourite book...hence my username! i understand the full plot but now im analysing it to try and get all the background information like gender issues at the time :)

[duckpondwithoutducks]

@2eyre It is such a good book - I first read it when I was 12, and it's been my favourite book ever since! And it is so rich in meaning!

[nenalyzed]

you wrote your own screenplay? awesomeness much?

really liked the musical intermission

(humbug is a great word btw)

[duckpondwithoutducks]

@nenalyzed Yeah, one day I was talking with a friend about what I would like to see in a screenplay of Jane Eyre, and she said, "Why don't you write it?" So, I did! I was home sick for a couple of weeks, and took that time to do it. It was so much fun! And yes, humbug is a great word!

[nenalyzed]

@duckpondwithoutducks I'm truly impressed :D

[nenalyzed]

YESSS!! I have read this book! multiple times! and I loved it!

[duckpondwithoutducks]

I tried to put these comments in the video description, but it wouldn't let me, it said that it made the description too long, so I shall put them here!

There have been many movies made about Jane Eyre, these are the ones that I have seen:

[duckpondwithoutducks]

Movie Version - 1934 – starring Virginia Bruce and Colin Clive – b&w – feature film length - absolutely laughable, with a drunken coachman, and a madwoman walking down the attic stairs going “Wooo, wooo!” who Jane doesn't question!

1944 – starring Joan Fontaine and Orson Welles – b&w – feature film length - beautifully atmospheric, with a cameo role by Elizabeth Taylor as Helen Burns. Orson Welles is a splendidly brooding Rochester, even though the end seems to come too abruptly.

[duckpondwithoutducks]

Movie Version - 1970 – starring Susannah York and George C. Scott – feature film length - not bad, even though Scott seems just a trifle old for the role. The version I watched was on videocassette of poor visual and sound quality, it would probably be more enjoyable if it were remastered on DVD.

[duckpondwithoutducks]

Movie Version - 1973 – starring Sorcha Cusack and Michael Jayston – miniseries – very faithful to the book

1983 – starring Zelah Clarke and Timothy Dalton – miniseries – Timothy Dalton is my favourite Rochester, even though the production values of the miniseries aren't as high as the later films

[duckpondwithoutducks]

Movie Version - 1996 – starring Charlotte Gainsbourg and William Hurt – feature film length – alright, but it felt to me like too much of the original text was lost in the translation to film

1997 – starring Samantha Morton and Ciaran Hinds – feature film length – my comments for this one are the same as the last one!

2006 – starring Ruth Wilson and Toby Stephens – miniseries – very good, even though it takes some liberties with the text to add more feminist and scientific overtones

[duckpondwithoutducks]

Movie Version - 2011 – starring Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender – feature film length - I just watched this one yesterday! I had been eager to see it ever since it came out this spring. It is different from other versions because it is told quite a bit in flashback. I would have liked a little more exposition at the end, but I thought that Mia and Michael were great in their roles!