Rating: 4 out of 5

I read this at Junior school as a 12 year old and evidently remembered much less of it that I thought I did. The bits of the tale I did recall came about from reading “The Eyre Affair” last year which interspersed bits of the original story with bits of a new story. I think that this was wasted on my 12 year old self. I doubt that I appreciated the detail of the descriptions, or the depth of the characters. I’m sure that I found the reading a duty rather than a pleasure. How cursed some books are to be considered worthy and educational.

I read Jane Eyre at this juncture because of the afterword of Rebecca by Sally Beauman which refers to Daphne du Maurier as annexing Jane Eyre for Rebecca. Having now read them both back to back I do see the similarities, but I also see the differences. Different styles and different flows.

Well worth a revisiting.

Originally posted to my Goodreads account