tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3028237754277930313.post4530952946419425321..comments2023-08-10T04:15:22.199-04:00Comments on Victoria Janssen: Jane Eyre in the Carnival MirrorVictoria Janssenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12259793807283856761noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3028237754277930313.post-38890782642118819002010-05-17T08:44:18.956-04:002010-05-17T08:44:18.956-04:00I'm glad you enjoyed the posts! The more I le...I'm glad you enjoyed the posts! The more I learn about the period the book was written, the more extraordinary it seems to me.<br /><br />Would that more romance characters today were as complex and interesting as Jane and Rochester!<br /><br /><i>Interestingly, as an older reader, I see all this somewhat differently and find myself attracted to stories in which the protagonists don't Victoria Janssenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12259793807283856761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3028237754277930313.post-54891173059944342372010-05-16T16:13:32.262-04:002010-05-16T16:13:32.262-04:00Thank you for your Jane Eyre posts which I've ...Thank you for your Jane Eyre posts which I've richly enjoyed. I read JE twice when I was quite young - 12 and then again when I was 14 or 15. Reading your posts has made me think I probably should revisit it. As a young reader, I found Jane herself a rigid, ungiving character, but that was when I was teenager and didn't have a proper understanding of the period and predicament of Jane.Joanna Chambershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11008683032460114886noreply@blogger.com