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Jane Eyre Retold #5
My Mr. Rochester 5
The classic Gothic tale set in a future dystopian society, retold in 5 volumes.
Episode 5: After Mr. Rochester's ghastly betrayal, Jane flees Thornfield and finds a home, career, family, and independence she's always wanted. But when a handsome and righteous young man offers Jane a respectable but loveless marriage, she can't forget her connection to her former master.
Jane's dreams of Rochester invade her waking hours and drive her back to Thornfield where she finds more than the Hall in ruins. To reclaim the man she loves, she'll have to risk all the gains she's fought so hard to win.
Episode 5: After Mr. Rochester's ghastly betrayal, Jane flees Thornfield and finds a home, career, family, and independence she's always wanted. But when a handsome and righteous young man offers Jane a respectable but loveless marriage, she can't forget her connection to her former master.
Jane's dreams of Rochester invade her waking hours and drive her back to Thornfield where she finds more than the Hall in ruins. To reclaim the man she loves, she'll have to risk all the gains she's fought so hard to win.
233 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 1, 2014
About the author
L.K. Rigel
36 books179 followersLK Rigel is the author of the Apocalypto series:
Space Junque, Spiderwork, and Firebird; and the Wyrd and Fae series: Give Me, Bride of Fae, Fever Mist, and A Glimmering Girl.
Her My Mr. Rochester (Jane Eyre Retold) a retelling of the Gothic novel set in a future utopia.
Her short story Slurp is included in Deadly Treats, an anthology edited by Anne Frasier from Nodin Press. Rigel's writing has also appeared in Literary Mama and Tattoo Highway.
She lives in California.
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Space Junque, Spiderwork, and Firebird; and the Wyrd and Fae series: Give Me, Bride of Fae, Fever Mist, and A Glimmering Girl.
Her My Mr. Rochester (Jane Eyre Retold) a retelling of the Gothic novel set in a future utopia.
Her short story Slurp is included in Deadly Treats, an anthology edited by Anne Frasier from Nodin Press. Rigel's writing has also appeared in Literary Mama and Tattoo Highway.
She lives in California.
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March 7, 2014
For this last installment of My Mr. Rochester I'm giving it a 4-star rating. As a whole, I'd rate the series as a solid 4, too.
***There may be some spoilers***
This fifth and final episode is interesting. Jane is gone from Thornfield and headed to find her long-lost cousins. Once she's found them she doesn't reveal her true identity or the circumstances for leaving Thornfield. St. John, Mary and Diana take her under their wings and help her to work again as a teacher. She comes to love them very much and when she is discovered to be the sole inheritor of their Uncle John's vast fortune, her identity is revealed and she splits the fortune four-ways.
Now an independent heiress, Jane is cautioned by her cousin St. John, not to become idle. He asks her to marry him and do God's work along side him. It is at this point that Jane knows she has to see Edward again.
The reconciliation with Edward is where this story took an interesting turn. I loved that there was some outside conflict to conquer even after she came back to him. It wasn't nicely tied up with "oh, Bertha's dead, I love you" the end. I liked seeing Blanche Ingram having some admirable role, seeing Mr. Perfect St. John's halo lose some shine (at least in my eyes) and also to see Jane acknowledge her admiration for Georgiana's decisions, and her own choices to make a difference for women in New Judah.
Throughout the series I was somewhat annoyed with Rigel's Jane Eyre. Despite her admitted unhappiness with her lot in life as a New Judean penniless, and friendless orphan-girl, she was still indoctrinated enough to think there was some wisdom in the oppressive laws regarding women. Jane was not quite the feminist that I wanted her to be.
Instead of Jane just being a staunch feminist from the get-go, Rigel had her slowly ease into it as the story progressed. Which is probably more realistic. Jane had no money and no real hope of money and, until Mr. Rochester, no real thought of marriage or sex--or its consequences. It was as if she didn't care about the right to take birth-control until she needed it. She didn't care about being in control of her own fortune until she had one. Only then did the freedom of the Old (heathen) Country seem ideal. Yes, there were times when she thought of the impregnated Bethany girls with pity and even chafed at the idea of having to account for her spending once she was a wife to Edward, but she always seemed to hold contempt for the world outside of New Judah and think of the religiousness and rigidness of New Judah as true and righteous.
By the end, Jane has come into her own and found a true partner in Edward. I really did like this series very much, but the original will always be my favorite.
***There may be some spoilers***
This fifth and final episode is interesting. Jane is gone from Thornfield and headed to find her long-lost cousins. Once she's found them she doesn't reveal her true identity or the circumstances for leaving Thornfield. St. John, Mary and Diana take her under their wings and help her to work again as a teacher. She comes to love them very much and when she is discovered to be the sole inheritor of their Uncle John's vast fortune, her identity is revealed and she splits the fortune four-ways.
Now an independent heiress, Jane is cautioned by her cousin St. John, not to become idle. He asks her to marry him and do God's work along side him. It is at this point that Jane knows she has to see Edward again.
The reconciliation with Edward is where this story took an interesting turn. I loved that there was some outside conflict to conquer even after she came back to him. It wasn't nicely tied up with "oh, Bertha's dead, I love you" the end. I liked seeing Blanche Ingram having some admirable role, seeing Mr. Perfect St. John's halo lose some shine (at least in my eyes) and also to see Jane acknowledge her admiration for Georgiana's decisions, and her own choices to make a difference for women in New Judah.
Throughout the series I was somewhat annoyed with Rigel's Jane Eyre. Despite her admitted unhappiness with her lot in life as a New Judean penniless, and friendless orphan-girl, she was still indoctrinated enough to think there was some wisdom in the oppressive laws regarding women. Jane was not quite the feminist that I wanted her to be.
Instead of Jane just being a staunch feminist from the get-go, Rigel had her slowly ease into it as the story progressed. Which is probably more realistic. Jane had no money and no real hope of money and, until Mr. Rochester, no real thought of marriage or sex--or its consequences. It was as if she didn't care about the right to take birth-control until she needed it. She didn't care about being in control of her own fortune until she had one. Only then did the freedom of the Old (heathen) Country seem ideal. Yes, there were times when she thought of the impregnated Bethany girls with pity and even chafed at the idea of having to account for her spending once she was a wife to Edward, but she always seemed to hold contempt for the world outside of New Judah and think of the religiousness and rigidness of New Judah as true and righteous.
By the end, Jane has come into her own and found a true partner in Edward. I really did like this series very much, but the original will always be my favorite.
January 31, 2016
Solid ending to the series. This episode has a different spin to some extent on her time with the Rivers cousins, and reunites Jane with Mr. Rochester after Thornfield is destroyed. There is more action as Mr. Rochester may be charged with bigamy so they escape to the United States and his eye sight is restored. There is an odd encounter with Blanche that doesn't really get explained (why do no one talk of her anymore?) I was disappointed in Jane's attitude towards the U.S. when in New Judah she was still regarded as property, but glad to see she was working (with her money) towards supporting the governess runs.
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March 8, 2014
This series was a great and quick read.
I did wish the epilogue had stayed a little more true to the original regarding Jane and Rochester's .
I did wish the epilogue had stayed a little more true to the original regarding Jane and Rochester's .
March 12, 2014
I actually enjoyed the first 4 books in this series. But the finale felt rushed. Not much differed from the original story, just some minor details were changed in order to bring the story back to it's futuristic setting. There were multiple typos which were distracting. I just couldn't get back into the story.
March 20, 2014
A satisfying conclusion.
June 1, 2014
This was a good retelling of Jane Eyre, however, the last book went a little too political/women's movement for my taste. Could have left that part out and it would have been fantastic!
September 29, 2014
I loved this series!!!As far as romances go, it is totally wonderful!I loved it even better than the original Jane Eyre!!
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