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Breath of fresh air after reading super old foreign stories.

“We don’t know enough about ourselves. I think it’s better to know that you don’t know, that way you can grow with the mystery as the mystery grows in you. But, these days, of course, everybody knows everything, that’s why so many people are so lost”

He is worse than the first. Why is she giving in? I don’t understand.

I was glad for Jane too to discover she had family. But what is going on with the cousin.

Also want to add that I was impressed by the protagonist’s ability to resist her temptation and really did cut that man out of her life. “Yes; I feel now that I was right when I adhere to principle and law, and scorned and crushed the insane promptings of a frenzied moment” (414).

They really don’t get to the point. And really like to go on about whether someone is ugly or not.

“he would want me no more. I should fear even to cross his path now: my view must be hateful to him”??? What about HIS view TO YOU??? I cannot with this submission.

Jane panics a bit at the thought of her new name. This chapter feels symbolic as the title is “Jane Erye”. She is realistic to warn Mr Rochester that the adornments will only make her further from herself. Maybe a premonition of how infatuation blinds the truth. Mrs Fairfax’s gut also feels this. Young Adele even shoots down Mr Rochester’s imprisoning or romanic allegory of the matrimony.

(Spoilers) Jane is the bigger person when she forgives and pities her aunt of her hatred towards her. But still the aunt does the right thing and confesses to her wrong doings on her death bed. Her children all bear the consequences. Mr Rochester continues to charm Jane after her return. They can’t deny their infatuation, what will happen to his engagement?

Not sure what to make of his little disguise but it’s different.

Mr Rochester does seem interestingly particular but he is still annoying. Jane relating to Adele’s life was heart breaking. So Mr Rochester killed someone… ??maybe they’re not dead? It is becoming suspenseful after the fire incident.

A spooky scene and she’s bored and a man enters in a charming way… it’s getting predictable.

I was thinking about why more rich people wouldn’t contribute to Lowood and got to know Mr Brocklehurt better. Yuck! While he lectured about the lords suffering, I asked what are you wearing?? The hypocrisy entering with his wife and daughters made me cringe and I wondered if I can take the book seriously anymore. We shall see.

I would like to know what others think about chapter 6. I felt mad that Helen was defending Mrs. Scatcherd’s abuse towards her. But Helen’s philosophy sounds stoic and supposedly she doesn’t let it bother her? Which sounds like she is unbothered and won’t let anything affect her.

Jane telling Mrs Reed how it is was very satisfying. She didn’t even need to degrade Mrs Reed or anything because Mrs Reed’s behavior already did.

Nature is beauty. He knows how to find the good in things.

Either he was surrounded by the most amazing people or he has a skill to find the good in any person and write a damn gratitude journal

The slow and tortured death could not have been written any better than this. Reconfirms my love for antiheros.

Wondering what Emma’s bursts of her religious obsessions mean, is it like all or nothing thinking? Since she can’t act upon her desires she internalizes it with her idea of self sacrifice/ suffering?

Having a visceral reaction after this chapter. How is it that Rodolphe have no lingering at all after all that? I think it is still that Emma is grieving over her only chance at freedom rather than Rodolphe (freedom> Rodolphe) and the only chance of “freedom” for her was to still be depending on a man.

Lots of beautiful descriptions. I like how it concludes back to the wedding bouquet from when Emma was wondering what would happen to hers if she died compared to Charles’ previous wive’s.

“Logic is no doubt unshakable, but it can’t withstand a person who wants to live.”

This feels like those dreams you’re trying to run in but can’t. Is it just me or is there magical realism in this? I feel more of the drowning feeling from this book than the one I read before this, Nausea.

“and that all this desire of hers to give, to help, was vanity. For her own self-satisfaction was it that she wished so instinctively to help, to give, that people might say of her, “O Mrs. Ramsay! dear Mrs”…. but made aware of the pettiness of some part of her, and of human relations, how flawed they are, how despicable, how selfseeking, at their best.”

I’m reading the Schocken Books publication from my library and the format is strange. The page numbers are on the inside of the pages…. And maybe this is the author but there’s no indentation for quotes and it’s hard to read. I first thought the translation was rigid but it doesn’t bother me now. I’m out of space!

This is hard to read… like my brain.

Is the protagonist a real person? Stream of consciousness all over the place?

Wholesome. I will take a long time but I would like to try reading this in Japanese as well.

Now that is a love story.

Touched by this dedication on how literature affected the protagonist.

It feels nostalgic for some reason. Maybe because the details are described very well and it feels familiar.