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i always gasp when i get to the part where charlotte bronte changed tenses in the middle of the parlour scene (i.e. when all the ladies and dudes, invited by mr rochester, show up after dinner)

like there's something so beautiful about being thrown into the past with jane and reliving a memory with her idk man. maybe i'm sentimental.

local governess decides to demean herself through portraiture in order to escape the throes of a crush on her employer

the role of fairytales within the wider structure of the narrative is actually fairly prominent and i find that funny. jane and rochester really do match each other's freaks (jane loving fairytales as a kid *handshake* mr rochester asking if she's an elf or sprite or some sort)
and yes i acknowledge that mr rochester calling her an elf is patronising however it's interesting that it's an elf and not another creature

i could go on and on and on about how jane's relationship with helen shapes much of her later understanding/perception of faith and christianity but for now i will just be sad. every time i read this book i feel a wave of sadness wash over me when helen dies. sad. hurb.

ANNUAL REREAD!!!

me when i can communicate with the LOML through telepathic screaming across the moors

lowkey obsessed with how both proposals take place in nature-- once in R's garden, and the other time on the moors with SJ; one has cultivated nature but is wilder in terms of conversation, while the other one has wild nature but an almost tamer content re. what SJ is saying... also jane has more control in SJ's proposal than she does R's. there is definitely something to analyse there but i am far too tired rn