I knew I'd find this easy going and I was right. I am very much enjoying it so far - Charlotte Bronte has a slightly different style to Jane Austen, but I find them both easy to tune in to. I knew bits of the Jane Eyre story, but not the whole plot (vague knowledge of Mr Rochester and the mad wife in the attic), and happily I don't know how it ends. I'm about a 3rd of the way through as I had a couple of other books to finish before I could start this one - usually I'll happily have 2 or 3 books on the go at one time, but for this challenge I thought it best to stick to one at a time.
It was interesting reading the introduction to Jane Eyre as well. The Brontes were a bit of an unlucky family it seems, dying left right and centre, and Charlotte only managing a year of marriage before she died, in her 30s if I recall correctly. I also hadn't realised that the 3 sisters only really wrote one major novel each, or that they originally published under masculine-sounding pseudonyms.
I should finish this by the end of the week, so I'll post again once I have...
I would welcome any comments from others about this book (just don't give any plot away!)
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