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amabel. xxv. she/they. if her name is jane she’s my favourite. brontëblogging, historical fiction & textile art.

#pinned.#jane eyre jane seymour jane bennet jane boleyn jane fairfax do you see my problem #terfs & tradfems dni. you are not welcome.

oh jane seymour illustration from dress design by talbot hughes embroidery wip we’re really in it now

#closing her eyes solely because of my lack of skill #pray for me i’m gonna need it

i’d argue the ‘97 proposal is the only valid j/e adaptation kiss because i personally always pictured them mauling each other when i read the book

#‘kiss’ is a loose term #theyre going full franklin expedition on each other #its truly bizarre and correct #rochester lacks bitches of course he can’t kiss

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george c scott’s voluptuous ass send post

#paying my respects

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Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

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Headcanon: Anne and Wentworth have a very fun time together on his ship after they're married

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#AND HE DID

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Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

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Today's literature hot take: the extended childhood portion of the book, and the time with the Rivers family are essential parts of the book and when you ignore/downplay them (or when the movie version you're watching does) that's when you start to have problems with the story. The book essentially is divided into fairly even thirds, but it tends to get treated as if Thornfield is 80% of the book.

With those sections intact as they are in the book, Jane Eyre is more coming of age story than romance. The romance is important, but its not the MAIN thing. Jane's growth is the central story. Her ultimate challenge is actually rejecting St. John. This is why Rochester's redemption gets treated so summarily at the end--Rochester is not as much of a deuteragonist as some would have you believe. He's prepared off-screen for the ending, once Jane has completed her arc off on her own and is ready to come back. That feels weird if you treat her relationship with Rochester as THE plot, rather than one of a series of formative relationships which she experiences, grows through and then cycles back to later. Rochester is resolved in essentially the same manner as Mrs. Reed and Lowood school are.

This is why I think that, while there are some pretty decent Jane Eyre movies, the way to actually capture the book would be a miniseries that actually gives Lowood and Moor House space equivalent to their role in the book.

#character-driven word portraits of women is so confusing for ppl adapting this book #the title is jane eyre #not jane goes to thornfield #or jane matches edward’s freak #and neither could those be the title!!!!! it’s really not about him #hence the greek drama with the torching of the haunted house