Jane Eyre
1846 • 580 pages

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I'm a sucker for a soft-spoken and introspective but also strong and opinionated heroine. I typically get bored with “classic romances,” but this one I like because its simply a part of Jane's life, not the soul defining moment in an otherwise non-interesting life (also, I think it's awesome that they fall in love because they have really good conversations and not that Romeo/Juliet lust across a crowded room nonsense and also that when Mr. Rochester keeps professing his love and singing her songs she's like, “settle down dude, stop being so emotional, you need to approach this marriage thing logically”). Also there are crazy people and fires...

March 23, 2013