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Despite an anti-Semitic phrase in a particularly delicious scene, this remains one of my lifetime favorites. I love it all - the childhood descriptions, the falling in love, and the courage to leave. I like the return, too, but the parting scene - WOW! I've even quoted Jane's words to my rabbi because it so eloquently states how to get past a nisayon. I read it again and again, and I'm sure I always will.
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I just finished re-reading this one, and got much more out of it this time around. So much of it isn't about the romance (which in my opinion leaves much to be desired), but rather about character. Each of the characters has some level of religiosity, or lack thereof, and Jane's interactions with them all show how much is external nonsense and how much is true heart of moral character and of true compassion toward others. Yes, it's a commentary on the station of women at the time, but mostly it
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No doubt this is a novel of well-recognized literary value. Although I can readily admit its quality, I can’t say I enjoyed it. Maybe it was my mood. But, I found the writing style excessively wordy; similes added to similes, descriptions that bogged down the narrative. Reading this felt a bit like swimming through molasses, very rich, but quite a slow trudge. This book has such prominence in the western canon that I knew the story even though I had not yet read it. Because of that, the plot hel
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