Carrie reviewed this title and really enjoyed the new take on the typical Jane Eyre story:
This book is bloodthirsty and exciting. It’s hard-boiled and tender. It’s funny and full of gothic melodrama. I enjoyed every bit of it. Above all, I loved that Jane Steele, who in most ways resembles me not a whit, shares with me a deep affection for Jane Eyre and a sense that Jane Eyre inspires us to value our own lives and our own stories.
We also have a cocktail that went along with Jane Steele‘s initial release. It contains chai, honey, lemon, and cognac!
We have six (6) copies to give away to readers, three (3) paperback copies and (3) digital copies.
To enter, tell us your favorite Jane Eyre reading experience! Did you love it when you first read it? Hate it? If you haven’t read Jane Eyre yet, tell us about another classic you remember reading. Comments will close Friday, March 3, 2017 at noon, EST, and winners will be announced shortly after!
Standard disclaimers apply. We are not being compensated for this giveaway. Void where prohibited. Open to international residents where permitted by applicable law. Must be over 18. A love of literary retellings is not a must, though strongly encouraged. Brooding men in need of a governess should probably look elsewhere.
Best of luck to everyone!
WINNER UPDATE!
Paperback copy winners:
Digital copy winners:
JennyOH
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Ashley Morris
I was homeschooled for 7th grade, so I could do my schoolwork wherever I wanted. I read Jane Eyre while sitting on the roof of our shed next to the woods, in the shade of a big maple tree. I read it 3 times in a row and pretended it had taken that long to get through it.
Jane Eyre is one of those books that made me wish I’d taken more English electives in undergrad. When I first tried to read it on my own, I was bored out of my mind. I made it maybe 10% in. Then it became assigned reading in high school, and the analytical lens made the book blossom in my mind. Now it’s something I can read whether I’m feeling thinky or whether I just want a good plot!
I read Jane Eyre for the first time two years ago and loved it. It really struck me. After I finished reading it, my Grandma asked if she could borrow my copy (it’s a fancy Norton Critical Edition with notes in the back) to prep for running a discussion for her book club. She and I had a really nice time discussing the book and how it fit in with feminist theory throughout history, and I wrote up a mini report on how I felt about the book for her to use in her book club (like I said, this book really struck me!). She had my copy for a few months and then gave it back. I said thanks and tossed it on my shelf, then threw it in a box when I moved the next year, and in the box it stayed. My Grandma died this past October, and before her funeral I stumbled on my copy of Jane Eyre that I had lent her. As I opened it to flip through my notes written in the margins, a neatly folded paper fell out. It was a note from my Grandma to me about how grateful she was to have borrowed my book and have those conversations with me about it. I had missed the note when the book was initially returned. Needless to say, I was a mess after reading that. It meant so much to me. So Jane Eyre has taken on quite the meaning in my life! I keep my Grandma’s note in the copy, and will always cherish it.
It was required reading in college. I never would have read it on my own, but ended up really liking it!
@Ktr re: “I bought the book a while back but just could not get started, so now I’m currently reading Jane Eyre (finally!) on my phone with an app that sends me a short section to read everyday”
Does anyone know what this app is? WANT. For those classics that take a little more TLC to read.
I’ve been a “Wuthering Heights” fangirl for a long time, despite the crazy characters, none of whom are particularly likable. I haven’t gotten into Jane Eyre yet but it’s one of those things I’ve always meant to read. Not sure if it would throw my current self into a feminist rage, though. I was probably more tolerant at 15, though just barely.
I don’t think I loved Jane Eyre the first time I read it, but I’ve come around to it. I was always an Austen fan first!
I can’t remember when I first read Jane Eyre, probably middle school? But I saw it with a different light after reading “Wide Sargasso Sea” for an English course in college (an entire course about modern literature and marginally sane anti-heroes!).