Inspiration For Reading Jane Eyre

Unlike a lot of women who read Jane Eyre in high school, I didn't pick up that book until after I was married.  It's been over ten years now since I read it, but recently my bookish friends decided to re-read it. I'm not much of a re-reader unless I really liked the book the first time around, but I am wiling to give Jane Eyre another chance to win my heart!  I didn't dislike it the first time, it just didn't make my list of favorite books.

I am not very far into my re-read of the book yet (Jane just got to Rochester's house and hasn't met him yet), but to give myself a little inspiration, I created a Jane Eyre board on Pinterest!  I don't think I've actually used Pinterest for years, but this situation called for it.  I found a lot of interesting things to bookmark, and thought I would share them on my blog today.

Jane Eyre's Home - To start this off, I found this blogger's description of visiting Charlotte Bronte's home really fascinating, and the pictures added a lot to my understanding of the landscape she probably had in mind when she wrote Jane Eyre.

Jane Eyre Literary Dinner - I remembered seeing a literary dinner idea in the past, and a little googling led me to this gorgeous Jane Eyre literary dinner.  Their decorating really matches the mood of the book!

Jane Eyre Ambience - Need a little music to play in the background while you read?  I found this Jane Eyre Music and Ambience playlist, and also this playlist "for Jane Eyre and Rochester slowly falling in love".

Close Reads Analysis Of Jane Eyre - I am planning on listening to this podcast as I finish each set of chapters.  The gang over at Close Reads is basically the only reason I ended up liking The Great Gatsby, and I'm curious to see what insight they have on Jane!

Jane Eyre, The Comic Book - I found this Jane Eyre graphic novel and requested it from my library - I thought it might be fun to see how they adapted the book to comic book form.

Jane Eyre Cardamom Seed Buns - Several years ago I read a great book called Voracious, which included recipes inspired by works of literature.  When I was working on my Pinterest board, I remembered that book and looked up the author's blog - and what do you know, I found the Jane Eyre recipe!  I don't seem to remember the seed cake/buns/whatever-they-were in the book, but I'm sure I'll get there.

Jane Eyre Seed Cake - On a similar note, here is another seed-related recipe.

Beauty And The Beast, Jane Eyre, and Rebecca Help Us Decide Whether A Jerk Can Change For The Better by Faith Moore - You might have caught my post yesterday about the princess book I read - well, I was poking around on the author's website and saw this post about how Jane Eyre and Beauty And The Beast relate.  I remember not loving Rochester last time I read the book, but I thought the author of this article raised some really interesting parallels between the Beauty and the Beast story and Jane Eyre.  Spoiler: Moore doesn't think Rochester is a jerk, not a true jerk.  You'll have to read the article and tell me what you think.  This article also helped me understand my more lukewarm feelings toward Jane Eyre - I've never been as drawn to the moody-man-who-is-changed-because-of-a-woman storyline.  Give me Prince Charming instead, please.  But we'll see if my opinion changes as I read this time through!

I had such fun putting this Pinterest board together that I'm considering doing one for the next classic book I read!  What's your favorite classic?