tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16743003.post1843307736759273031..comments2024-03-28T01:06:38.596-07:00Comments on Maya Reynolds: Revisiting Jane EyreMaya Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12791278987339976101noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16743003.post-18582052565953332282007-07-24T08:42:00.000-07:002007-07-24T08:42:00.000-07:00No problem, BC. I enjoy reading your blog.The ope...No problem, BC. I enjoy reading your blog.<BR/><BR/>The operative word in your comment was "tried" to read JE as a nine year old. Obviously, I didn't succeed.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for stopping by.Maya Reynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12791278987339976101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16743003.post-68158962167891901562007-07-24T07:41:00.000-07:002007-07-24T07:41:00.000-07:00Thanks for the shout-out Maya! I cannot believe y...Thanks for the shout-out Maya! I cannot believe you tried to read JE as a NINE-year-old... wow. But actually, I would have loved to have used words like "bilious" to insult someone back in the fourth grade...BookCannibal9https://www.blogger.com/profile/14615469374819040342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16743003.post-26112880654828765402007-07-22T05:59:00.000-07:002007-07-22T05:59:00.000-07:00Gentlemen:I have NO idea what you're talking about...Gentlemen:<BR/><BR/>I have NO idea what you're talking about.Maya Reynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12791278987339976101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16743003.post-36256238077670762952007-07-22T05:39:00.000-07:002007-07-22T05:39:00.000-07:00Ah,but how many young girls invited a boyfriend fo...Ah,but how many young girls invited a boyfriend for afternoon delight thinking that it was iced tea with lemon and saccharine? Boys of the era (mine, I'm thinking) were more versed in the subject than were the girls. Imagine her surprise when her invitation was answered by a wandering hand....<BR/><BR/>Delightful blog, Miss M.<BR/><BR/>Hmmm - the Divine Miss M?poetica in silentiumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06881374793984239361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16743003.post-31331689046595911682007-07-21T23:36:00.000-07:002007-07-21T23:36:00.000-07:00Most of us boys dreamed of girls inviting us to so...Most of us boys dreamed of girls inviting us to some "Afternoon Delight." It's good to know that at least one boy's dreams came true . . .Stephen Parrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16883165490847664389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16743003.post-10638195965752440102007-07-21T22:15:00.000-07:002007-07-21T22:15:00.000-07:00"Jane" was written in a time when reading was one ..."Jane" was written in a time when reading was one of the major pastimes - if you were lucky enough to have time to past instead of work. Sitting down by candle or lantern light and reading those words must have been a transporting experience.<BR/><BR/>And yes, no Bronte would get past the slush pile today or score in any RWA chapter's contest. Internal motivation for Rochester - didn't that come on page 400?<BR/><BR/>Back to Potter.<BR/><BR/>MitziMitzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15429148644855477143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16743003.post-60931764052677315212007-07-21T20:46:00.000-07:002007-07-21T20:46:00.000-07:00Beth: That's really interesting. I took to Jane ...Beth: That's really interesting. I took to Jane Austen like a duck to water. But I read her works AFTER I read Jane Eyre so, by then, I was older with more reading experience.<BR/><BR/>I still love that first line from P&P: "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." It is so amusing.Maya Reynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12791278987339976101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16743003.post-51421885315778378062007-07-21T20:19:00.000-07:002007-07-21T20:19:00.000-07:00See, everyone has a different take on things. I l...See, everyone has a different take on things. I loved Jane Eyre from the first time I read it. I got lost in the language, and flew past the words I didn't understand that first time. The whole horror of Jane's childhood, the trials she went through to reach adulthood... *sigh* And then to finally reach Rochester only to be torn away. I gave it to my daughter as soon as she was old enough, and she loves it, too. Now Jane Austen. I can't get through more than a few pages without forcing myself, and I've never read one of hers all the way through. I just can't do it.B.E. Sandersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04336115135400388268noreply@blogger.com