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[newmoonstar]

I think I'm going to try to read Jane Eyre again. Yes, I know, I always thought it was stupid, but the new adaptation grows on me with each viewing, and maybe it's worth a second look. At the very least, it's made me desperately want an 1840's dress, and I've never had a particular interest in 1840's clothes before, so there's gotta be something in it!

1840's dresses will have to wait however, since I finally dug out my striped fabric to make my medieval dress. Hopefully I can lay it out and even cut it out today or tomorrow. I'd really like to have it out of the way so that I can focus on creating a severely awesome Elizabethan outfit for Bristol!

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[solidor.livejournal.com]

But it's Jane Eyre, my mortal enemy (second only to Wuthering Heights). Though I haven't seen all of the new adaptation, but what I saw of it was pretty good.

[newmoonstar]

Well, my mortal enemy is actually anything by Thomas Hardy, followed by Wuthering Heights, so I figure Jane Eyre is low enough on the list that reading it won't violate too many of my Lofty Ideals and/or Firmly Held Principles. If, however, I ever decide to give Wuthering Heights, or, god forbid, Tess of the D'Urbervilles or Jude the Obscure, a try, please knock some sense into me, because that's a sure sign I've lost my mind!

The new adaptation of Jane Eyre, by the by, was quite awesome once I got over my 'eww, it's Jane Eyre' mindset. I think the big thing that made a difference is that Jane and Rochester were actually likeable characters, an asset that every other adaptation I've ever seen simply didn't have!

[solidor.livejournal.com]

I completely forgot Thomas Hardy. Nevermind, he's at the top (despite the Monty Python skit), then Jane Eyre, then Wuthering Heights. Though if you give Eyre the thumbs up I'll have to reconsider and try to read it again, too.