don't knock it til you try it. sure, classics may bring an onslaught of high school horrors, but the language and style of writing are rich and imaginative. a far cry from the flat and often trite themes found in books these days...
here's a short blurb from a review on Amazon.com:
You know all those 'classic' novels you read in high school? How many of them do you actually remember? Well, if Jane Eyre was one of those long-forgotten books, pick up a copy. To read it as an adult is a joy: it's a sweeping, disturbing, intense, thrilling, very romantic gothic love story, written in the voice of a very intense, almost claustrophobically self-aware young heroine. Jane is no Ophelia - she's a complicated, remarkable character, and a very strong female character in a genre that usually draws women as beautiful victims at best.
like i said, give it a fair chance. you might be surprised...
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