“I do not think, sir, you have any right to command me, merely because you are older than I, or because you have seen more of the world than I have; your claim to superiority depends on the use you have made of your time and experience.”
Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre
I read Jane Eyre as a teenager and couldn't quite pin-point all the things I loved about it. But loved it, I did. Maybe because, in part, it's a book about freedom -- about our right to feel our own feelings and to think our own thoughts.
I love this book! I need to revisit it again. I read it as a pre-teen, but I loved it then too. I think I'll have a different perspective to it as an adult.
ReplyDeleteYes, that's true. It would be an interesting experience !
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