Book · 1999 · Fiction
Jane Eyre
- mentions
- 7
- people
- 5
- podcasts
- 3
- episodes
- 7
- recommendation
- 1
Well, I you know, one year I taught Jane Air and uh and Great Expectations in the same year. And Janeire is the greatest representation of of female rage ever. And that that hasn't gone away.
What they say about it
- Discusses reading preferences and comparisons3
The best things said about it
In terms of what I've been reading this week well I finally finished weaing Heights which I've talked about in the past on the show um so I understand the Kate Bush song now and I do prefer Jane a so the country can sleep easier knowing my preference I think Jane a just has more going on in it.
It had to have joking around with his friend Bernard and them riffing on Jane Air and the trope of the tragic Mulatto.
Where and when it comes up
Most mentions, by podcast
5 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë is a celebrated Victorian novel following the turbulent life and emotional maturation of its eponymous orphaned protagonist. On The Book Review, John Williams noted a reader recommendation praising the novel's emotional intensity, and later discussed his own preference for Jane Eyre over Wuthering Heights because it features more narrative depth. Francine Prose mentioned on How I Write that she once taught the novel alongside Great Expectations, describing it as the greatest representation of female rage in literature. Similarly, Brandon Taylor discussed on The Book Review how characters in his own novel riffed on the classic text and its tragic mulatto tropes. Greg Coles also referenced Williams's engagement with the book, and Juliette Fogra shared on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast that the intimidating atmosphere of the teachers in Jane Eyre reminded her of her own time in music school. Across these appearances, contributors highlighted the novel's enduring thematic relevance and emotional power.
Every mention
John Williams um also heard from Rachel men's um who said to both romantic and broken heart recently a little Life by Han… 3
“in terms of what I've been reading this week well I finally finished weaing Heights which I've talked about in the past on the show um so I understand the Kate Bush song now and I do prefer Jane a so the country can sleep easier knowing my preference I think Jane a just has more going on in it”
“I read J earlier this summer”
“um also heard from Rachel men's um who said to both romantic and broken heart recently a little Life by Han Yan gahara um she is also an editor here at the Times um and she said I think my heart broke and reformed every 15 pages um someone else mentioned um Bob Mayo mentioned the razor's Edge and then”
Brandon Taylor it had to have joking around with his friend Bernard and them riffing on Jane Air and the trope of the trag… 1
“it had to have joking around with his friend Bernard and them riffing on Jane Air and the trope of the tragic Mulatto.”
Francine Prose Well, I you know, one year I taught Jane Air and uh and Great Expectations in the same year. And Janeire is… 1
“Well, I you know, one year I taught Jane Air and uh and Great Expectations in the same year. And Janeire is the greatest representation of of female rage ever. And that that hasn't gone away.”
Greg Cowles I know that earlier this year you read Jane a um and see we're friendly and competitive 1
“I know that earlier this year you read Jane a um and see we're friendly and competitive”
Juliette Fogra it's something you saw in jane eyre the teachers of jane eyre intimidating place that was music school 1
“it's something you saw in jane eyre the teachers of jane eyre intimidating place that was music school”
Other mentions (5: passing, ad reads, own books)
“So there's no reason, whether it's a high school student in Philadelphia who can't afford to buy "Jane Eyre" for their eighth-grade class.”
“I mean you know, I mean Jane Eyre is is auto fiction, you know, David Copperfield, Joyce,”
“but that's a prequel of sorts to Jane air and so very not autobiographical although it draws on her childhood”
“one of them of course is Rebecca by Daphne de morier and the other is Jane a”
“you know Jane air and um ivanho are are books that are kind of embedded in the plot of this novel The heroine wants to better herself through literature”