Jane Eyre
Author- Charlotte Bronte
Graphic Novels "Making the classics accessible for ALL learners."
Charlottes Bronte's classic story comes to life in this full color graphic novel. In Jane Eyre the illustrations helped move the story along. Jane's life is filled with hardship once she looses both parents to Typhus and is sent to live with her old uncle and his cruel and selfish wife. After her uncle dies, his wife does not want to care for Jane and sends her away to a charity school. At the school, Jane suffers from the lack of basic human needs and must endure the cold, hunger, lack of proper clothing and suffer at the hands of the school's cruel administrators. Once she is old enough, she leaves the school and becomes a governess at Rochester Manor. She soon falls in love with Mr. Rochester, who hides a destructive secret he wants no one to know. However, when Mr. Rochester's secret is revealed, Jane must decided whether to follow her heart and stay with Mr. Rochester or flee and find her own independent life.Jane Eyre is the story of an orphan girl, raised by her wealthy but cruel aunt in nineteenth century England.
Full of romance, suspense, and colorful characters it will definitely keep and hold students of all ages attention. As a book hook I would use some pictures of important periods in Jane's life to get students interested.
Just enough to make them want to know more. I read this story in a little over an hour. I haven't read a comic style book in a long time so I got confused on how conversations went a couple times in the beginning but after I got the hang of it I just got lost in story. I had never read the story of Jane Eyre before and I thought this version was perfect. I would definitely recommend it to all ages.
This sounds like a great addition to the classic novel. This would be good to help connect students to the classics and get them excited to want to read the original.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing the art work. Have you seen video adaptations of this classic?
ReplyDeleteI really like the graphic novels that focus on the classics. It really makes them visually appealing so students do not stay away from them thinking they are just old stories.
ReplyDeleteI have read Jane Eyre and would be interested in seeing it in graphic novel form. I agree that using graphic novel adaptations of classic novels can introduce young reluctant readers to these stories in ways that are sometimes better than just showing the movies.
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