JANE EYRE (Charlotte Bronte) - March 12/11

Well, I tried. Jane Eyre isn't as bad as some other so-called classics I've tried to read, but boy oh boy, it just goes on and on. Bronte offers up some of the most flowery prose I've ever read, and her characters speak in a manner that's nothing short of absurd. I was determined to finish this one, but I eventually just got to the point where my eyes were glazing over whole paragraphs, so I just gave up on page 192. No rating.