After I read Pride and Prejudice, I read the adaption from Mr. Darcy's perspective. I loved the contrast between the two. I was wondering if anyone wrote something similar to that in Mr. Rochester's perspective. I would love to know the name of the book if they did. Thanks in advance to anyone who answers!!
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Well, I don't know of any books that tell the story from Rochester's perspective. However, there is an interesting novel called Wide Sargasso Sea that tells Bertha Mason's story, and Rochester is, of course, a principal character in the book. You might want to check it out...
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<< Well, I don't know of any books that tell the story from Rochester's perspective. However, there is an interesting novel called Wide Sargasso Sea that tells Bertha Mason's story, and Rochester is, of course, a principal character in the book >>
I love the movie adaptation of this. It's very sensual.
TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAzC5gSKM6E
I don't know any such book either, but I just wonder why do you need it?
Mr Rochester gives us his perception of the period of courtship in the dialogue
of separation (in order to make Jane see how he feels about her). And he has
refered to his previous life many times. Charlotte describes the rest through
Jane Eyre's perceptive eyes.
Anyway, I have heard that Wide Sargasso sea doesn't describe him under a
favorable light and the same goes for the sequel Jane Eyre's daughter.
Personally I think that a real writer should create his own characters and if
he should "borrow" some from other novels he should at least respect the fact
that they are someone else's creations and that are pretty loved as they are.
So, I wouldn't like to encourage such writing or if I did read them I would
judge them as separate novels with similar names.
I would be interested though to learn the title of the book with Mr Darcy's
perceptions as Elizabeth Bennet doesn't at all pretend to know his thoughts
or when she does, she is totally wrong. It should be amusing.
There is now a retelling of Jane Eyre from Rochester's POV, called Jane Eyre's Husband by Tara Bradley. It tells of Edward's life from birth to death, basically, covering the time before, during, and after the original JE. I recommend checking it out!
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I liked Jane Eyre's Husband - it was very true to Bronte's story and character. But the graphic descriptions of sex got tedious! And I didn't like the fact that Jane died young.
If there aren't any skeletons in a man's closet, there's probably a Bertha in his attic.
Oh dear, SG! Lol! Rochester porn...
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