WHAT I TREASURE

My copy of Bell’s Jane Eyre

By Megan Westley

With its cover a mottled mix of browns, and an intriguing splash of scarlet, almost two centuries have left a strange, leopard-style effect. From the front, there are no clues to the story within, but shift its weight in your hand and look to the spine and you’ll see it: Bell’s Jane Eyre. I’ve always loved old books. The smell, the foxed pages, the intriguing rings and smudges that hint at a careless cup of coffee in bed. This book is a favourite because of the two stories it tells. One is of the heroine, Jane Eyre, and her fraught relationship with Mr Rochester. The other is of its then-unknown creator, Charlotte Brontë, who was forced to hide her own identity. What makes this copy so special is that it was actually…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, March 2020

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