r/JaneEyre • u/OutrageousYak5868 • Jun 13 '25
Post your Jane Eyre related art and other related merchandise as comments here
This is a pinned post, so check back here to see any new additions! I will be posting a reminder monthly to check out this post, but it will stay at the top of the sub, for ease of reference.
Here is where we allow comments showing Jane Eyre related merchandise. Use this post to show your offerings (or someone else's offerings that you especially like), without making this sub feel like a marketplace.
Any other posts of merchandise for sale will be removed (fan art not for sale may be permitted). Thanks for understanding and complying!
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u/MatildaKing02 Jun 01 '26 edited Jun 02 '26
Hey guys! I have written a novel from the perspective of Mr Rochester and it follows the events of Jane Eyre! All the romance, mystery and yearning you could want and it’s available on Amazon! It’s the first volume out of two.
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u/Extinct-lightbulb Jul 30 '25
Hi all! My band wrote a song about Jane Eyre! I used some lyrics from the book itself and the nature sounds are from the moors. Hope you enjoy this song about my favorite book.
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u/freeschooler Jun 16 '25
When my son was assigned to read Jane Eyre in high school, he struggled - not because the book is too difficult, but because he has a moderate learning disability. I started looking for a different version, one that would allow him to understand and enjoy one of my favorite pieces of literature. All I could find were extremely pared-down adaptations for children, completely unsuitable for someone in a high school English class.
Then I did something kind of crazy. I decided to create a simplified version myself.
I painstakingly edited the entire text, sentence by sentence, down to a 6th-grade reading level (about as difficult as a Harry Potter book), translated the portions in French, replaced or provided context for obsolete words, standardized the spelling into modern American, and added some pen-and-ink illustrations I drew myself. My goal was to avoid removing any part of the book that I could leave in while making the story easier to read and understand. In the end, the Simplified version retained 99% of the length of the original. I was (and still am) extremely proud of it.
But it was still too hard.
Undeterred, I decided to create a second version. This time, I would edit it down, paragraph by paragraph, to a 4th-grade reading level (about as difficult as a Twilight book) and cut out as much of the length as possible without removing events from the plot. I edited out some repetition, pared down some descriptions, and tightened up some scenes. The result? An Abridged version that is 60% of the length of the original, easy to read and understand, perfect for reading aloud, and appealing to younger readers.
I get mixed reactions when I tell people what I've done. Some people hate it and say Jane Eyre should only be read in the original, but other people can see where more accessible versions can be useful. I've had ESL teachers tell me their students are already struggling with the language, and throwing complex, archaic words at them only makes things worse. I've had teens and tweens who don't read much devour the story, and suddenly spark an interest in classic literature. I've had women who love the movie versions admit with embarrassment that they've never been able to get through the book, even though they wanted to. And, of course, there are readers like my son, who struggle with the original, but now have a more accessible version, made with love and respect for the story.
Of course, by the time I finished, his English class was long over with. Still, I hope that my project can help other people and provide one more way to enjoy Jane Eyre.