tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732872393244209851.post1284359266946452592..comments2023-10-26T15:30:11.579+01:00Comments on The Ibooknet Blog: When fictional romance goes wrong ..ibooknethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15673737757573719856noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732872393244209851.post-34673989111620659552014-02-04T16:15:51.002+00:002014-02-04T16:15:51.002+00:00I agree that Mr Rivers would have made for a more ...I agree that Mr Rivers would have made for a more interesting book, but I can't think that Jane would ever have married him. If she had, I think she'd have left him in whatever missionary fastness he spirited her off to and tramped back to England and Mr R.<br /><br />As for headbanging, Andre Gide's Jerome and Alissa in La Porte Etroite are the worst. Jane Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02628233623713926723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732872393244209851.post-88750366787805397952014-02-04T11:28:53.347+00:002014-02-04T11:28:53.347+00:00Marijana - I've not read much Gissing but ther...Marijana - I've not read much Gissing but there is plenty of marital exasperation for the reader in New Grub Street!<br /><br />Books& Bygones - now that is a very interesting thought. CB definitely indulges hers characters in seerving Rochester up to Jane at the end on the novel in such an unlikely way, though I've never doubted that that marriage would be happy. But you're right, the more likely marriage to Rivers, which would have been unhappy, would have made an excellent volume II. It is surprising that there are not more modern spin offs or alternatives to Jane Eyre as there are of Pride & Prejudice.Juxtabookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17102279698993288454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732872393244209851.post-32818373029300854542014-02-03T21:13:23.428+00:002014-02-03T21:13:23.428+00:00Jane Eyre should have perhaps married Parson St. J...Jane Eyre should have perhaps married Parson St. John Rivers and not Mr. Rochester. At least that would have given the opportunity of a sequel for the author. I think there is a lot more mileage from not having a happy ending. However it may be that at the time this novel was written there was a hunger for a happy ending. Today there nearly always is a cliff-hanger,e specially in the movies.Books & Bygoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03201117443539927459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732872393244209851.post-11053252738236544822014-02-03T20:56:01.483+00:002014-02-03T20:56:01.483+00:00Well, I've just staggered through George Gissi...Well, I've just staggered through George Gissing's the Odd Women (I first picked it up in 1981 -so hurrah)and was wonderfully impressed by his empathy for that class of single women. Obviously Monica shouldn't have married Widdowson but I do think Rhoda Nunn could have given up a few of her principles and married that rogue Everard Barfoot if only to give the end a little leaveningAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11007574569396729175noreply@blogger.com