BBC Podcast

Pros:
I liked how they talked in depth about Charlotte Bronte to help the people listening to understand how people think that Jane Eyre could be an autobiographical piece. They also talk about how Bronte came to write Jane Eyre as well. They say that her first book was not published nine times and then she wrote Jane Eyre because she wanted to prove people wrong and she wanted to publish a book just as her sister had done. I liked how they give brief overviews of parts of the book to help refresh readers that have completed the book. I like how they talk about the different form of love that Jane and Mr. Rochester show to each other throughout the whole book. It is different than most other novels and that is why the novel is well-known and liked by many people.

Cons:
I feel at times they stay on one topic a little too long and have a little too much information on topics. They talk a lot about Jane and I wish they talked a little bit more about other characters in the book. Another character they talked about was her and Rochester, but there are other characters in the book that made the story what it is too. They could've touched on the other characters and why they are put in the book, or how they help Jane grow in the novel. It is a great podcast but if people haven't read the book they give away any spoilers, even if someone is in the middle of the book, it would still give things away.

Interesting information:
When they talked about how the story was important that it was told in the eyes and mind of Jane Eyre. I never realized that, but it is critical to how the readers experience the story when reading it. Having the story told in the first person, from Jane's perspective, helps show the readers about the Victorian era and how she grows over the course of the book. I feel that if the story was told by a narrator the passion, feelings, and love wouldn't be as strong as the way the book is told as it is. It also is told from an older perspective of Jane looking back on her life and telling the story as she has already lived the whole thing already. This is very apparent at the beginning of the book because the way her childhood is told and described is found to be one of an adult that has lived and learned from many things already.