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Manga Classics: Jane Eyre

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As a fan of the Bronte sisters, I was excited to learn there was a manga adaptation for this book. I ended up buying a copy so that I could share it with my friend who got me into the Bronte Sisters in the first place. The art was consistent as in the other manga adaptation of classic novels that I've come to expect and made it so the characters were very expressive. I'm glad there are more translations for the French so I didn't have to try to bring up my original book to see the translations at the bottom to compare. The dialogue is pretty close to the original novel, which is also a delight! Like I said before in a previous review, these adaptations can be very useful in getting students in younger schools to read the classics and be interested to one day read them as adults.

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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte in manga format/ adaptation published by UDON Entertainment was a great read. I finished this manga in one sitting. I love classics and classics in manga format have made me love manga too. I had not read Jane Eyre before (in any format) but after reading this manga, I am sure I will be picking the novel version from the library or bookstore soon enough.

I really had fun reading it. Because of the illustrations in manga, I did not have to imagine any setting or place according to that era because it was already illustrated.

I am a huge fan of art present in comic books, graphic novels and manga. The art is just amazing here.

I definitely recommend this to anyone. I recommend especially this to:

> Students
> Teachers
> Teachers who want to get students interested in classics
> Those who just love classics (like me)
> Manga lovers
> Those who want to give classics a try but are not sure where to start
> Those who want to introduce their children to classic stories but children are mostly interested in reading
picture books and short stories (this can be a win-win. You would get your children to read, introduce them to
classic books and they would get to read in a way they like).

I was provided an e-ARC by the publisher through Netgalley.

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My reading of Jane Eyre goes back to my childhood and to an abridged and simplified version (it seems to me). Therefore, I will not venture a comparison with the original work, which I have few memories, if not the main plot...

I liked the graphics style, very "typical" of the manga. English is very easy to read is the story is fluid. To put it simply, it's cute and it reads well. This version made me want to reread the original work to be able to speak more about it and to give my opinion on the "quality" of the adaptation!
In any case, I think it's a good way to make classics read to younger, more "playful" than put in their hands a book written in the nineteenth century.

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So Jane Eyre was one of my favorite books in high school, and this manga edition, while missing on the beauty of language, was wonderful in highlighting the main events of the story. I would totally recommend this to students for the purpose of review only. Thank you NetGalley and Udon Entertainment for this eARC. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

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I hadn't read Jane Eyre before so I was excited to get introduced to it through a graphic novel. I'm also not a manga connoisseur so I had no idea what to expect. It was a really cute adaptation. I liked how they chose to illustrate Jane, who looks sweet and demure, and Mr. Rochester with his awesome hairstyle. I also liked how the illustrator based it off her and her husband with their height difference. The thing I wasn't keen on is how sometimes the character's eyes turned into swirls to show confusion, which I guess is normal for manga but it was a little odd in a classic book, but that's what you get when you read a manga adaptation. Overall, I'll be checking out the original Jane Eyre after this fun introduction.

*I received a complimentary copy of this book from NetGalley.*

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I’ve been thinking for years that classics just weren’t for me. The writing it’s always a little too much for my brain to actually enjoy it, but with this Manga Editions I’m actually learning to like them, the style, the tone, the gorgeous art and the way that translates into graphics.

I’m in love.

I wasn’t familiar with the story, since I’ve been fearing classics for awhile, but I liked it well enough, Jane was a character that sometimes frustrated me, but I could put that aside most of the time and just enjoy the story.

Thank you, Netgalley.

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E-Arc provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review

I love this story with all my being and as soon as I've seen that they made a manga version of it I had to have it.
As I previously mentioned, I knew the story so there was much surprise there.
The style was very much up my alley and I would definitely recommend it.

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As someone who is new to classics, this is a perfect stepping stone. On the other hand someone who is a lover of classics, this is s perfect edition to their collection.

The art is beautiful and every space was filled with amazing detail. I highly recommend this to everyone.

My favorite details were the emotion, Each time there was hurt or pain it showed in a way that made me feel for the characters.

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Manga Classic is just a nice collection to have, and I'm so glad it exists.
To have our favorite classics like this, in manga form, for us to introduce the tale to someone new or just to find joy and seeing it again but now in a new format just brings me such joy!

What a marvelous thing it is, Jany Eyre in the manga form, to give to a friend, a family, to introduce them to the Austen tale in a form so easy to understand and read. To catch your attention and breath. So fast and so so joyful

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As a thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with an advanced reader copy by Stacy King (Goodreads Author) (English script), SunNeko Lee (Art by), Crystal S. Chan (Story adaptation), Charlotte Brontë. Coming into this magna classic, I have had previous experience with “The Count of Monte Cristo” and found it quite enjoyable. After having read Jane Eyre for the first time last year, I thought it would be interesting to compare how Charlotte Bronte’s story would translate to magna. It is I found to be similar in theme and importantly tone. With a known classic like Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre there is a familiarity with the story and its characters. With the magna it was able to translate its content into using dialogue from the novel. It was nods like these that contained the story and kept it feeling like a classic. I appreciated the art style, and the ability to adapt a known classic into this format. Overall I enjoyed it .I highly recommend this to fans of Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte, and Classics. You will not regret it. On a scale of five stars, I gave this three out of five stars on goodreads.

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his is the first manga classic that I have read and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. Jane Eyre is one of my favorites and I didn’t think putting it in manga form could really do it justice. But, I thought the combination of the great visuals and the concise storyline captured the essence of the book. The art is great and I felt the characters were portrayed very well. I don’t think anything vital was removed from the plot and the ending still made me tear up. I recommend this to classic lovers who happen to also enjoy manga. I know I’ll definitely be reading more manga classics!

I received a copy of this manga from NetGalley in exchange for an honest and unbiased opinion.

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Jane Eyre: Manga Classics takes the classic and makes it far more accessible for readers, specifically students. When students read the original texts, they usually struggle with one of the following: not connecting to Jane as the main character or being bogged down in the lengthy narration and description/ multitude of characters. This manga classic takes away both of these barriers.

At the beginning of Jane Eyre, Jane reflects on her time living with Mrs. Reed, her aunt, who despises having to raise her and eventually sends her to live at a boarding school. In the original, this always felt fragmented to me as there is a weird overlap between the adult narrator and the scenes from the perspective of a child. They did not sound like the thoughts and feelings of a child and made it difficult to feel/ view the scenes from Jane’s perspective, therefore, making it difficult to connect with her throughout the book as the narrator. I felt that the added visuals, specifically the manga art style, in Jane Eyre: Manga Classics made this element more believable than the original as you see an image of a child with the text. While emotional, I also feel that the images of the abuse Jane suffered in The Manga Classic also helps to connect with her character more.

I think the most amazing element of Jane Eyre: Manga Classics is the pacing. Common with any other piece of literature, there is a lot of writing focused on description. Because a manga can take these details and add them into the images instead of written text, the story is able to focus on the dialogue and other important elements of the scene, therefore making for a faster and more enjoyable reading experience. For example, instead of reading about Jane’s change from living and working at Lowood Institution over 20 pages, the manga does this in about 4. The book also includes other manga elements that help with this such as time transition panels and nameplates anytime a new character appears in the story, as well as some added cliff hangers!

The only element of the story that I did not like portrayed in a manga format was the development of the love between Rochester and Jane. This development was fast in the original, but with the exclusion of a lot of narration in the manga, it felt even faster. I do not think that this takes away from any of the meaning of the story, just makes you stop for a second and think, whoa hold on they just started talking.

While it may take students a little while to get used to the format of a manga, I think Jane Eyre: Manga Classics makes this text far more accessible.

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I love Manga Classics! This installment adheres to the quality of other Manga Classics that I have read. Great pains are taken to preserve the integrity of the classic characters and plot while the illustrations beautifully portray the emotion and action of the story.

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5 stars!

I've loved Jane Eyre for years- the story and Jane's strong character throughout her life will always be memorable to me and one that I love. Though parts of the story can be dark, there's also humor throughout and romance.

This manga did an amazing job at capturing everything, from Jane's mind to Mr. Rochester's adoring love for her, but not only that! This manga brought one of my favorite classics to life- honestly, this was so much better than any of the four movie versions I've watched in the past!

The writing was right on point- never dragging, the characters were just like themselves and everything was expressed so well through the illustrations. Even the romance progressed very nicely! I was rooting for the end and then I wanted to start it all over again- just to experience it again.

If you love Jane Eyre or classics retold- definitely give this one a try!!
My favorite part is probably that it shows the epilogue that was in the original book, every other version I've found skips over that beautiful part and ignores it!

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My favourite classic 'Jane Eyre' in the famous Japanese Manga comic format. Beautiful illustrations and word bubbles precisely convey the Victorian romantic gothic fiction story of young orphan Jane & Mr.Rochester. If you are a beginner in classics or you don't want to read the original unabridged editions but still you want to know about the classic story, this one's the perfect pick for you. Once you are used to reading in the Manga style, it's easy-to-follow. Don't miss out reading your favourite classics in their Manga style.

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Thank you to NetGalley for a free digital ARC in exchange for my honest review.

. I think the manga style really makes the sometimes heavy content of classics accessible and brings them to life in new ways with the visuals and drawings. The illustrations and art style in this book is really lovely. There are always some details lost when turning a novel in to a graphic style and some of the deeper description is missing. I especially feel it in this adaptation.

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Jane Eyre has never been my favorite of the classics, but I did enjoy the manga version.
Its a nice alternative to the original format of the novel. I found it a faithful adaptation
with really lovely art to help guide you through the story. Defiantly worth checking out.

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It was alright. I did not love the art style chosen for this story, as I felt it was too cutesy for the tone of the novel. In fact, it often got distracting during weightier scenes. This adaptation did not offer much more than the source material, and as a fan of the original novel, I found it alright. I would have preferred a more gothic style to fit with the atmosphere of Thornfield and Jane's somber situation.

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I received a copy of this from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

This was my first time reading in true manga format and it through me off at first. It’s a bit of an adjustment. Once I got used to that the story was ok. The artwork was nice, the story flowed fine. This is like a concise coles notes version of Jane Eyre, so it lacks the details and depth from the actual novel. It is a good way to introduce Jane Austen’s novels to a younger demographic though that might not be so keen on reading. Another thing I always find is that things get lost in translation. The dialogue was very basic and was sometimes awkward.
Overall though, it was a quick enjoyable read.

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**I received a copy of this book, in exchange of an honest review. All opinions are completely my own**
To be honest, I have never actually read Jane Eyre. I have tried to on several occasions, but have never been able to get into it for some reason. Reading this graphic novel really helped my get an understanding of what the book is about and I actually enjoyed it. I might have to try reading the book again!

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