It was an evening of grey fog that had crept in from the gulf, swathed the harbor, filled the glens and valleys, and clung heavily to the autumnal meadows. Through it the sea sobbed and shuddered.
never related to authors being like "childhood is such a blessed innocent time", catch me with that jane eyre shit like "such dread as children only can feel" and "I then sat with my doll on my knee til the fire got low, glancing round occasionally to make sure nothing worse than myself haunted the shadowy room"
the thing is with rochester and jane is that they're insane best friends. like it's easy to call rochester weird but you cannot make an adaptation of jane eyre where you don't establish the fact the reason rochester falls for jane in the first place and why they bridge that huge gap they have in terms of age and experience is that she's the only one out there that's as weird and offputting as he is. that's literally mr and mrs bozo
Pride & Prejudice (2005) dir. Joe Wright
Bridgerton (2020-) created by Chris Van Dusen
War & Peace (2016) dir. Tom Harper
Poldark (2015-2019) created by Debbie Horsfield
Atonement (2007) dir. Joe Wright
Jane Eyre (2011) dir .Cary Joji Fukunaga
Peaky Blinders (2013-2022) created by Steven Knight
Pride & Prejudice (1995) dir. Simon Langton
"‘Are you injured, sir?’
I think he was swearing, but am not certain; however, he was pronouncing some formula which prevented him from replying to me directly."