Since you are my rock and my fortress, for the sake of your name lead and guide me.
~Psalm 31:3
Huldra Forsvant (Theodor Kittelsen)
Huldra Forsvant (Theodor Kittelsen)
Friday, September 17, 2010
Edward Rochester
After a bit of a hiatus from reading Jane Eyre, I got back into it this morning on the train. Jane met ol' sourpuss Rochester this morning too, so here he is--
Ali and Simone, yeah, I suspected this. All I can do is stay true to how I picture the old coot. I would only get into hot water if I tried to pander to the bookish crushes of female readers..
Make that two crazy ladies! Just keep reading. Rochester doesn't lend himself to anything that isn't deep and complex and enduring. He's one for the melancholics who, having met Rochester, could never love another again. Sigh ...
11 comments:
Oooh. I like that very much. He does look very disapproving and surly. I wonder how (and if) you'll turn out a lovey-dovey smiling Rochester!
Nice to see your drawing skillz again too! :)
Hmm, yes I think that works. You're living dangerously you know drawing our Rochester.
Very dangerously.
Thanks Traxy:)
Ali and Simone, yeah, I suspected this. All I can do is stay true to how I picture the old coot. I would only get into hot water if I tried to pander to the bookish crushes of female readers..
Keep reading. See if your picture of him changes.
Traxy, I just came across you reading the first two chapters of Jane Eyre! Sounds great, you should do more!
Crush?!?
My feelings for Rochester are far deeper than crush.
Love. Eternal love.
Mental note: Smile politely, keeping eye contact, and walk slowly backwards from crazy lady
Make that two crazy ladies! Just keep reading. Rochester doesn't lend himself to anything that isn't deep and complex and enduring. He's one for the melancholics who, having met Rochester, could never love another again. Sigh ...
Well, I guess I can see the attraction- mean, angry alcho with a stack of baggage. Sign me up.
Nothing you say will have any power to influence a woman in love. What do cold, hard, merely external facts have to do with anything?
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