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Jane Eyre is a wonderful collection to have! My top favorites were the 1984 - The Readers Digest Association edition (Illustrated by Richard Levenson) and the 1974 - Heritage Press edition (Illustrated by Barnett Freedman) with that blood red cover! Thank you so much for sharing :)
Thank you for this beautiful display of different artists' responses to this wonderful book, one of my favourite novels, though I'm no great reader of fiction. My copy is an old-fashioned Penguin, one with the wide orange and white horizontal stripes, circa 1960, no illustrations at all. It's a lovely idea to present such a huge range like this. As I looked it occurred to me what a beautiful exhibition these books would make spread out as in a museum. Some of the types used were very beautiful, too. How many different versions of the novel do you own now? It must be quite a number!
I sense an obsession! I'm just finishing up the 1943 Random House "Wuthering Heights", with the matching copy of Jane Eyre next in the queue. Looking forward to it. It looks like your copy is in great condition.
Ubiquitous Books I absolutely love JE but I must advise you that it’s almost consensus that Wuthering Heights is a superior novel and Emily Bronte is a superior author... although I disagree. I find Wuthering Heights a bit annoying lol
@@BookCravings Now that I read both and have had a few days to reflect, I think I am in agreement that Jane Eyre is the better novel. I found it a bit slow-paced in places, but the development of characters is much more mature than Wuthering Heights (which felt far too contrived to me in its second half). Jane Eyre is also incredibly powerful in places. That chapter where Jane flees Thornfield and is wandering destitute-wow!
Ubiquitous Books oh that chapter is really good! But I must say that after that amazing description of her desperation the book goes downhill... the last part is my less favorite. The beginning of the book is what seals the deal to me... her childhood in that institution is what made me love the book and the character.
Thank you! It's really hard to find these copies because many sellers don't ship to Brazil... But it's really exciting to see the collection growing :)
Every time I thought that I'd seen the best illustrations you whisked out another one. :D Have to say, excluding the Folio Society edition, all the ones from the 80's really appeal to me. And I always get a bit envious when I see those really detailed woodgravings. I could not accomplish that. :D Now you need one of those table glass cases, that they use in museums, to put all the really fancy ones in. :D
I'm glad you liked it! It would be nice to have those table glass cases, but I doubt my husband would enjoy another furniture dedicated to books in the house LOL. But in the future I will have to come up with a solution, because the 1800 copies are really fragile...
Great collection! Your editions contain so many beautiful illustrations. I have the Folio Society Simon Brett edition. I especially like the satin like cover. Although I really like wood engravings, I was somewhat disappointed with the size of most of them in this Folio Society edition. Thanks for sharing!
So many wonderful additions! I love collection videos like this. I collect Alice in Wonderland, and I’m always trying to find videos of collections. This one was very well done. Thank you.
My favorite is the 1911 edition by G.Bell & Sons. There seem to be a rather lot of illustrations, Is that right? And they are both in color and black and white, making for a very rich enhancement to the text. Somehow these pictures feel right for the story to me ... that is.... seem to capture the spirit well. I would have loved having them in the edition I read, so many years ago now. Needless to say all your books are wonderful. Thanks for this totally delightful excursion through your Jane Eyre collection. I'm very glad I've found your channel! I always enjoy your videos.
Great video and those are beautiful edition! Jane Eyre is my most favorite book of all time and I collect them too! I have 9 different editions, ranging between 1930's to now... I want to get some copies from the 1800's but they are hard to find and not cheap. I found a 1847 edition on Etsy a few months ago but it was sold before I could get it. I have a Booktube channel of my own and I have been wanting to film a video on all of my Jane Eyre books, but I won't do that until I get to 10. I've subscribed to your channel too!!!
Yeah, I remember! I really enjoy Kathy Mitchell's illustrations, and the spine is so pretty... I was so glad when I got it. Do you know if the book is part of a collection?
Jane eyre is one of my favorite classic too! I love all these editions that you have, especially the 1st book you showed 😍 I’m glad I found your channel, you had left a comment on a video of mine, and I happened to see this video. So happy I clicked on it!!
Wow, what an impressive collection! Super cool to see the range of different interpretations, art styles and eras. Do you have a favorite edition among these? The effort you took to make this definitely paid off, it's a very beautiful and comprehensive video. :)
Thank you, Laura! I really don't have a favorite.... I enjoy all of them. My least favorite is the comic book, which is quite tacky lol, and the manga adaptation has it's problems, but all the actual books have lovely illustrations, as you said, it's really interesting to notice how each artist have interpreted the scenes. Maybe I'll do a top 5 of individual illustrations, because some of them have caught my eye more then others. ;)
I *really* liked that Heritage Press edition. Very pretty. Are the pink spines on the 90s Folio edition meant to look like that? Or are they sunned? I like how they look. But it is very unusual. The fabric is very pretty. What do you think of Readers Digest edition books?
I was quite impressed by the Heritage Press copy when I got it last year. It's definitely one of my favorites. The FS edition looks like that originally. It's bound in a kind of pale pink silk cloth. But I wish the illustrations were bigger. The Readers Digest copy was another good surprise. It looks old fashion but it is well made.
What do you think about the Heron books (specifically paper quality/binding, is it superior to everyman library)? Im planning to buy the Charles Dickens complete collection from Heron books,
Lovely collection! Thanks for sharing. Just got the folio version myself and want the 1940s version as well. What classical piece is playing during the 40s random house version please?
hey just wondering, where do people actually get vintage books like do you just stumble upon them at a secondhand bookstore or is it reserved online? also what is the difference between edition and impression? i saw a vinatge doctor dolittle book that had a similar design to the first edition it said "34th impression"
Rachel P well, when I have the opportunity to travel I try to find nice secondhand book shops, but living in Brazil I mostly have to order them online.
Woaaaaaaaaah!!! You must really like jane eyre Which one is your favorite? I love the one at 4:49 with good old fritz' engravings, the cover is gorgeous
I do like it! It's my favorite book. I love everything about it, even it's flaws. Jane is a character that speaks to me... I don't really have a favorite so far. I guess that the big contender will be a book I got online in June/17 but I don't know what happened to it (maybe I'll have to buy another copy :/). The name of the illustrator is Dame Darcy and I'm so curious to see how the story was illustrated by her unique style. Fingers crossed. Sometimes it takes 6 months for a order to arrive here, can you believe it?
Wow that sucks. Wait how does it take 6 months? It takes like 20 ish days if even that to order from north america to Scandi. You must be able to track the package somehow? If it's gone, i feel your burden sister, that really sucks of whoever the hell screwed up and lost it
Brazilian customs is an unpredictable black hole. It slows the entire process. Sometimes I know when the order have arrived in Brazil, but as soon as it goes through customs I just don't know when they will release the parcel. It could take months... :(
Renata, ainda esperando os manuscritos... =xxx espero que cheguem bem. Don't want to pry but, onde vc encontra livros vintage tão lindos e em ótima qualidade? Eu tenho o de 1946, mas não está tão novinho como o seu. Ótimo vídeo!!
Obrigada! Online compro no ebay, no abebooks e no etsy. No etsy tem muita coisa boa, mas nem sempre enviam pro Brasil, então compro qdo vou viajar e dou o endereço do hotel. Nossa alfândega está nos piores dias. Meses e meses de espera, e alguns produtos simplesmente não chegam.... bjos!
Wanna know more about beautiful editions? Check out these videos!
- Canterbury Leather-bound Classics:
czcams.com/video/74VZQv4Lc_o/video.html
- How to Choose a Collection of Classics:
czcams.com/video/9NuxjTjtHK4/video.html
- How to Choose Beautiful Children’s Classics:
czcams.com/video/o0zxtUnZkAg/video.html
The frontispiece showing Thornfield Hall in the Reader's Digest edition is hauntingly gorgeous and atmospheric.
Of those shown in this video, I think I like the Reader's Digest version best
Jane Eyre is a wonderful collection to have! My top favorites were the 1984 - The Readers Digest Association edition (Illustrated by Richard Levenson) and the 1974 - Heritage Press
edition (Illustrated by Barnett Freedman) with that blood red cover! Thank you so much for sharing :)
Thank you for this beautiful display of different artists' responses to this wonderful book, one of my favourite novels, though I'm no great reader of fiction. My copy is an old-fashioned Penguin, one with the wide orange and white horizontal stripes, circa 1960, no illustrations at all. It's a lovely idea to present such a huge range like this. As I looked it occurred to me what a beautiful exhibition these books would make spread out as in a museum. Some of the types used were very beautiful, too. How many different versions of the novel do you own now? It must be quite a number!
Jonique'a Smith:I like the 1984 book! It's beautiful!🤗📕
I sense an obsession! I'm just finishing up the 1943 Random House "Wuthering Heights", with the matching copy of Jane Eyre next in the queue. Looking forward to it. It looks like your copy is in great condition.
Ubiquitous Books I absolutely love JE but I must advise you that it’s almost consensus that Wuthering Heights is a superior novel and Emily Bronte is a superior author... although I disagree. I find Wuthering Heights a bit annoying lol
@@BookCravings having gotten 80% through Wuthering Heights, I can see why you might say so. I have high hopes for Jane Eyre though.
@@BookCravings Now that I read both and have had a few days to reflect, I think I am in agreement that Jane Eyre is the better novel. I found it a bit slow-paced in places, but the development of characters is much more mature than Wuthering Heights (which felt far too contrived to me in its second half). Jane Eyre is also incredibly powerful in places. That chapter where Jane flees Thornfield and is wandering destitute-wow!
Ubiquitous Books oh that chapter is really good! But I must say that after that amazing description of her desperation the book goes downhill... the last part is my less favorite. The beginning of the book is what seals the deal to me... her childhood in that institution is what made me love the book and the character.
What an awesome and diverse collection. Its the full spectrum!
Thank you! It's really hard to find these copies because many sellers don't ship to Brazil... But it's really exciting to see the collection growing :)
Wonderful collection! Thanks for sharing it! ❤
Thank you for sharing this.
Wow...such gorgeous illustrations! The 1980s Folio one is a bit too small, but still pretty...
Every time I thought that I'd seen the best illustrations you whisked out another one. :D Have to say, excluding the Folio Society edition, all the ones from the 80's really appeal to me. And I always get a bit envious when I see those really detailed woodgravings. I could not accomplish that. :D
Now you need one of those table glass cases, that they use in museums, to put all the really fancy ones in. :D
I'm glad you liked it! It would be nice to have those table glass cases, but I doubt my husband would enjoy another furniture dedicated to books in the house LOL. But in the future I will have to come up with a solution, because the 1800 copies are really fragile...
:D Maybe he could start charging people to come view your collection. Then the case would pay itself back in no time.
This was so beautiful, it kind of made me emotional? Lol
Viktoriaap7 ❤️
Great collection! Your editions contain so many beautiful illustrations. I have the Folio Society Simon Brett edition. I especially like the satin like cover. Although I really like wood engravings, I was somewhat disappointed with the size of most of them in this Folio Society edition. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you! I totally agree about the size of the illustrations. They are pretty, but it's difficult to see all the details because they are so tiny...
So many wonderful additions! I love collection videos like this. I collect Alice in Wonderland, and I’m always trying to find videos of collections. This one was very well done. Thank you.
One day i’ll have a collection of Jane Eyre like this🥺
Manga version is so cute and adorable,
Very nice collection!
My favorite is the 1911 edition by G.Bell & Sons. There seem to be a rather lot of illustrations, Is that right? And they are both in color and black and white, making for a very rich enhancement to the text. Somehow these pictures feel right for the story to me ... that is.... seem to capture the spirit well. I would have loved having them in the edition I read, so many years ago now. Needless to say all your books are wonderful. Thanks for this totally delightful excursion through your Jane Eyre collection. I'm very glad I've found your channel! I always enjoy your videos.
Thank you so much for watching!! The 1911 edition is really delightful. One of my favorites :)
Great video and those are beautiful edition! Jane Eyre is my most favorite book of all time and I collect them too! I have 9 different editions, ranging between 1930's to now... I want to get some copies from the 1800's but they are hard to find and not cheap. I found a 1847 edition on Etsy a few months ago but it was sold before I could get it. I have a Booktube channel of my own and I have been wanting to film a video on all of my Jane Eyre books, but I won't do that until I get to 10. I've subscribed to your channel too!!!
KatsBookObsession Looking forward to seeing your collection!
Wow quite the collection! I have the Grosset one which I really adore :)
Yeah, I remember! I really enjoy Kathy Mitchell's illustrations, and the spine is so pretty... I was so glad when I got it. Do you know if the book is part of a collection?
Jane eyre is one of my favorite classic too! I love all these editions that you have, especially the 1st book you showed 😍 I’m glad I found your channel, you had left a comment on a video of mine, and I happened to see this video. So happy I clicked on it!!
I’m glad you liked it! This collection is currently my pride and joy. A big challenge when you live on the south hemisphere :)
Wow. this is my Favorite video of yours
Thank you! I'm so glad you have enjoyed it!
Wow, what an impressive collection! Super cool to see the range of different interpretations, art styles and eras. Do you have a favorite edition among these? The effort you took to make this definitely paid off, it's a very beautiful and comprehensive video. :)
Thank you, Laura! I really don't have a favorite.... I enjoy all of them. My least favorite is the comic book, which is quite tacky lol, and the manga adaptation has it's problems, but all the actual books have lovely illustrations, as you said, it's really interesting to notice how each artist have interpreted the scenes. Maybe I'll do a top 5 of individual illustrations, because some of them have caught my eye more then others. ;)
I *really* liked that Heritage Press edition. Very pretty.
Are the pink spines on the 90s Folio edition meant to look like that? Or are they sunned? I like how they look. But it is very unusual. The fabric is very pretty.
What do you think of Readers Digest edition books?
I was quite impressed by the Heritage Press copy when I got it last year. It's definitely one of my favorites.
The FS edition looks like that originally. It's bound in a kind of pale pink silk cloth. But I wish the illustrations were bigger.
The Readers Digest copy was another good surprise. It looks old fashion but it is well made.
Jane Eyre is my all time favorite book! Which edition was your favorite?
What do you think about the Heron books (specifically paper quality/binding, is it superior to everyman library)? Im planning to buy the Charles Dickens complete collection from Heron books,
They are good, but in my opinion EL is better.
Lovely collection! Thanks for sharing. Just got the folio version myself and want the 1940s version as well. What classical piece is playing during the 40s random house version please?
hey just wondering, where do people actually get vintage books like do you just stumble upon them at a secondhand bookstore or is it reserved online? also what is the difference between edition and impression? i saw a vinatge doctor dolittle book that had a similar design to the first edition it said "34th impression"
Rachel P well, when I have the opportunity to travel I try to find nice secondhand book shops, but living in Brazil I mostly have to order them online.
Woaaaaaaaaah!!!
You must really like jane eyre
Which one is your favorite? I love the one at 4:49 with good old fritz' engravings, the cover is gorgeous
I do like it! It's my favorite book. I love everything about it, even it's flaws. Jane is a character that speaks to me...
I don't really have a favorite so far. I guess that the big contender will be a book I got online in June/17 but I don't know what happened to it (maybe I'll have to buy another copy :/). The name of the illustrator is Dame Darcy and I'm so curious to see how the story was illustrated by her unique style. Fingers crossed. Sometimes it takes 6 months for a order to arrive here, can you believe it?
Wow that sucks. Wait how does it take 6 months? It takes like 20 ish days if even that to order from north america to Scandi. You must be able to track the package somehow? If it's gone, i feel your burden sister, that really sucks of whoever the hell screwed up and lost it
Brazilian customs is an unpredictable black hole. It slows the entire process. Sometimes I know when the order have arrived in Brazil, but as soon as it goes through customs I just don't know when they will release the parcel. It could take months... :(
Renata, ainda esperando os manuscritos... =xxx espero que cheguem bem. Don't want to pry but, onde vc encontra livros vintage tão lindos e em ótima qualidade? Eu tenho o de 1946, mas não está tão novinho como o seu. Ótimo vídeo!!
Obrigada! Online compro no ebay, no abebooks e no etsy. No etsy tem muita coisa boa, mas nem sempre enviam pro Brasil, então compro qdo vou viajar e dou o endereço do hotel. Nossa alfândega está nos piores dias. Meses e meses de espera, e alguns produtos simplesmente não chegam.... bjos!
Modern library version
How much is the value of 1943 random house? Hehe
Not much I’m afraid