![]() Without making any provocative new discoveries, the latest film version of the novel, directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga, honors the source material. Thanks to the enduring draw of Bronte's 1847 two-volume novel, generation upon generation of readers have made the same discovery. ![]() With a disarming mixture of candor and restraint, Jane acquits herself so nimbly in the face of so much bluff it's as if the charismatic bad boy with a secret were discovering a new species - a rare object of fascination and adoration. This is one of the most famous getting-to-know-you passages in 19th century literature, chronicling the second encounter and first civil conversation between the new governess of Thornfield Hall and her employer. The pretty, moody, well-acted new adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" rests on a key early scene between Mia Wasikowska as Bronte's protagonist and narrator and Michael Fassbender as the storm warning known as Edward Rochester.
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