I love the story of Jane Eyre. It's definitely a classic. You will enjoy this.

I have see Jane Eyre in theater and on the screen but this is the first time I've actually read it. To read a beautiful classic as a manga first makes me want to go buy the regular written copy of the beloved book and I definitely will. I will also be buying the physical copy of this adaptation so I can have it on my book shelf.

I highly recommend this book this book to anyone who has trouble reading classics. The greatest aspect of a these graphic novels is that these books have the integrity of the original stories, which are, in my opinion, great stories. The texts themselves are really challenging though, which is where the graphic aspect comes back. It's easier to understand the story with less prose and more images.

Rating: 5/5
*A copy of this book was received for free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
I was really blown away by this adaptation, it captured the heart of the story with ease and kept me hooked right the way through.
This was the first manga I had read so found the included instructions on how to read it (back to front etc) very helpful. It didn’t take me long to get into the flow of reading it.
The art style is exquisite and matched very well with the story, it flowed beautifully from page to page and chapter to chapter. Each character is as thoughtfully detailed as those within the original novel, I adore Charlotte Brontë work and feel this adaptation more than does it justice.
The plot in line with the original novel follows Jane Eyre who was orphaned as a child and abused by her aunt before being sent away to school. Despite the hardships she experiences there she still gets an education and as a result a job as a governess at Edward Rochesters estate, there she discovers Rochesters terrible secret. Fans of Brontë’s work will know how this story ends, however this adaptation is still worth reading regardless of whether you have read the orginal version or not. It breathes a new breath of life on the classic tale.
Overall I enjoyed this book, it was an amazing experience to read the classic tale accompanied by beautiful art. I would recommend this to lovers of classic literature and manga, it perfectly combines the two.

A beautifully told and illustrated text about a fascinating topic.

<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26591771-manga-classics" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img border="0" alt="Manga Classics: Jane Eyre" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1480975076m/26591771.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26591771-manga-classics">Manga Classics: Jane Eyre</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6113990.Stacy_King">Stacy King</a><br/>
My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2300627469">3 of 5 stars</a><br /><br />
Netgalley #19<br /><br />Many thanks go to Udon and Netgalley for the free copy of this book in exchange for my unbiased review.<br /><br />This is the third Manga Classic I’ve had the pleasure of reviewing. This one was another great one. For some reason I wasn’t crazy about Rochester’s rendering. I realize he’s not an attractive fellow, but his profile just had no detail. Again, the entire plot is included here. Nothing important is left out. Sometimes I get little butterflies when I read a specific part then I see the corresponding illustration. I think every book should come with pictures.
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I chose this as I am a huge fan of this novel but was a bit disappointing. It's still a great story, though.

I absolutely adore the story of Jane Eyre! It is one of my favourite books portrayed one of literatures most amazing female characters Jane Eyre. The magna edition makes this beautiful tale so accessible for everyone! The drawings are brilliant, very accurate of the time period the tale is located and the story plot is extremely true to the book!

5 stars!


An ARC of this comic book was provided via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I was so excited to discover a manga adaptation of my favourite novel of all-time, Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre. Reading the manga was a completely new and fresh experience. When reading the original novel, everything is seen though Jane's point of view. Her interiority gives the novel its richness and depth. A manga is visual and automatically limiting in depicting interiority. Yet, the artwork in the manga, and concise adaptation of the text worked very well. I was so happy to see all of my favourite quotes from Jane Eyre transplanted into the manga. Manga Classic's version of Jane Eyre is a great adaptation and introduction to Bronte's masterpiece as it captures the very essence of the storyline.

Thanks to NetGalley and UDON Entertainment for the opportunity to read and review Manga Classics! Manga Classics include Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, which is true to the original classic with added cliffhangers to keep manga readers interested and eye-catching illustrations. After the story ends, the details of adaptation from classic literature to manga lets us see into the transformation. Each story in this collection follows these same guidelines! Impressive artwork and transformation!
Manga Classics also include The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (the only color is the scarlet letter A, which makes striking illustrations!), Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, The Stories of Edgar Allan Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart, The Raven. The Cask of Amontillado, The Masque of the Red death and The Fall of the House of Usher; Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens and many more!
5 stars for books that make classics accessible and understandable to every reader!

Jane's life is not an easy one. She becomes an orphan at a very young age living with a cruel aunt & bully cousins who despise her and punish her frequently. She is saved when a doctor helps her get into a charity school with her aunt's funding. Janes hardships were only beginning as she endures hardships and knowledge at the school and teaches for two years before leaving to see the world outside by becoming a governess. She takes a post at the home of a wealthy man named Mr.Rochester to teach his young French ward, Adele. Me. Rochester is frequently absent and Jane doesn't know what to make of this as she finds herself daydreaming about him even though they aren't in the same class. Mr. Rochester labors to try to figure out Jane vocally as she tries to do the same with him in silence. She saves his life from a mysterious circumstance and her heart worries when he disappears for a fortnight (two weeks). He returns with a large entourage including the beautiful, high class Miss Blanche. One night a gypsy arrives to say she will not leave until every woman's fortune is told. Jane reluctantly does so but what was her fortune? The same night a stranger arrives whom Jane is forbidden to speak to. More mystery and suspense shrouds Jane in each chapter but I'd like not to spoil it!

This story is set in the Victorian Era with beautiful graphics on every page. This novel has many resemblances to Charlotte Bronte's real life and she died only a few years after the book was published. The manga author did a great job stickingbwith the original story conveying suspense, mystery and even supernatural elements! This is a true Romance Period story and I fell in love with this re-telling! I really liked the different "thought" and "language" bibles that give the story personality since the novel is written in first person. This story is easy to understand and hard to put down. I highly recommend this manga!

This book was given to me by NetGalley and Udon Entertainment in exchange for a fair and honest review.

This book tells the story of Jane Eyre, a young orphan who feels unloved.

This book's art is amazing, I absolutely fell in love with every little detail.

The characters are interesting. Jane is a strong and independent woman and Mr. Rochester almost feels like her homme fatale, something that's rarely found in books.

The story is compelling, it kept my eyes glued to the monitor as I read.

This is a great book and I really want to read the original version.

Rating: 4 stars

This is a lovely addition to the Jane Eyre collection. At the end you're treated with Sunneko Lee drawing form with cats asking about your thoughts on the manga. Further on details about their process in creating Jane Eyre as a Manga and background information about Charlotte Bronte.



There will be more Classic Manga's written about here. I absolutely enjoyed my time with this and can't wait to dive into another!

Jane Eyre has always been one of my favourites. When I discovered that there was a manga version I had to read it!

This version is wonderful. It still captures the essence of all the characters so well. Even though it's obviously shorter and less detailed than the original novel it doesn't lose its 'classic' feel.

It's a great starter for those who would be interested in reading the story of Jane Eyre but feel intimidated to delve into classic literature. It's a very refreshing and light retelling and I'll definitely be checking out the rest of the series.

5 stars
[A]fter obtaining a copy of this edition, I immediately skimmed to every illustration to see my favorite characters in the flesh (so to speak). I love Jane and how she reacts/thinks about everything, and the mood and tone of the novel is very gloomy, but not in a depressing manner. It’s more melancholy (although it does get sad, at times). I liked seeing these moods played out in detail, where I could examine background, expressions, and clothing. I loved seeing this character, as well as Mr. Rochester, in a published, illustrated format where I can, in future, actually read along and examine the depictions of these characters and settings.

I have read many versions of Jane Eyre, and this one did not disappoint. I did think there could have been more character development, and some parts of the book jumped around. Overall, I loved the artwork and I really felt that it added to the story well. This was an ok version of Jane Eyre and a manga reader would love it!

I really enjoyed manga adaption of Jane Eyre. The art is beautiful and the story develops flawlessly.

I received this Manga from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. I haven’t read the original story but I liked reading the story in this format. I think it makes it more interesting.

I have to confess something here.

I read Jane Eyre five or six years ago. I was so excited, because the character of the same name was always advertised to me as a strong, determined and inspiring woman, and I was curious to see that in a classic other than Pride & Prejudice, one of the first ones I had read when I was young.

So I borrowed it from the library, read it, disliked it, gave it a 2-star rating on Goodreads. But shortly after finishing it, I realized that, without meaning to, I had actually borrowed an abridged version of it, that contained barely half the amount of pages of the original, and even less if we count the illustrations. It was, however, in the adults section.

Therefore, to me this manga was much more detailed and complete than the book I had read previously. No wonder I disliked it, seeing that I wasn’t given enough detail to connect to scenes. But in this manga adaptation, I fully connected. I felt as though Jane Eyre was a younger me and was extremely sympathetic to her.

The illustrations are charming, though it’s true I expected no less, given the fact that this is my fourth book of the Manga Classics series and my previous reads have been mostly extraordinary too.

I do have to complain about the physical portrayal of Jane Eyre herself, however, because, although she is supposedly an adult, she looks 13, maximum 14, which irked me quite a lot. After all, Mr. Rochester is middle-aged. But I shouldn’t be surprised, I guess, since manga lovers know how young girls look in them. Still.

Otherwise, pretty enjoyable.