Men are Falling for Jane Eyre

In the blog “Good Feed—From the front lines of modern manhood,” Matt Colburn casts a manly eye in the direction of Jane Eyre––both the novel and the upcoming feature Jane Eyre from Cary Fukunaga. While Mr. Colburn admits he’d always avoided examples of what he considered to be “girls’ novels,” he is now taking a second look at Charlotte Bronte’s classic, especially as presented in the new feature: “Because I’m a guy, it never seemed like these books were for me to read. But I now find myself anticipating the new Jane Eyre film, which will star Mia Wasikowska and Dame Judi Dench. It actually makes the book look, well, cool.”

As he looks deeper into the issue, Mr. Colburn makes some interesting observations about not judging a book too quickly by its gender cover:

In the wake of Jane Slayer, which re-imagines Jane as a zombie-slaying heroine (part of a trend that also includes Pride and Prejudice and Zombies), people are beginning to recognize Bronte’s gothic influences. The story of Jane Eyre, it turns out, is a complicated and nuanced tale not merely of love gone bad. At its core is a story about character, morality, and independence.