Jane Eyre Laid Bare: The Classic Novel with an Erotic Twist Audiobook

Everyone is familiar with Charlotte Brontë's passionate, but restrained novel in which the plain, yet spirited governess Jane Eyre falls for the arrogant Mr. Rochester. It's a novel that simmers with sexual tension but never quite reaches the boiling point. Which is to be expected. After all, the original was written in 1847. That was then. This is now. And in JANE EYRE LAID BARE, author Eve Sinclair writes between the lines to chart the smoldering sexual chemistry between the long-suffering governess and her brooding employer.

When an eager and curious Jane Eyre arrives at Thornfield Hall her sexual desires are awakened. Who is the enigmatic Rochester and why is she attracted to him? What are the strange, yet captivating noises coming from the attic, and why does the very air she breathes feel heavy with passion? Only one thing is certain. Jane Eyre may have arrived at Thornfield an unfulfilled and tentative woman, but she will leave a very different person…

"An intriguing idea for a mashup." - Kirkus Reviews

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"A friend of mine gave me this book because she thought it would be interesting to see what someone who hadn't read Jane Eyre would think. Also, I'm not a big fan of erotic fiction - not against it but I just don't want to read about someone else's pent up fustration - I've got my own to take care of. And in all honesty, when I started reading this, I realized I had indeed read Jane Eyre, but so long ago I'd forgotten. So I knew the basic plot. All that out of the way, I LOVED this book. Once I finally picked it up, I didn't put it down. The erotocism actually helped to give Jane a more realistic personage and made beautiful light of a relationship issue I call the pedestal. This is when someone decides who you are and fall in love with that instead of you (or pedestal you as the ideal and stay away completely so as not to taint you). I was also afraid, going into the book, that the author would "Seth Grahame-Smith it". Nothing wrong with what Smith does, but it's choppy - there's such a discourse between fact/original and additional fiction. Sinclair's work is not choppy at all - the novel flows because it is it's own novel. The original with some realism. And lastly, this new version, likely accidentally, shows how ridiculous those of us who like so much to please other people can be. Even after the final deceit, Jane wants so badly to just make Mr. Rochester happy - it's easier for her to ignore herself and focus on someone else (when we all know eventally that never works). All in all, this new version gives the characters far more depth and makes the story far more interesting and thought-provoking."

— Jes (4 out of 5 stars)