Jane Eyre adapted by Christina Calvit

"Calvit has released Charlotte Brontë's famed Gothic novel, Jane Eyre, from its dusty melodramatic confines to show the title heroine's liberation from Victorian oppression. By judiciously trimming the tale of a plain governess loved by a noble man in a house full of deadly secrets, Calvit creates a focused, full-bodied work with a contemporary resonance."

"...never a moment when we are not involved in the action. Instead, we are mesmerized, cocooned in a tide of loving and sure storytelling that treats its audience with reverence and respect."

"...a model of narrative efficiency, a tightly integrated, crisply paced tale whose smallest details -- including a number of visual and aural motifs -- serve to keep the story on track."

"The dialogue sparkles during the two contrasting marriage proposals that punctuate the drama."

"In showing Jane's psychological journey, Calvit releases her from the novel's Victorian-era oppression and makes her outspoken, passionate and independent... Calvit cleverly uses Jane's past as a means to understanding the present as well as the future."

"The beauty of Calvit's adaptation is that she tells so much about Jane Eyre's past, about the psychological demons that plague her and about her very wild gothic romance with Rochester in such a short amount of time."