** spoiler alert ** 
 Jane Eyre is obviously a classic, and I love this book, but I think Jane is a little on the mopey side. She isn't a very confident character and that bothers me. She does nothing to help herself to get the things she wants in life. She runs away from Rochester instead of telling him what she wants and what she would like him to do. I realize that this would be a big step for a woman of this time period, but Jane holds no characteristics with which I can identify. Elizabeth Bennett I think is the polar opposite of Jane which is why I immediately liked Pride and Prejudice more. However, this is a great book that I really enjoyed reading because it had many elements that I look for in novels. Not only did it have romance, but it also had the element of surprise and suspense.