This is actually the second time I've read this book. I read it so long ago that reading it this time was like reading a whole new book. There were very few things that I actually remembered from my first read. I think it's because of course people's opinions, thoughts, and ideas change over the years. Along with their level of understanding. I just don't think that I really GOT what this book was about all those many years ago, but now having matured and having read a lot more than I did back then I can fully appreciate this book / world that Jasper Fforde has created. 
 The Eyre Affair is the first book in the Thursday Next series. Here we are introduced to an alternative London in 1985. While some of the history remains the same, for the most part it's twisted around to make this London like a completely different world altogether. 
 Thursday Next is a LitraTech which is a branch of SpecOps which is kind of like a policing agency. The different levels of SpecOps deal with different things. Thursday deals a lot with english literature. People will report that a book they've bought was said to be a First Edition only come to find out it's a forgery. Thursday is brought into a case of a stolen first edition Dickens novel and from there she is drawn into the crazy literature world (both literally and figuratively) chasing a mad criminal who is willing to kill off characters in the books (thereby destroying them from every copy of the book itself, erasing them from existance) in order to get what he wants. 
 While it may sound a little confusing, there's really no rules, no holds barred. Fforde has a wonderful imagination and if you love reading / books / classic literature it's a lot of fun to see alternate takes on the classic books we love. Obviously in this case it's Jane Eyre. 
 Definitely glad I chose to start this series again. It is followed by Lost in a Good Book and in October the 7th book in the series The Woman Who Died a Lot will be released. Until Then!