great story

Yay for walks into the sunset!
Thanks for following through with this story :)
I'm usually not one for AU fanfics but you did well with this one! I hope you continue to write more JE fanfics in the future

Bravo!

Great story!

Very moving, and quite possible knowing their characters.

This was a BRILLIANT story, dahling. :D I was initially skeptical to see you take a major left turn from the events we all know and adore, but you handled this new plot BEAUTIFULLY and I thought it was quite realistic!!
...plus, any ending where poor Edward doesn't wind up hand/eye-less is always a good one for me. ;)
GENIUS!! Seriously. :D

Bravo! Wonderful :)

Hello avalondaughter!

Interesting story. I sometimes wondered what would have happened if Jane had gotten her uncle's letter sooner, and it had told of Mrs. Rochester.
It was very entertaining, and I enjoyed seeing that St. John was actually part human. People don't always bother developing his character. Good job! :-)

Just a few things to keep in mind:

With your references to Mr. Mason's lifestyle, I think you should change the rating to teen.

In case you didn't know, had Mr. Mason been convicted of this crime (yes, it was a crime then) he would have suffered the death penalty.

At one point, you mention the "I'd soon as hit a woman as you" line. However, this was after the "ill-fated wedding" and there was no wedding. Jane left before all that in this story; they didn't have a wedding till the end.

Speaking of the wedding, in that era it was virtually impossible to get legally married in three days. Even a special license took longer than that to obtain.

All in all, though, your story is quite well done. Unless you have studied the era in-depth it can be quite difficult to to all those trivial details. Thanks for sharing it here for people to read!

Sincerely,
Miss Laura

Weddings are precious!

I am sad that it is completed... however, I suppose we all just have to assume they live happily ever after. =D

Again, you are very talented and I look forward to reading your other pieces.

Wow, Rochester and St. John talking... almost as shocking as Jane and Bertha speaking... you're so very talented!

omgsque!

Pauvre Mr Rochester! So confused! But that is like Jane to leave out the greatest detail.. "oh, yes and i know about your crazy wife! ciao!"

I loved this line, it really amused me more than it should have... Am I in Hell? No, you're in England. Aha! Anyway!

Interesting to have Jane and Bertha talking... so now Grace knows that Jane knows... hmm...

As to the first half, before I let my thoughts of the second half over run me: omglove, I love Jane and Edward in the library talks. They make me so ridiculously happy, you have no idea.

Secondly, what an interesting twist for her to find out about Rochester's marriage that way!

I can't wait to continue!

Oh, the angst! It does remind you how awfully arrogant Mr Rochester was to toy with Jane like that... I find this a very interesting "what if" point to go off of. And although it does not match Bronte's first person narrative from Jane's perspective, it's very interesting to hear Rochester's thoughts too!

Wonderful story. Very true to the characters and a nice idea for a "What If?"

Thank you for writing this story!