Hello and welcome to Storytime for grownups.

I'm Faith Moore, and this season we're reading Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte.

Each episode, I'll read one chapter from the book,

pausing from time to time to give brief explanations so it's easier to follow along.

It's like an audiobook with built-in notes.

So brew a pot of tea, find a cozy chair,

and settle in. It's story time. Welcome back to Storytime for grownups. I'm so happy to be here with you as always. This week,

we broke through 300 five-star reviews on our podcasts. So that is amazing. Thank you so much for that. We have over 300 five-star reviews on Apple Podcasts. So that is amazing. Thank you so much for that. We have over 300 five-star reviews on Apple Podcasts alone, not even counting other podcast platforms where you can

find this podcast as well. Thank you for that. That's all on you, and I really appreciate that.

And thank you for the reviews that are coming in and all of your kind notes and all the amazing questions. We've got a great question today. I'm really excited about it.

So thank you for all of those things. And welcome to everyone, people who've been here from the very beginning, people who have joined us midway and people who are finding us for the very first time.

Hello and welcome to real time for people who have caught up to us, who've been vinging and

caught off to us here at episode 19. We're going to be reading chapter 19 today.

And we left on an actual cliffhanger. I think that was our first actual cliffhanger.

We left off with Jane just about to enter the room to find out what's going on with this forgent teller, right? So we have to get back to the story. Also, just to let you know, chapter 19 marks the center of the book. This book has 38 chapters and this is chapter 19. So we are halfway through. Congratulations, everybody. We've made it halfway.

So that's kind of exciting. So we're about to enter the second half of Jane Eyre.

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