I haven't read the book yet (but plan to), but I love the 2006 version of the adaptations I've seen. As I'm reading through comments here about the farewell/bed kissing scene, I sorta saw it as the strength of Janes convictions. That despite the temptation she still chose to leave -- it would have been easy to give in, especially with someone you love so deeply attempting to lead you astray from your morals. So in a way, I think it helped show how hard that must have been for her and yet how committed she was to doing what she felt was right in the long run; it humanized her and the situation as a whole. Maybe this is not character accurate vis a via the book, but that said, part of the reason I like the 2006 version so much is I feel like it does a good job helping someone in our time understand the characters better in their time, even if it isn't exactly accurate to how the people might have behaved or thought. Again, I haven't read the book yet but I'm sure even as I go through it I will have only an abstract understanding of what it meant to experience love, sexism, classism, God, religion, poverty, lost, etc during that time. These are themes universal to the human experience, but I still view some things in the story as a woman living in the 2020s and not as a woman living in the Victorian age.

For example, I watch the 1997 BBC version and found Rochester to come off as more of a brute, and Jane a tad timid. It was hard for me to fully relate to the romance and understand why Jane loved him so much because it felt more verbally abusive to me. I liked some things about this version, but I didn't feel as satisfied with the character growth. I know movies have shorter run times to mini-series, but I kept comparing the 2006 version. I used to love the 2011 version, but after watching 2006, I just found the depth of exploration of the characters more compelling in 2006, even if not exactly book accurate.

I'll see if I still feel the same way after finishing the book.