Guide Note: Charlotte Brontë's classic Jane Eyre is a Gothic romance novel that concerns the passionate love between "plain" governess Jane Eyre and her moody employer Mr. Rochester. Originally published as Jane Eyre: An Autobiography under the pseudonym Currer Bell, the novel was an immediate critical and popular success.
Fast Facts:
- Author: Charlotte Brontë
- Publication date: 1847
- Publisher: Smith, Elder & Company, London
- Narrator: First-person
- Setting: Early decades of the 19th century, northern England
- Tense: Past-tense
- Tone: Gothic and romantic
- Themes: Love versus autonomy; social class; treatment of children and women; gender relations; religious hypocrisy
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The Mahalo Top 7
- Wikipedia: Jane Eyre
- Wikiquote: Jane Eyre
- Google Book Search: Jane Eyre
- The Brontë Parsonage Museum and Brontë Society: Jane Eyre
- SparkNotes: Jane Eyre Study Guide
- Victorian Web: Jane Eyre
- Travel: Visit Jane Eyre Country
Jane Eyre Free Online Versions
- Project Gutenburg: Jane Eyre Online Book
- Wikisource: Jane Eyre Online Book
- The Literature Network: Jane Eyre Online Book
- PublicLiterature.org: Jane Eyre Online Book
- Classici Stranieri: Jane Eyre MP3 Files
Jane Eyre Study Guides
- SparkNotes: Jane Eyre Study Guide
- Glencoe Literature Library: Study Guide for Jane Eyre (142 KB)
- eNotes: Jane Eyre Study Guide
- CliffsNotes: Jane Eyre Study Guide
- PinkMonkey.com: Jane Eyre Study Guide
Jane Eyre Literary Analysis and Criticism
- London School of Journalism: The Representation of the Doubleness of Selfhood'...
- City University of New York: Jane Eyre Analysis
- Prometheus Unplugged: Defining Romanticism: The Implications of Nature Personified as Female...
- Plattsburgh State Faculty and Research: Jane Eyre Review in the Harbinger (1848)
- The University of Texas at Austin: A Message for Miss Eyre: Or, Jane in Wonderland (132 KB)
- Queen's University - Belfast: "Jane’s All White" (2001)
Jane Eyre Quotations
- Please see Mahalo's Guide to Jane Eyre Quotes
- Wikiquote: Jane Eyre
- BookRags: Jane Eyre Quotes
Jane Eyre Author Information
- Mahalo's Guide to Charlotte Brontë
- The Brontë Parsonage Museum and Brontë Society: Charlotte Brontë
- Wikipedia: Charlotte Brontë
- The Brussels Brontë Group: The Brontës in Brussels
- The Victorian Web: Charlotte Brontë: An Overview
- Haworth Village: Charlotte Brontë
Jane Eyre Merchandise
- Amazon.com: Jane Eyre Books, DVDs and Music
- Barnes & Noble: Jane Eyre Books
- Powell's Books: Jane Eyre Books
- eBay: Jane Eyre Merchandise
- CafePress.com: Jane Eyre T-Shirts & Gifts
- BooksAMillion.com: Jane Eyre Books
Jane Eyre News and Articles
- Google News: Jane Eyre
- Playbill: Jane Eyre the Musical, Like Its Namesake, Reaches for a Brighter Future (2007)
- Celestial Timepiece: Jane Eyre: An Introduction
- Bartleby.com: Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre Fan Sites, Blogs and Message Boards
- Salon Table Talk: Classics in TT: Joyce Carol Oates and Jane Eyre
- The Literature Network: Jane Eyre
- Brontë Blog: Jane Eyre Posts
- Brontëana: Jane Eyre Posts
- Yahoo! Groups: Dedicated to the Lives and Works of the Bronte Family
Jane Eyre Adaptations
Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.
Films and Television
- 1910: Jane Eyre (Film)
- 1914: Jane Eyre (Film)
- 1914: Jane Eyre (Film)
- 1915: Jane Eyre (Film)
- 1921: Jane Eyre (Film)
- 1934: Jane Eyre (Film)
- 1944: Jane Eyre (Film)
- 1952: Sangdil (Film)
- 1956: Jane Eyre (TV)
- 1961: Jane Eyre (TV)
- 1963: Jane Eyre (TV)
- 1970: Jane Eyre (TV)
- 1973: Jane Eyre (TV)
- 1983: Jane Eyre (TV)
- 1996: Jane Eyre (Film)
- 1997: Jane Eyre (TV)
- 2006: Jane Eyre (TV)
Stage
- 19th century: Jane Eyre (Opera, starring Marie Seebach)
- 1936: Jane Eyre (Play, starring Katharine Hepburn)
- 1958: Jane Eyre (Play)
- 1981: Jane Eyre (Musical, with Alyssa Milano as Adele)
- 2000: Jane Eyre, The Musical
- 2000: Jane Eyre (Opera)
- 2007: Jane (Ballet)
Literature
- 1938: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
- 1966: Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
- 1997: Mrs Rochester: A Sequel to Jane Eyre by Hilary Bailey
- 2000: Adele: Jane Eyre's Hidden Story by Emma Tennant
- 2001: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
- 2002: Jenna Starborn by Sharon Shinn
- 2002: Jane Rochester by Kimberly A. Bennett
- 2006: The French Dancer's Bastard: The Story of Adele by Emma Tennant
- 2007: Thornfield Hall: Jane Eyre's Hidden Story by Emma Tennant
Jane Eyre Culture and Videos
- Google Image Search: Jane Eyre
- YouTube & Google Video: Jane Eyre Search
- YouTube Search: Scenes from the 1944 Adaption of Jane Eyre
- YouTube Search: Songs from Jane Eyre: The Musical
- YouTube: Jane Eyre, 1996 Adaptation with William Hurt (Time 05:43)
- YouTube: Jane Eyre 2006: Jane & Rochester Reunion Scene (Time: 03:48)
- YouTube: Reader, I Married Him: Jane Eyre Documentary (Time 06:27)
- McSweeny's Internet Tendency: Jane Eyre Runs For President (satire)
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