Jane Eyre

- Author: Charlotte Bronte
- 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

Charlotte Bronte'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.

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Jane Eyre Questions

What are some passages that prove that Mr. Rochester from Jane Eyre is a Byronic Hero? 1 Answer

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How do you think women were treated in the 19th century??If possible could you give examples from Jane Eyre or Vanity Fair?? 2 Answers

Women in the nineteenth century were valued very little by society. They were treated negatively and were expected to stay home and fulfill domestic duties. In ... read more

Just finished reading Jane Eyre (yes maybe 15 years too late) and loved it. Now need a new book. Any recommendations? 1 Answer

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