Research notes on "Jane Eyre"

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“An epic tale of  love, secrets and passion” BBC adaptation

full title · Jane Eyre

author · Charlotte Brontë (originally published under the male pseudonym Currer Bell)

type of work · Novel

genre · the Gothic; the romance novel; and the Bildungsroman

time and place written · 1847, London

date of first publication · 1847

publisher · Smith, Elder, and Co., Cornhill

narrator · Jane Eyre

protagonist · Jane Eyre

setting (time) · Early decades of the nineteenth century.

setting (place) · The novel is structured around five separate locations, all supposedly in northern England: the Reed family’s home at Gateshead, the wretched Lowood School, Rochester’s manor house Thornfield, the Rivers family’s home at Moor House, and Rochester’s rural retreat at Ferndean.

characters· Jane Eyre Edward Rochester St. John Rivers Mrs. Reed Bessie Lee  Mr. Lloyd Georgiana Reed Eliza Reed  John Reed Helen Burns. Mr. Maria Temple Miss Scatcherd Alice Fairfax Bertha Mason Grace Poole Adèle Varens Celine Varens Sophie Richardason Mr. Briggs Blanche Ingram  Diana Rivers Mary Rivers. Rosamond Oliver John Eyre  Uncle Reed

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themes · Love versus autonomy; religion; social class; gender relations

motifs · Fire and ice; substitute mothers

symbols · Bertha Mason; the red-room

Jane Eyre

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"It is not violence that best overcomes hate nor vengeance that most certainly heals injury"                Helen Burns to Jane (Ch. 6)

at a nearby charity school. Jane becomes good ...

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