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Jane Eyre is the fictional heroine and the titular protagonist in Charlotte Brontë's 1847 novel of the same name.The story follows Jane's infancy and childhood as an orphan, her employment first as a teacher and then as a governess, and her romantic involvement with her employer, the mysterious and moody Edward Rochester.
Jane Eyre (/ ɛər / AIR; originally published as Jane Eyre: An Autobiography) is a novel by the English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published under her pen name "Currer Bell" on 19 October 1847 by Smith, Elder & Co. of London. The first American edition was published the following year by Harper & Brothers of New York. [2]
Orson Welles in Jane Eyre by The Lux Radio Theatre (5 June 1944) Victor Jory in Jane Eyre by Matinee Theater (3 December 1944) [46] Orson Welles in Jane Eyre by The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air (28 June 1946) [47] Robert Montgomery in Jane Eyre by The Lux Radio Theatre (14 June 1948) [48] Ciarán Hinds in Jane Eyre on BBC Radio 7 (24-27 ...
It re-enacts the history of modern Japanese literature by absorbing and transforming the Western classic into the Japanese literary context. Afghan novelist Khaled Hosseini's debut novel, The Kite Runner, included Wuthering Heights when Amir asks Soraya what book she is reading. Soraya replies, "It is a sad story."
Wuthering Heights is the only novel by the English author Emily Brontë, initially published in 1847 under her pen name "Ellis Bell". It concerns two families of the landed gentry living on the West Yorkshire moors, the Earnshaws and the Lintons, and their turbulent relationships with the Earnshaws' foster son, Heathcliff.
The Eyre Affair (2001) is set in an alternative history in which it is possible to enter the world of a work of literature through the use of a machine. In the novel, literary detective Thursday Next chases a criminal through the world of Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre.
Thornfield Hall is a location in the 1847 novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. It is the home of the male romantic lead, Edward Fairfax Rochester , where much of the action takes place. Brontë uses the depiction of Thornfield in a manner consistent with the gothic tone of the novel as a whole.
1870: Jane Eyre, or The Orphan of Lowood by Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer [56] 1879: Poor Relations by James Willing. [57] 1958: Jane Eyre, a drama in three acts and five scenes adapted by Huntington Hartford and performed at the Belasco Theatre on Broadway (1 May 1958 – 14 Jun 1958), starring Eric Portman as Mr. Rochester.