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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]
John Pfordresher, author of The Secret History of Jane Eyre, argued that besides Heger, real-life influences on the character were Brontë's ill-tempered father, Patrick, and hedonistic brother, Branwell. In Patrick, Pfordresher argued, Brontë "had observed Rochester’s physical vigor, determined will, passionate temper, and defiant courage."
The Gytrash's emergence as Rochester's innocuous dog Pilot has been interpreted as a subtle mockery of the mysteriousness and romanticism that surrounds his character and which clouds Jane's perception. [4] Brontë's reference in 1847 is the earliest reference to the beast in print and forms the basis for subsequent citations. [5]
Jane Eyre works in sharp black and white, while Villette works in psychological and even factual grey areas. Where Jane’s specialness is stipulated, despite her poverty and plain looks, the heroine of Villette, Lucy Snowe, is an unassuming figure who spends the majority of the novel as a quiet observer.
Joan Plowright, perhaps the greatest Anglophone actor of the 20th century and the widow of Laurence Oliver, died on Thursday. She was 95. Plowright was a prominent actress of stage and screen in ...
John (/ ˈ dʒ ɒ n / JON) is a common male name in the English language ultimately of Hebrew origin. The English form is from Middle English Ioon, Ihon, Iohn, Jan (mid-12c.), itself from Old French Jan, Jean, Jehan (Modern French Jean), [2] from Medieval Latin Johannes, altered form of Late Latin Ioannes, [2] or the Middle English personal name is directly from Medieval Latin, [3] which is ...
On top of that, Jane told Jimmy she was a tomboy growing up, and she couldn't take having such a girly name, so she officially changed it to Jane - minus the 'y' - in the fourth grade.