Jane Eyre (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Charlotte Brontë
- First Published: 1847
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: 1800
- Setting: Northern England
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Bildungsroman, Domestic realism
- Subjects: Values, Self-discovery, Class conflict, Love or romance, Gender roles, Superstition, Nineteenth century, Blindness or blind persons, Marriage, Mistaken or secret identity, Missions or missionaries, Individuality, God, Emotions, Mental illness, Ministry or ministers, England or English people, Upper classes, Death or dying, Inheritance or succession, Faith, Orphans or orphanages, Fire, Victorian era or Victorianism, Shyness
- Locales: England
Characters Discussed
Jane Eyre, a plain child with a vivid imagination, intelligence, and great talent in art and music. Left an orphan in childhood, she is forced to live with her Aunt Reed, who was the sister-in-law of her father. At the Reed home, she is mistreated and spurned, and she is finally sent to a charity home for girls. Her education completed, she teaches at the school for several years and then takes a position as a private governess to the ward of Mr. Rochester. After a strange, tempestuous courtship, she and Mr. Rochester are to be married, but the revelation...
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