Jane Eyre

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Jane Eyre is a classic 1847 novel by Charlotte Brontë that blends Gothic elements with a deeply personal coming-of-age story about an orphaned governess seeking love, independence, and moral integrity.

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Jane Eyre (1996 film) 1
Jane Eyre: An Autobiography 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bildungsroman
Gothic novel
novel
author Charlotte Brontë
containsElement Gothic romance
autobiographical elements
mystery
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
firstEditionFormat three-volume novel
firstPublisher Smith, Elder & Co.
form prose fiction
genre Gothic literature
surface form: Gothic fiction

coming-of-age fiction
romantic fiction
social criticism
hasAdaptation Jane Eyre (1943 film)
Jane Eyre (1996 film)
Jane Eyre (2011 film)
Jane Eyre (1983 TV serial)
surface form: Jane Eyre (BBC 1983 TV serial)

Jane Eyre (BBC 2006 TV serial)
literaryMovement Victorian literature
literarySignificance classic of English literature
mainCharacter Bertha Mason
Mr. Rochester
surface form: Edward Rochester

Helen Burns
Jane Eyre self-link
Mr. Brocklehurst
Mrs. Reed
St. John Rivers
narrativePointOfView first-person
narrator Jane Eyre self-link
originalLanguage English
originalTitle Jane Eyre self-linksurface differs
surface form: Jane Eyre: An Autobiography
protagonistOccupation governess
pseudonymousAuthor Currer Bell
publicationYear 1847
publisherLocation London, England
surface form: London
settingCountry England
settingPeriod early 19th century
structure linear narrative
theme female independence
gender roles
love and morality
madness
morality and conscience
orphanhood
religion and spirituality
social class

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subject surface form: Faulks on Fiction
Eyre hasNotableBearer Jane Eyre
Mia Wasikowska knownFor Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre mainCharacter Jane Eyre self-link
Jane Eyre narrator Jane Eyre self-link
Charlotte Brontë notableWork Jane Eyre
Geraldine Chaplin notableWork Jane Eyre
this entity surface form: Jane Eyre (1996 film)
Gothic literature notableWork Jane Eyre
Mia Wasikowska notableWork Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre originalTitle Jane Eyre self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Jane Eyre: An Autobiography