Rivers family home
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The Rivers family home is the modest rural residence in Charlotte Brontë’s "Jane Eyre" where Jane finds refuge and forms close bonds with her cousins, the Rivers siblings.
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional house
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literary location ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Jane Eyre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
family
ⓘ
female friendship ⓘ kinship ⓘ moral duty ⓘ spiritual vocation ⓘ |
| atmosphere | austere but kind ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Gateshead Hall
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thornfield Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Charlotte Brontë NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs |
modest
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plain but comfortable ⓘ rural ⓘ |
| firstVisitedByJaneWhen | Jane Eyre flees Thornfield Hall ⓘ |
| functionInPlot |
location where Jane recovers from exhaustion and near-starvation
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place of refuge for Jane Eyre ⓘ place where Jane discovers her kinship with the Rivers family ⓘ place where Jane learns of her inheritance ⓘ setting where Jane forms close bonds with the Rivers siblings ⓘ |
| literaryFunction |
counterpoint to the wealth and passion of Thornfield Hall
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symbol of moral integrity and simplicity ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry | England ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalRegion |
Moor House
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Whitcross district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narratedBy | Jane Eyre (first-person narrator) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyLandscape | bleak moorland ⓘ |
| nearbySettlement | Whitcross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupiedBy |
Diana Rivers
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ⓘ
Mary Rivers NERFINISHED ⓘ St. John Rivers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Rivers family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingOfEventsInChapter | Jane Eyre second volume later chapters ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFictionalSetting | early 19th century ⓘ |
| visitedBy | Jane Eyre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Morton (Jane Eyre)