Thornfield Hall

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fictional country house fictional estate setting in a novel

Thornfield Hall is the fictional, remote country estate in Charlotte Brontë’s novel "Jane Eyre," known as the mysterious home of Mr. Rochester and the site of the story’s central Gothic secrets.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Ferndean Manor 2
Fire at Thornfield Hall 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional country house ⓘ
fictional estate ⓘ
setting in a novel ⓘ
appearsIn Jane Eyre NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecturalStyle Gothic ⓘ
consequenceOfFire death of Bertha Mason ⓘ
injury and blindness of Rochester ⓘ
contains attic ⓘ
drawing room ⓘ
gallery of portraits ⓘ
library ⓘ
nursery ⓘ
third storey ⓘ
creator Charlotte Brontë NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedAs Gothic ⓘ
gloomy ⓘ
remote ⓘ
destroyedBy fire ⓘ
distanceFromGatesheadInFiction several days’ journey ⓘ
distanceFromLowoodInFiction a long coach journey ⓘ
employerOf Adele Varens’ governess ⓘ
Grace Poole NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jane Eyre NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mrs. Fairfax NERFINISHED ⓘ
fireSetBy Bertha Mason NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstVisitedBy Jane Eyre as a governess ⓘ
hasOwnerInStory Edward Fairfax Rochester NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSecret hidden first wife Bertha Mason ⓘ
locked attic room ⓘ
inspiredBy North Lees Hall (possible real-life model) NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInFictionalRegion rural England ⓘ
narrativeFunction Gothic mansion embodying the novel’s secrets ⓘ
central setting of the novel’s middle section ⓘ
residenceOf Adele Varens NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bertha Mason NERFINISHED ⓘ
Edward Fairfax Rochester NERFINISHED ⓘ
Grace Poole NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jane Eyre NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mrs. Fairfax NERFINISHED ⓘ
sceneOf Bertha Mason’s attacks ⓘ
Jane Eyre and Rochester’s courtship ⓘ
bedroom fire set by Bertha Mason ⓘ
interrupted wedding of Jane and Rochester ⓘ
mysterious laughter ⓘ
symbolizes mystery ⓘ
patriarchal power ⓘ
repression ⓘ
secrecy ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jane Eyre (1983 TV serial) → depicts → Thornfield Hall ⓘ
Mr. Rochester → hasResidence → Thornfield Hall ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ferndean Manor
North Lees Hall → inspired → Thornfield Hall ⓘ
Mr. Rochester → laterResidence → Thornfield Hall ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ferndean Manor
Mr. Rochester → owns → Thornfield Hall ⓘ
Mr. Rochester → residence → Thornfield Hall ⓘ
Mr. Rochester → suffersEvent → Thornfield Hall ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fire at Thornfield Hall