Eliza Reed

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Eliza Reed is a minor character in Charlotte Brontë’s novel "Jane Eyre," known as one of Jane’s vain and self-absorbed cousins raised at Gateshead Hall.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
appearsIn Jane Eyre NERFINISHED
appearsInPart Gateshead deathbed episode of Mrs. Reed
childhood section of Jane Eyre
attitudeTowardReligion ascetic
attitudeTowardWealth calculating
cousinOf Jane Eyre NERFINISHED
createdBy Charlotte Brontë NERFINISHED
describedAs austere
cold
self-absorbed
vain
era early 19th century England
familyName Reed NERFINISHED
firstAppearsAt Gateshead Hall NERFINISHED
gender female
givenName Eliza NERFINISHED
laterResidence Roman Catholic convent in France
lifeChoice enters a convent
maritalStatus unmarried
narrativeFunction foil to Georgiana Reed
foil to Jane Eyre’s moral and emotional development
nationality English
notableAction plans her future in a convent with methodical precision
quarrels with Georgiana over inheritance and conduct
publisherOfWork Smith, Elder & Co. NERFINISHED
raisedAt Gateshead Hall NERFINISHED
relationshipWithGeorgiana strained GENERATED
relationshipWithJohn distant GENERATED
relative Georgiana Reed NERFINISHED
Jane Eyre NERFINISHED
John Reed NERFINISHED
Mrs. Reed NERFINISHED
religiousDisposition strictly religious
residesAt Gateshead Hall NERFINISHED
sibling Georgiana Reed NERFINISHED
John Reed NERFINISHED
socialClass upper-middle class
treatmentOfJane unkind
workPublishedIn Jane Eyre (1847) NERFINISHED

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Mrs. Reed hasChild Eliza Reed