Jane Eyre on Page and Screen 10: Mr. Mason’s Mishap
Throughout Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë associates tropical foreign climes with dangers to body and soul: tempestuous hurricanes, sulfurous green heat, contagious fevers, …
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Jane Eyre on Page and Screen 9: Blanche Ingram/The Gipsy
After his abrupt disappearance from Thornfield, Mr. Rochester is absent for “upwards of a fortnight” (i.e., more than two weeks). …
Jane Eyre on Page and Screen 7: The Fire Scene
The Fire Scene is a turning point in Jane Eyre. It is the first time Mr. Rochester calls our heroine “Jane” …
Jane Eyre on Page and Screen 6: Conversations With Rochester
Last time we looked at Mr. Rochester in the drawing room; today we meet Rochester in the dining room. Soon we …
Jane Eyre on Page and Screen: Interlude
Today marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charlotte Brontë. I could not let the date pass without notice, and …
Jane Eyre on Page and Screen 5: Rochester Interviews Jane
For many readers, the most absorbing chapters of Jane Eyre are XIII, XIV and XV, each of which contains a …
Jane Eyre on Page and Screen 4: The Master of Thornfield
We have now reached what may be the most extraordinary chapter in Jane Eyre. Not because it contains Jane’s first meeting with Mr. …
Jane Eyre on Page and Screen 3: Jane Arrives at Thornfield
Janeites, I know you’re getting impatient for Mr. Rochester. I fear he is off on one of his interminable travels, and …
Jane Eyre on Page and Screen 2: Young Jane
Everyone knows about the “Janeites,” the Jane Austen fandom. But there is also another type of Janeite, those who love …
Jane Eyre On Page and Screen 1: First Thoughts
The list of my “favorite” books would likely fill a volume in itself, but Jane Eyre is my most beloved book. Each successive reading …
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