Jane Eyre

Brontë's orphan governess, plain and poor, insists on being treated as an equal — in a house hiding a literal secret.

Specifications & Metrics

author

Charlotte Brontë

type

Bildungsroman / Gothic romance

era

Victorian (1847)

language

English

setting

Northern England

parts

3 volumes

Relative Scale in Novels

Core Principles & Analysis

• Published in 1847 under the androgynous pen name Currer Bell.
• Its first-person voice argues a woman's full moral equality.
• Bertha Mason in the attic founded the Gothic double plot critics still argue over.

Sources

• Wikipedia: Jane Eyre