Jane Eyre
1847 novel by Charlotte Brontë
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Summary
Jane Eyre is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 0.11% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (53,761 views/month, #32 of 28,446).[2]
Key Facts
- Author: Charlotte Brontë[3]
- Publisher: Smith, Elder & Co.[4], Harper[5]
- Genre: education novel[6], autobiographical novel[7], gothic fiction[8], romance[9], bildungsroman[10]
- Followed by: Shirley[11]
- Depicts: acting charades[12]
- Commons category: Jane Eyre[13]
- Language of work or name: English[14]
- Country of origin: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[15]
- Publication date: 1847[16]
- Characters: Jane Eyre[17], Mr. Rochester[18], Bertha Mason[19], St. John Rivers[20], Diana Rivers[21], Mary Rivers[22]
- Has edition or translation: Jane Eyre[23], Jane Eyre. En sjelf-biographie efter Currer Bell[24], Jane Eyre, ou Les mémoires d'une institutrice[25], Q141753611[26]
- Narrative location: Thornfield Hall[27], England[28]
- Topic's main category: Category:Jane Eyre[29]
- Main subject: orphan[30]
- Work available at URL: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/charlotte-bronte/jane-eyre[31]
- Described at URL: http://www.victorianresearch.org/atcl/show_title.php?tid=3129&aid=1115[32]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[33], The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Victorian Women's Writing[34]
- Title: Jane Eyre[35]
- Has characteristic: debut novel[36]
- Subtitle: An Autobiography[37]
- First line: There was no possibility of taking a walk that day.[38]
- Number of parts of this work: 38 chapter[39]
- Last line: “My Master,” he says, “has forewarned me. Daily He announces more distinctly,—‘Surely I come quickly!’ And hourly I more eagerly respond—‘Amen: even so come, Lord Jesus!’ ”[40]
- Derivative work: Jane Eyre[41]
Why It Matters
Jane Eyre has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]