Poor Monday, nobody seems to like you, and apparently today is the worst Monday of the year, the third Monday of January. Don’t despair. I have three great reads to liven your Monday: 1- I found this article on Twitter this morning thanks to @Taragreaves who posted this fabulous article called Stop Chasing and StartContinue reading “Not #BlueMonday in #JaneEyre”
Category Archives: All About Jane Eyre
The Moon in Jane Eyre Part Two: At Thornfield Hall I
The Moon in Jane’s Arrival At Thornfield Hall and First Encounters with Mr. Rochester. This post is a continuation of a previous post on The Moon in Jane Eyre Part One: At Gateshead and Lowood which has been a very popular with readers interested in Jane Eyre. Check it out if you haven’t read itContinue reading “The Moon in Jane Eyre Part Two: At Thornfield Hall I”
Compassion in Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre was an orphan, who was brought up first by an unloving aunt, Mrs. Reed, and later at an institution for poor orphans, Lowood, before being employed as governess at Thornfield Hall. Although Jane suffered hardships and humiliations, and found very little compassion at that time, her life was not in danger due toContinue reading “Compassion in Jane Eyre”
Christmas in Jane Eyre
I’d like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and hope you can spend some time with people you love. Thank you for reading my posts, commenting, and liking. You are my greatest incentive. Today, I’ve prepared a special post about Christmas celebrations and symbolism in Jane Eyre. Some of Jane Eyre’s happiest andContinue reading “Christmas in Jane Eyre”
Charlotte Bronte’s last love letter
‘To forbid me to write to you, to refuse to answer me, would be to tear from me from my only joy on earth, to deprive me of my last privilege _ a privilege I shall never consent willingly to surrender. Believe me, my master, in writing to me it is a good deed thatContinue reading “Charlotte Bronte’s last love letter”
July Nights in Jane Eyre
‘July nights are short: soon after midnight, dawn comes’. Chapter XXV. In a previous post, I discussed the positive symbolism of the month of June, however, July nights are mentioned twice in Jane Eyre, and both foresee negative events for Jane. She begins Chapter XXV by reminding us that June, ‘The month of courtship hadContinue reading “July Nights in Jane Eyre”
The Books Jane Eyre Read. Part One: At Gateshead Hall.
The orphaned Jane Eyre, was taken in by her uncle’s widowed wife, Mrs. Reed, and her spiteful cousins, John, Eliza, and Georgina. She suffered greatly at their home, saying of John, who was 14 and four years older than her, ‘He bullied and punished me; not two or three times in the week, nor onceContinue reading “The Books Jane Eyre Read. Part One: At Gateshead Hall.”
It was the first of June…
Today is the first of June, a memorable day for Jane Eyre. It was the day Jane decided to return to Thornfield one last time and search for Edward Rochester, before leaving England, probably to move to Ireland: It was the first of June; yet the morning was overcast and chilly: rain beat fast onContinue reading “It was the first of June…”
Jenny, Lady Lilith and Celine Varens: Artistic Representation of Prostitution in Victorian England in Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre.
The first manuscript of Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s poem Jenny was buried with his wife, Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal , in Highgate Cemetery, in London, and remained in her grave, reportedly in Siddal’s red hair, until it was exhumed six years later and redrafted several times, before it was finally published in 1869. The poem is aContinue reading “Jenny, Lady Lilith and Celine Varens: Artistic Representation of Prostitution in Victorian England in Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre.”
The Moon In Jane Eyre. Part I: At Gateshead And Lowood
The moon is full this winter night; The stars are clear, though few;And every window glistens bright,With leaves of frozen dew. The sweet moon through your lattice gleamsAnd lights your room like day;And there you pass, in happy dreams,The peaceful hours away! From Honour’s Martyr by Anne Bronte The following article will reflect upon theContinue reading “The Moon In Jane Eyre. Part I: At Gateshead And Lowood”
Rereading Jane Eyre 