Jane Eyre in Flash Fiction Chapter 2 How I imagined I saw my uncle’s ghost in the red-room I was unjustly accused of violence and wickedness towards my cousin, John, and reminded that I was less than a servant. They warned me that if I was not congenial, I would be sent to the poorhouse.Continue reading “#JaneEyreFF Rereading Jane Eyre in #FlashFiction #Chapter2”
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#JaneEyreFF Rereading Jane Eyre in #FlashFiction #Chapter1
Jane Eyre in Flash Fiction Chapter 1 How I came to be locked in the red-room There was no possibility of taking a walk that chilly November afternoon. My cousins Eliza, John and Georgina were clustered around their mother and my aunt, Mrs Reed, in the drawing room, while I was kept at a distance,Continue reading “#JaneEyreFF Rereading Jane Eyre in #FlashFiction #Chapter1”
#JaneEyreFF Rereading Jane Eyre in #FlashFiction
I regularly reread Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Sometimes the whole book, other times passages and it never gets old! There’s always something new I notice or think about. As this blog is called Rereading Jane Eyre and all my novels so far were directly influenced by Jane Eyre I thought I’d share my latestContinue reading “#JaneEyreFF Rereading Jane Eyre in #FlashFiction”
#WWWBlogs ’10 Lies Edward Rochester told Jane Eyre’
Before I discuss the ten lies Mr. Rochester told Jane in Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte, I’d like to summarize some key aspects about the nature of lies. According to Neuroscientist, Sam Harris in his concise and brilliant book Lying, ‘To lie is to intentionally mislead others when they expect honest communication. People lie soContinue reading “#WWWBlogs ’10 Lies Edward Rochester told Jane Eyre’”
The most Spine-chilling character in The Eyre Hall Trilogy: The Sin-Eater #Halloween
The Eyre Hall Trilogy is a Victorian, Gothic Romance, and the three-part sequel to Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys. The first novel in the series, All Hallows at Eyre Hall, is set on and around Halloween, 1865, in a mysterious, gothic mansion in Yorkshire. There are quite aContinue reading “The most Spine-chilling character in The Eyre Hall Trilogy: The Sin-Eater #Halloween”
#WWWBlogs ‘Why I wrote The Eyre Hall Trilogy, a Sequel to #JaneEyre’ Part 2 #HistoricalFiction
In my previous post I wrote about my inspiration and reasons for writing The Eyre Hall Trilogy and why Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte needed a sequel, which would incorporate the themes and characters in Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys, and take the story one step further into the next generation, twenty-two years later.Continue reading “#WWWBlogs ‘Why I wrote The Eyre Hall Trilogy, a Sequel to #JaneEyre’ Part 2 #HistoricalFiction”
#WWWBlogs ‘Why I wrote a sequel to #JaneEyre’ Part I #HistoricalFiction ‘All Hallows at Eyre Hall’
Seven years ago, in 2013, I started writing The Eyre Hall trilogy, which took me four years to complete. Book One, All Hallows at Eyre Hall takes up the story of Jane Eyre twenty-two years after her marriage, while Rochester is on his deathbed, and we find out what has been happening at Eyre Hall,Continue reading “#WWWBlogs ‘Why I wrote a sequel to #JaneEyre’ Part I #HistoricalFiction ‘All Hallows at Eyre Hall’”
#WWWBlogs ‘How I found a perfect title for my novel in Four Stages’ #WIP #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #HistoricalFiction
I’d like to share with you the four-stage, frustrating, although ultimately successful, process of searching for and discovering the perfect title for my current WIP. Stage One: Initial Brainstorming based on the Catalyst I brainstormed titles based on one of the most important characters, who acts as a catalyst in Jane Eyre’s life, at theContinue reading “#WWWBlogs ‘How I found a perfect title for my novel in Four Stages’ #WIP #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #HistoricalFiction”
Autumn in Jane Eyre
The autumn months of September, October and November witness major events in both Jane Eyre and Edward Rochester’s lives. Jane Eyre starts narrating her autobiography in autumn, specifically in November, ‘a drear November day’ she calls it. The novel has an oppressive and gloomy beginning in which she tells the reader about her loveless andContinue reading “Autumn in Jane Eyre”
#MothersDay ‘Jane Eyre’s Mother’ #MondayBlogs #CharlotteBronte
Jane Eyre is the most famous female, literary orphan in English literature, but what do we know about Jane Eyre’s mother? Surprisingly, for a character who doesn’t appear in the novel and is hardly mentioned, we know a great deal. We know her name and maiden surname, how and we she died, who and whyContinue reading “#MothersDay ‘Jane Eyre’s Mother’ #MondayBlogs #CharlotteBronte”
Rereading Jane Eyre 