Jane Eyre in Flash Fiction Chapter XVII Part One My First glimpse of Blanche Ingram and Mr Rochester’s Elegant Guests Ten days passed, and Mr Rochester had still not returned. When Mrs. Fairfax said he had frequently quitted in an abrupt and unexpected manner to travel to London and thence to the continent, I feltContinue reading “#JaneEyreFF Rereading Jane Eyre in #FlashFiction #Chapter17 Part 1 #VictorianFiction #CharlotteBronte ‘Blanche Ingram arrives at Thornfield Hall’”
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#JaneEyreFF Rereading Jane Eyre in #FlashFiction #Chapter16 #VictorianFiction #CharlotteBronte ‘Enter Blanche Ingram, Jane’s Rival for Mr Rochester’s affections.’
Jane Eyre in Flash Fiction Chapter XVI How I realised I was no rival for Blanche Ingram, an accomplished lady of rank. I both wished and feared to see Mr. Rochester on the day which followed this sleepless night. During the early part of the morning, I momentarily expected his coming; he did step intoContinue reading “#JaneEyreFF Rereading Jane Eyre in #FlashFiction #Chapter16 #VictorianFiction #CharlotteBronte ‘Enter Blanche Ingram, Jane’s Rival for Mr Rochester’s affections.’”
#JaneEyreFF Rereading Jane Eyre in #FlashFiction #Chapter15 Part II #VictorianFiction #CharlotteBronte ‘Who Set Mr Rochester’s room on fire?’
Jane Eyre in Flash Fiction Chapter XV Part II The Night I Saved Mr Rochester’s Life When Mr Rochester met me unexpectedly, the encounter seemed welcome. He had always a word and sometimes a smile for me and when summoned by formal invitation to his presence; I was honoured by a cordiality of reception thatContinue reading “#JaneEyreFF Rereading Jane Eyre in #FlashFiction #Chapter15 Part II #VictorianFiction #CharlotteBronte ‘Who Set Mr Rochester’s room on fire?’”
Days of Yore #SoCS
This post is written in response to Linda Hill’s Stream of Consciousness Saturday (SoCS) prompt Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “your, you’re or yore” Use it in your post as a noun or a verb… or a name! Enjoy! Days of Yore We all have our own days of yore. TheyContinue reading “Days of Yore #SoCS”
Letter P #AtoZChallenge #JaneEyre the Prequel
This post is part of this year’s April Challenge to write a post a day. I’ve chosen to write about my greatest literary passion: Jane Eyre. I’m going to tell you about the Prequel to Jane Eyre written almost a century after Jane Eyre was published. Wide Sargasso Sea, the Prequel to Jane Eyre AlthoughContinue reading “Letter P #AtoZChallenge #JaneEyre the Prequel”
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”
Madwoman in the Attic (Part II)
The madwoman in the attic has been reivindicated by both postcolonialists and feminists as a symbol of patriarchal oppression and social injustice. According to Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, in her influential essay, ‘Three women’s texts and a critique of imperialism,‘ it is impossible to approach nineteenth-century British literature without bearing in mind that Imperialism, constituted “aContinue reading “Madwoman in the Attic (Part II)”
Rereading Jane Eyre 