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. Today Jane is going to tell you all about the Mason family, her husband’s troublesome in-laws. I met two members of the Mason family personally; Mr. Richard Mason andContinue reading “Letter M #AtoZChallenge #JaneEyre and The Mason Family”
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Letter H #AtoZChallenge #JaneEyre’s Husband
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. Today it’s all about Jane Eyre’s Husband. Edward Rochester himself will tell us all about his life. This is Edward Rochester’s autobiography. My name is Edward Fairfax Rochester. MyContinue reading “Letter H #AtoZChallenge #JaneEyre’s Husband”
Letter F #AtoZChallenge #JaneEyre’s Friends
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. Today it’s all about Jane Eyre’s Friends. Jane will tell us all about her friends in her own words. A friend is someone you can trust and a personContinue reading “Letter F #AtoZChallenge #JaneEyre’s Friends”
My beautiful #JaneEyre
Was Jane Eyre Plain or Pretty? Some readers of The Eyre Hall Trilogy have considered that my Jane Eyre is too beautiful, arguing that Charlotte Bronte drew an ugly, or at least plain young girl. When I read (and reread) Jane Eyre, Jane is/was never ugly in my mind, and I have proof that sheContinue reading “My beautiful #JaneEyre”
Casting my villainous Mr. Rochester, Alan Rickman or Jeremy Irons?
In a recent interview for Brook Cottage Books as part of a Book Tour, I was asked, ‘If the movie rights to your novels are purchased, who would you like to play your main characters?’ I replied Alan Rickman in the first place, but I wasn’t completely convinced, so I added Jeremy Irons as myContinue reading “Casting my villainous Mr. Rochester, Alan Rickman or Jeremy Irons?”
Today is All Hallows. Find out What Happened at Eyre Hall on That Day #HalloweenBooks
Yesterday was All Hallows Eve, which has come to be known as Halloween. I wrote about how the festivity was celebrated in Victorian England, and what happened on that day at Eyre Hall. Today’s post is about what happened the following day, November 1st, All Hallows or All Souls’ Day. It is no spoiler thatContinue reading “Today is All Hallows. Find out What Happened at Eyre Hall on That Day #HalloweenBooks”
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”
Rereading Jane Eyre 