#67 in Romance
Jane Eyre
- 452
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
- Film 2011 +10
- On screen
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Our view
“Jane Eyre” is at its strongest as the portrait of a mind: a heroine who keeps asking who she is and how far feeling should be allowed to rule her. The love story with the brooding Mr Rochester burns slowly and against a dark backdrop, so readers after a quick romance may grow restless. It rewards those who enjoy a thoughtful nineteenth-century coming-of-age novel told at an unhurried pace.
Worth knowing Charlotte Brontë published it in October 1847 as Currer Bell, two months before her sisters’ first novels appeared. Lowood School is based on the Clergy Daughters’ School at Cowan Bridge, where her two eldest sisters fell ill and later died. Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea (1966) retells the story of the first Mrs Rochester and is often read alongside it.
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About the book
Jane Eyre is a novel by the English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published under her pen name "Currer Bell" on 19 October 1847 by Smith, Elder & Co. of London. The first American edition was published in January 1848 by Harper & Brothers of New York. Jane Eyre is a bildungsroman that follows the experiences of its eponymous heroine, including her growth to adulthood and her love for Mr Rochester, the brooding master of Thornfield Hall.
On screen
This book has been adapted for the screen 11 times — from 1915 to 2011.
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.0 across 2,188 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 94% of the weight and the score stays at 8.0 — the Romance average of 7.6 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.1 | 182 | 8% |
| Hardcover | 8.0 | 2K | 92% |
Frequently asked
How long is Jane Eyre?
It has 452 pages — longer than 66% of the ranked books in Romance.
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