Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte - 5 things you should know.
Well, six actually if you include the fact that there are now four different Jane Eyre audio books you can download. This is a great way to learn Jane Eyre quotes and get to know the characters and how they pronounce the Victorian English, especially the fully dramatised version which features Claire Bloom and Sir Anthony Quale.
- There was a lot of tragedy in the life of Charlotte Bronte.
Charlotte was only five years old when her mother died in 1821. Four years later in 1825, when Charlotte was nine, two of her older sisters died – Maria aged eleven, and Elizabeth aged ten. She had three other siblings – Patrick, who died in 1848, aged 31 – Emily, who also died in 1848, aged 30 – and Ann, died in 1849, aged 29. Charlotte outlived all of her siblings and died at the early age of 39, in 1855. The fact that the three Bronte sisters are acknowledged as being among the greatest novelists in the English language is remarkable when you consider their short lives. - The character of Jane Eyre has many similarities to the life of the author.
Charlotte Bronte lived in a bleak moorland near Haworth, her father was a clergyman and the family lived on a meager salary. Her formative years were filled with loss. After the death of her mother, Charlotte was brought up by a strict aunt. In the Jane Eyre novel, Mrs. Reed seems to resemble Charlotte’s aunt and the other aspects of her childhood are also evident. - Jane Eyre is often referred to as one of the best love stories in the English language.
The story revolves around a young strong willed woman’s search for love and compassion. Jane is offered the job as governess to a ten year old girl and finds herself falling in love with her employer, Mr. Rochester. There is a parallel here to Charlotte Bronte’s time in Brussels, where she went in 1842 to improve her grasp of the French and German languages. Whilst there, she stayed in a small hotel owned by Constantin Heger, a married man, with whom she falls in love, sadly without reciprocation. - Charlotte Bronte struggled to have her work published.
Her first novel ‘The Professor’, a novel about her life in Brussels, was rejected by her publisher and only saw the light of day after her death. Even, her major work, Jane Eyre was published under a pseudonym Currer Bell. - Charlotte Bronte was influenced by the emerging romantic authors and poets of Victorian England.
These include William Wordsworth, Lord Byron and Sir Walter Scott. The Bronte sisters also wrote poetry and were very supportive of each other.
And there is a benefit here for high school students. You can have instant access to the Jane Eyre Audio Books at a very competitive price. Listen to them on your MP3 player as you travel to and from school.
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