Jane Eyre Eva Kutáčová

 English novelist - romantic period  She had 4 sisters and 1 brother, sisters Emilly and Anne were novelists, too  She came from a poor family, her 2 sisters died from a tuberculosis  First, she worked as a teacher  She had to use a male pseudonym  In books she used elements of autobio g raphy  Her books: Jane Eyre, Shirley, Vilette,...

 Jane Eyre was an orphan and she lived with her aunt who hated her. The aunt sent Jane out to a girl‘s school. There Jane found friend Helen but Helen died early. Later, when Jane grew up, she worked as a governess of Adele in Thornfield Hall and she fell in love with Adele‘s father Edward Rochester. However, Edward had a secret – he was married and he was hiding his insane wife. It came to Jane‘s knowledge on their wedding day and Jane left Rochester. Later, Jane returned to Thornfield Hall and found out that Mrs Rochester burned the house and died. During the fire Mr Rochester g o t blind. Jane still loved Rochester, though, and they got married. When their first child was born Rochester beg a n to see with one eye.

 Positive: The book has an interesting plot, I like d it and it was quite easy to read. I didn‘t need a dictionary to understand.  Negative: There were some parts which were boring for me and the plot is unnecessarily long.

 Cheerful – radostný, veselý  Suspicion – podezření, nedůvěra  Orphan – sirotek  Awkward – nešikovný, nepříjemný  Scorn – posměch, pohrdat  Murmur – reptat, mumlat

 Film Jane Eyre is a film adaptation of Charlotte Brontë‘s novel.  There are many films called Jane Eyre but the most famous one is from director Franco Zeffirelli