1. Jane Eyre By: Charlotte Bronte

2. The Novel Published in 1847. Charlotte Bronte published her novel under the name “Currer Bell” because women’s writing was not always accepted.

3. The Bronte Sisters Charlotte had 4 sisters and 1 brother. While at the Clergy Daughter’s School, her 2 older sisters (Maria & Elizabeth) died of tuberculosis Anne and Emily Bronte were also successful writers.

4. Charlotte Bronte Born of Irish ancestry in 1816 Lived at Haworth, a parsonage Mother died of cancer when Charlotte was 5 years old. In 1854 She marries her father's curate, Arthur Bell Nichols. The next year, she became pregnant, then ill. She died a month before her 39 th birthday

5. The Gothic in “Jane Eyre” – Imprisoned women – A heroine who faces danger – Supernatural interventions at crucial moments in the plot – A romantic reconciliation

6. The Romantic – Championed for the rights of the individual over the demands of society. – Believed that humans were inherently good – Valued imagination over reason – Inspired by nature

7. It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it. Charlotte Bronte