With over 2.3 million ratings on Goodreads and an average 4.16 out of 5 stars, the gothic classic is considered to be one of ...

But all through the book, Jane refuses to smile. That isn't to say that she's never happy (although you wouldn't be super chipper, either, if you were an orphan forced to go to an evil school where ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An 1873 painting of Charlotte Brontë by Evert A Duyckinck (detail) - Alamy Given the vast amount of contemporary children’s ...

There's just something about Jane Eyre, and, like many beloved novels, it can be difficult to find other titles that offer the same reading experience. But, thanks to the enduring influence and appeal ...

THE SECRET HISTORY OF ’JANE EYRE’: HOW CHARLOTTE BRONTE WROTE HER MASTERPIECE By John Pfordresher W.W. Norton, $26.95, 254 pages If I had read this admirable study by John Pfordresher, a professor of ...

When a piece of classic literature is adapted to the big screen, the resulting film just about always fails to capture the full impact of its source material. Many times, the reason is simple: It's ...

A Spanish publisher has released a new edition of Gilbert and Gubar’s renowned 1979 book, which analyzed the work of Jane ...

I was hooked by “Jane Steele” when I first heard the premise: a retelling of Charlotte Bronte’s “Jane Eyre,” with the heroine as a serial killer. Beyond that, I wasn’t sure how the book would actually ...

It’s a pity that fruitcake has such a poor reputation in this country, because a slice of the stuff at its tastiest is the perfect simile for the rich, variegated deliciousness of Laura Amy Schlitz’s ...