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- A feed, not a wall of text. 36 characters, 22 places, 17 objects and 7 plot beats, each its own card with its own illustration.
- The author’s own words. 33 passages of Jane Eyre: An Autobiography sit in the feed verbatim, exactly as Charlotte Brontë wrote them, each with a short reading of what it is doing. The map is ours; the prose is always the book’s.
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The plot of Jane Eyre: An Autobiography
The story beat by beat, as Literah maps it.
- Jane is named an outsider before she can speak
- Eight years pass at Lowood - home, then confinement again
- Jane advertises for a post and accepts Thornfield
- Weeks of Blanche - Jane disciplines a feeling she cannot name
- Moor House: stranger, then teacher, then heiress
- Rochester at Ferndean - blind, dependent, no longer master
- St. John departs for India - the other life Jane refused
The author's pen in Jane Eyre: An Autobiography
The passages themselves, Charlotte Brontë's own words, as Literah maps it.
- Appearance and Truth
- Glad of No Walkch. 1
- Shrined In Double Retirementch. 1
- The Book Thrown Backch. 1
- The Red Roomch. 2
- Unjust and Oppressedch. 2
- A New Lifech. 3
- Putting Off Animositych. 6
- This Girl Is a Liarch. 7
- Helen's Faith in Deathch. 9
- A New Servitudech. 10
- The Traveller’s Fallch. 12
- Out Of My Headch. 13
- Saving Mr Rochesterch. 15
- Whether She Suited Rochester’s Tastech. 17
- The Wounded Manch. 20
- The Letter Confessionch. 21
- As Much Soul As Youch. 23
- An Independent Willch. 23
- The Split Horse Chestnutch. 23
The characters of Jane Eyre: An Autobiography
Who is who, as Literah maps it.
- Jane Eyremajor
- Edward Fairfax Rochestermajor
- Bertha Masonmajor
- St. John Riversmajor
- Helen Burnssupporting
- Mrs. Reedsupporting
- Mr. Brocklehurstsupporting
- Miss Templesupporting
- Bessie Leesupporting
- Adèle Varenssupporting
- Mrs. Fairfaxsupporting
- Diana Riverssupporting
- Mary Riverssupporting
- Blanche Ingramsupporting
- Richard Masonsupporting
- John Reedsupporting
The locations in Jane Eyre: An Autobiography
Where it happens, as Literah maps it.
- Gateshead Hallestate
- The red-roomroom
- Gateshead window-seatinterior alcove
- Gateshead nurserynursery
- Lowood Schoolschool
- Lowood schoolroom / platformschoolroom
- Miss Temple’s roomprivate room
- Lowood grounds / gardenschool grounds
- Helen Burns’s sickroomsickroom
- Thornfield Hallestate
- Thornfield third storey / atticattic
- Rochester’s bedroom at Thornfieldbedroom
- Jane’s room at Thornfieldbedroom
- Thornfield garden / orchard / chestnut tree settinggarden
The core concepts in Jane Eyre: An Autobiography
What the book keeps returning to, as Literah maps it.
- Freedom without self-erasure
- Love versus possession
- True religion versus self-righteousness
- Class, plainness, and the equal soul
- Houses as moral worlds
- Voice, narration, and self-authorship
- Fire, ice, and inward weather
- Hidden women and confined lives
The objects of note in Jane Eyre: An Autobiography
The things that carry meaning, as Literah maps it.
- Bewick’s History of British Birds
- The red-room mirror and key
- Lowood stool
- Jane’s slate and Lowood school materials
- Jane’s drawings and portfolio
- Rochester’s horse and Pilot
- The first Thornfield fire
- The wedding veil
- Torn chestnut tree
- Mrs. Reed’s concealed letter from John Eyre
- The interrupted wedding papers
- Inheritance papers
- St. John’s note
- St. John’s final letter
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