Jane Eyre facts
While investigating facts about Jane Eyre, I found out little known, but curios details like:
In 2001, Alanis Morissette single-handedly extended the Broadway run of "Jane Eyre" by a month, donating $150,000 worth of tickets to poor kids
Charlotte Bronte set her novel Jane Eyre during the Regency period (indicated by mentions of King George III). But every adaptation of the novel, including book covers, sets the story somewhere around the 1840's, when the book was published.
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 4 of the best facts about Jane Eyre I managed to collect.
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The Bronte sisters (Charlotte and Emily) had their classic novels Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights published roughly at the same in 1847 under male pseudonyms. Jane Eyre was and immediate hit, Wuthering Heights was not. Both went on to become highly revered staples of English literature.
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Charlotte Bronte, author of Jane Eyre, was given a sliver of wood from the coffin Napoleon's remains was transported in back to France from her tutor, a man who it is speculated upon the character Mr. Rochester was based.
