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Jane Eyre

Jane, a plain and penniless orphan in nineteenth-century England, accepts employment as a governess at Thornfield Hall and soon finds herself in love with her melancholy employer, Mr. Edward Rochester, a man with a terrible secret.
Cover image of Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

When a penniless governess falls in love with the brooding master of Thornfield, she is unaware of the tragic events that will follow.
Cover image of Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

2016
A graphic novel adaptation of the classic story about Jane, a plain and penniless orphan in nineteenth-century England, accepts employment as a governess at Thornfield Hall and soon finds herself in love with her melancholy employer, Mr. Edward Rochester, a man with a terrible secret.

Waterland

A history teacher besieged by a personal crisis and the "phasing out" of his teaching job abandons his lessons to relate tales of Fenland and his family.

Jane Eyre

1962

The yellow wallpaper

2012
A young woman loses her mind after her husband forces her to spend her days in a room with strange wallpaper.

Jane Eyre

from the story by charlotte Bront? / retold by Anna Claybourne
2004
When orphaned governess Jane Eyre arrives at imposing Thornfield Hall, she's intrigued by her brooding, wealthy employer, Rochester. His dark moods and the strange occurrences in the house lead her to discover a terrible secret that he had hoped to hide from her forever.

The yellow wall-paper

1996
A woman who loses her sanity after her husband and doctor recommend she remains locked in a room with strange, yellow wallpaper while she recovers from postpartum depression.

A rose for Emily

1990
"As the sole survivor of a southern family, Emily Grierson maintains an aloof dignity from her neighbors, refusing even to pay taxes. Later, when she is jilted by a lover and becomes a recluse, the people of Jefferson are forgiving and protective of her. But when Emily dies, the townspeople learn the horrifying truth about the town's last belle"--T.p. verso.

Zelda Fitzgerald

her voice in paradise
2003
Chronicles the life of Zelda Fitzgerald, discussing how she transformed from the archetypal Southern belle to the first American flapper.

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