'Your Equal at Eighteen': Jane Eyre's Mission to Young Victorian Women
32 Pages Posted: 5 Oct 2012
Date Written: August 18, 2007
Abstract
I argue that Rochester, Brocklehurst, and St. John are preachers sent to catechize Jane Eyre. The only preacher that can persuade a young woman not to do harm is her man.
Keywords: Jane Eyre, Victorian morality, missions
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Glynn, Alexandra, 'Your Equal at Eighteen': Jane Eyre's Mission to Young Victorian Women (August 18, 2007). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2157000 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2157000
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