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... Jane does not ' enjoy a complete , unreal triumph ' ; she is left with a half - blind husband . It would indeed be absurd to condemn Jane Eyre ... Jane's triumph in the battle of the sexes . Synopsize it , and the story of Jane Eyre ...
... Jane does not ' enjoy a complete , unreal triumph ' ; she is left with a half - blind husband . It would indeed be absurd to condemn Jane Eyre ... Jane's triumph in the battle of the sexes . Synopsize it , and the story of Jane Eyre ...
Page 181
... Jane finds Rochester and marries him . He partially recovers his sight , and they have a child . Jane Eyre is as absurd in its own way as The Castle of Otranto or anything in Mrs Radcliffe . Yet to describe it simply as a wish ...
... Jane finds Rochester and marries him . He partially recovers his sight , and they have a child . Jane Eyre is as absurd in its own way as The Castle of Otranto or anything in Mrs Radcliffe . Yet to describe it simply as a wish ...
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... Jane Eyre , doubtless because Charlotte Brontė was so closely following actual occurrences in her own life . The pupil - master relationship she bore to M. Heger in Brussels is reproduced in that between Lucy and M. Paul Emanuel , and ...
... Jane Eyre , doubtless because Charlotte Brontė was so closely following actual occurrences in her own life . The pupil - master relationship she bore to M. Heger in Brussels is reproduced in that between Lucy and M. Paul Emanuel , and ...
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