The Function of Fictional Lives: A Study of Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre from Publication to the Present
Open AccessAs a novel that is considered a “classic,” Jane Eyre: An Autobiography has influenced various authors to create off shoots to expand upon or explain some deficiencies or areas of continued interest. For example, Jean Rhys constructs a novel Wide Sargasso Sea to address Bertha’s silenced character. She gives Bertha a voice, a chance to share her own story. With renditions such as this prequel, authors are using Brontë’s novel to work through issues of current social interest, bringing a novel that is 173 years old forward through time to interact with those present in the current society. The ability of this novel to spark subsequent interest strong enough to prompt other authors to create current interpretation of small sections of the novel, but never one that encompasses the entire novel. Brontë is also able, it seems, to anticipate the critiques that the novel will receive and how it will be a culturally relevant text for many generations to come.
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