Jane Eyre

The novel and the quote above were written in 1847 during the Victorian period in Britain by a woman writer who published her work under the pseudonym of Currer Bell. Why did she publish her work that way?

You are about to travel back in time to a world very different from the one we live in today.

You will have to organize your tasks and form groups of four/ six students to find out how living in the Victorian England was. Each group will eventually share what they have learned about this period.

Group 1 Victorian Era: general overview

Group 2 Industrial Revolution and scientific progress

Group 3 The British Empire: general overview

Group 4 Education and schools in Victorian Age

Group 5 Victorian society and class: general overview
Group 6 Victorian society: women's roles
Group 7  Victorian literature: Charlotte Brontë & other writers

Make a poster, a powerpoint, a glogster, thinglink , Powtoon, Genial.ly, or choose another interactive tool to present your findings. Send me your final product before presenting to the class.

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A timeless classic, also a critique of Victorian assumptions about gender and social class, is now commonly accepted in the canon of English literature and widely studied in secondary schools. Not surprisingly, Jane Eyre became one of the most successful novels of its era, both critically and commercially.

The novel has been adapted into a number of other forms, including theatre, film, television - and at least two full-length operas.