Premium Content Beauty and the Representation of Authenticity: Women in Jane Eyre
By Alison Anne Kuhns - October 26, 2001
In the novel Jane Eyre, author Charlotte Bronte places great importance on the appearance of her characters, repeatedly evaluating their attractiveness through narrative descriptions and dialogue. Her heroine, Jane, is mentioned countless times as plain, small and unpleasant looking. Jane's rival, Blanche Ingram, is described as the opposite; she…
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