But all through the book, Jane refuses to smile. That isn't to say that she's never happy (although you wouldn't be super chipper, either, if you were an orphan forced to go to an evil school where ...

When one hears “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Bronte, and then sees the size of the novel, the first thought of most students is “just another assigned school read.” Yet, unlike most school books, “Jane ...

The first time I read Jane Eyre, I hated it. I was in sixth grade, and all I can remember thinking is, “Why does this character continuously mention how she’s not beautiful?” Years later, I decided to ...

Lyndsay Faye isn't worried that her new book, "Jane Steele," a satire of "Jane Eyre," will offend fans of the latter book. "I ... love 'Jane Eyre' so much it oozes out of my pores. The entire ...

I was hooked by “Jane Steele” when I first heard the premise: a retelling of Charlotte Bronte’s “Jane Eyre,” with the heroine as a serial killer. Beyond that, I wasn’t sure how the book would actually ...

At the time the book came out, readers were shocked on several fronts. For one, Jane was essentially a radical feminist. She was an orphan with no family, no money, and no good looks (probably the ...

(CBS News) A stubble-cheeked Romeo with Juliet in a tank top? A bodice-ripping Jane Eyre? A "Dracula" cover with rivulets of red ink dripping like blood? Don't laugh. These are some of the ways ...

Next to my bed, beside the tweezers, is a copy of Jane Eyre. I cannot sleep more than a twitch away from Charlotte Bronte's novel — and neither, dear reader, should you. When the BBC1 aired its new ...

Three-fourths thriller and one part reimagined classic, “The Wife Upstairs” is a feisty Southern charmer that’s twisty enough to make dinners late in kitchens everywhere. Taking plot and character ...

"Jane Eyre" opens March 16 at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. But forget sweeping vistas of English moors and ornate Gothic mansions; this is not, according to the director and cast, "your grandma's ...