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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

THE SECRET HISTORY OF ’JANE EYRE’: HOW CHARLOTTE BRONTE WROTE HER MASTERPIECE By John Pfordresher W.W. Norton, $26.95, 254 pages If I had read this admirable study by John Pfordresher, a professor of ...

Cary Joji Fukunaga captured the attention of the film world in 2009 with his first feature, "Sin Nombre," a gritty drama about Central American immigrants who risk their lives aboard freight trains ...