{Jane Eyre}

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I'm teaching Jane Eyre in my Humanities class this semester. It's a great novel for students to read to elucidate social and gender relations in Victorian England... and we're also looking at it in relation to Neo-gothic architecture and medievalism (Ruskin, Horace Walpole & Strawberry Hill etc...)
I'm always struck by the dramatic weather and landscape as backdrop to the unfolding plot (although so very typical and apt for a gothic novel).
It always reminds me of visits to Yorkshire. One of my very good friends, Sylvie, has been living in Leeds & I've visited  her plenty in the last few years (check out blogs here & here).
We never made it to Brontë country proper, but we did visit nearby areas of Harrogate etc...:

{Yorkshire greens}

{Leeds Arcades}

{Yorkshire mists}

The various movie renditions of the novel have provided further visuals:

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{gorgeous orange walls lined with portraits from apartment therapy}

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{Hardon Hall  as Thornfield via hooked on houses}

inspiration:

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{19th c furniture via clark classical}

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{gorgeous photography by Ella K Sverdlov on Etsy}

{fantastic wall paper by zoffany}

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{Liberty of London swatch portraits from purlbee}

If you haven't picked up the book in a while, you must do a re-read!
xo
L