21 Reasons Why Jane Eyre Is The Most Revolutionary Literary Heroine Of All Time

In honor of Charlotte Brontë’s 198th birthday.

Charlotte Brontë "rejected the convention of the beautiful heroine" and wanted to write a more relatable female protagonist.

Charlotte Brontë "rejected the convention of the beautiful heroine" and wanted to write a more relatable female protagonist.

While writing the novel, she stated: "I will show you a heroine as plain and as small as myself."

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