Charlotte Brontë
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
In 1834, Charlotte Bronte, together with her brother Branwell, created the imaginary kingdom of Angria, about which she was to write prolifically for the next five years. The five "novelettes" in this volume are the last of her Angrian tales. Written from the viewpoint of the cynical, gossipy Charles Townshend, they offer an ironic portrait of the intrigues, scandals, and passions of an aristocratic beau monde. With their varied cast of characters,...
Author
Language
English
Description
"A delicious twist on a Gothic classic, Rachel Hawkins' The Wife Upstairs pairs Southern charm with atmospheric domestic suspense, perfect for fans of B.A. Paris and Megan Miranda. Meet Jane. Newly arrived to Birmingham, Alabama, Jane is a broke dog-walker in Thornfield Estates--a gated community full of McMansions, shiny SUVs, and bored housewives. The kind of place where no one will notice if Jane lifts the discarded tchotchkes and jewelry off the...
3) Rebecca
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again" So the second Mrs. Maxim de Winter remembered the chilling events that led her down the turning drive past the beeches to the gray stone manse on the Cornish coast. With a husband she barely knew, the young bride arrived at this immense estate, only to be inexorably drawn into the life of the first Mrs. de Winter, the beautiful Rebecca, dead but never forgotten, her suite of rooms never touched, her...
Author
Series
The Lady Janies volume 2
Language
English
Description
You may think you know the story. Penniless orphan Jane Eyre begins a new life as a governess at Thornfield Hall, where she meets one dark, brooding Mr. Rochester--and, Reader, she marries him. Or does she? Prepare for an adventure of Gothic proportions, in which all is not as it seems, a certain gentleman is hiding more than skeletons in his closets, and orphan Jane Eyre, aspiring author Charlotte Bronte, and supernatural investigator Alexander Blackwood...
Author
Series
Mother-daughter book club volume 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
As the Mother-Daughter Book Club reads Jane Eyre, the girls and some of their mothers are involved in some serious competitions, Becca finds romance when the Wyoming pen pals come for a visit, and a wedding brings the British Berkeley brothers and even Stinkerbelle to Concord.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Two hundred years after a supervolcano causes an ice age that makes earth uninhabitable, seventeen-year-old Stella Ainsley quits her engineering job on an old space ship to accept a position as governess on the Rochester, a private space ship orbiting the moon. As she falls in love with the ship's brooding and reclusive captain and slowly befriends the secretive crew, Stella uncovers a plot that threatens the entire interstellar fleet.
Author
Publisher
Perfectly Proper Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Yorkshire, 1843. When disgraced former schoolmaster John Eyre arrives at Thornfield Hall to take up a position as tutor to two peculiar young boys, he enters a world unlike any he's ever known. Darkness abounds, punctuated by odd bumps in the night, strange creatures on the moor, and a sinister silver mist that never seems to dissipate. And at the center of it all, John's new employer--a widow as alluring as she is mysterious. Sixteen months earlier,...
11) Jenna starborn
Author
Publisher
Ace
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
From the award-winning author of the Samaria trilogy-a classic story of a woman with the will to rise above the darkest secrets... A baby harvested from the gen-tanks on the planet Baldus. A girl scorned by the only family she has ever known. A woman brave enough to follow her heart-wherever in the universe it may lead her.
12) Mr. Rochester
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
On his eighth birthday, Edward Rochester is banished from his beloved Thornfield Hall to learn his place in life. His journey eventually takes him to Jamaica where, as a young man, he becomes entangled with an enticing heiress and makes a choice that will haunt him. It is only when he finally returns home and encounters one stubborn, plain, young governess, that Edward can see any chance of redemption - and love.
13) Jane Eyre
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Part one: Ten-year-old orphan Jane Eyre leaves the inhospitable home of her Aunt Reed for Lowood, a charity school. Though school life proves harsh as well, Jane finds an outlet there for her keen intelligence. She leaves Lowood to become governess at Thornfield, the grand house of the absent Mr. Rochester.
Part two: Jane discovers that the prickly fallen horseman she helped on the road is none other than the master of the house. She thinks him even...
14) Jane Eyre
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003?]
Language
English
Description
The harshly treated orphan girl, Jane Eyre, becomes a governess in a mysterious Yorkshire mansion and falls in love with the master of the house.
15) Jane Eyre
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
English
Description
Charlotte Bronte's story of an orphan who grows up to become governess of a mansion, and who carries a tormented love for a man named Mr. Rochester.
16) Jane Eyre
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2007.
Language
English
Description
Friendless, orphaned Jane Eyre takes a job as governess to a lively French girl. In time, she finds herself in love with the child's guardian. When she saves him from a fire, she finds that there are many secrets to learn that could destroy her happiness.
17) Jane Eyre
Author
Series
Publisher
Udon Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
In early nineteenth-century England, an orphaned young woman accepts employment as a governess at Thornfield Hall, a country estate owned by the mysteriously remote Mr. Rochester.
18) Jane Eyre
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2011.
Language
English
Description
When orphaned governess Jane Eyre arrives at imposing Thornfield Hall, she's intrigued by her brooding, wealthy employer, Rochester. His dark moods and the strange occurrences in the house lead her to discover a terrible secret that he had hoped to hide from her forever.
20) Jane Eyre
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
c1997.
Language
English
Description
A passionate young woman takes a job at Thornfield, an old house with a moody master and a demented third-floor tenant.