Miss Jane and Miss Eyre: From student to teacher in Jane Eyre

The profession of the author : Abstraction , advertising , and Jane Eyre

A Comparison of Jane Eyre and the Harry Potter Books as Novels of Development

Although written during different centuries, both Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre and J.K Rowling’s Harry Potter books follow the protagonist’s journeys from childhood to adulthood, which is why they are both often described as novels of development. This essay therefore aims to compare the protagonists’ development, looking at the differences and similarities which can be found when analysing the...

Did the “Woman in the Attic” in Jane Eyre Have Huntington Disease?

BACKGROUND References to neurologic disorders are frequently found in fictional literature and may precede description in the medical literature. AIM Our aim was to compare Charlotte Brontë's depiction of Bertha Mason in Jane Eyre to the tenets set forth in George Huntington's original essay "On chorea" with the hypothesis that Mason was displaying features of Huntington disease. RESULTS Ch...

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Reviews Congenital absence of the portal vein—Case report and a review of literature (pages 750–758) Original Communications Three-dimensional morphometry of the A2 segment of the anterior cerebral artery with neurosurgical relevance (pages 759–769) Blood supply of the inferior turbinate and its clinical applications (pages 770–776) A cadaveric study of auricular lymphatics and implications for...

Recommendations from Jane Gitschier's Bookshelf

Today PLOS Genetics launches a new frontmatter feature, the ‘‘Deep Reads’’ column, celebrating books in the realm of genetics and, in today’s instance, beyond (Image 1). Kudos to our editorial colleague Susan Rosenberg for proposing the column’s clever name. While I’m the kickoff contributor, various members of the PLOS Genetics community will pen subsequent columns, hopefully annually. Over th...