Book Crazy Wife Locked In Attic

The woman writer and the nineteenth century literary imagination is a 1979 book by sandra gilbert and susan gubar in which they examine victorian literature from a feminist perspective.

Book crazy wife locked in attic.

According to an article in the guardian the mad woman in the attic was actually based on a true story. In it jane eyre an orphan turned governess with a miserable childhood falls in love with her new boss mr. Bertha mason rochester s first wife was a beautiful creole woman from jamaica who rochester married years ago before she had a mental breakdown and. This video covers the plot of jane eyre a novel by charlotte brontë.

Bertha mason full name bertha antoinetta mason is a fictional character in charlotte brontë s 1847 novel jane eyre she is described as the violently insane first wife of edward rochester who moved her to thornfield hall and locked her in a room on the third floor. Gilbert and gubar draw their title from charlotte brontë s jane eyre in which rochester s wife née bertha mason is kept secretly locked in an attic apartment by her husband. Looks money a crazy wife locked up in the attic. The 1966 parallel novel wide sargasso sea by jean rhys serves as a prequel to brontë s novel.

Jane eyre by charlotte brontë. He has it all. Attic that inspired jane eyre s madwoman in the attic bertha open for public tours. What s a girl to do.