Jane Eyre is a movie directed by Robert Young in 1997 and based on the book of the same name by Charlotte Brontë, first published in 1847. The movie features Deborah Findlay, Laura Harling, Joanna Scanlan, Ben Sowden, Barbara Keogh, David Gant, and others.
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Storyline
Jane Eyre is an orphan cast out as a young girl by her aunt, Mrs. Reed, and sent to be raised in a harsh charity school for girls. There she learns to become a teacher and eventually seeks employment outside of the school. Her advertisement is answered by the housekeeper of Thornfield Hall, Mrs. Fairfax.
Movie vs Book
Year
1997
Minutes
108
Movie Rate
7.00
Source: IMDb
Year
1847
Pages
590
Book Rate
8.26
S: Goodreads
Book
Jane Eyre
Author: Charlotte Brontë
Country: UK
First published in: 1847
Length: 590 pages
Genre: Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Edward José
Movie by Hugo Ballin
Movie by Christy Cabanne
Movie by Robert Stevenson
Movie by Delbert Mann
TV Mini-Series by Joan Craft
TV Mini-Series by Julian Amyes
Movie by Franco Zeffirelli
TV Mini-Series by Susanna White
Movie by Cary Joji Fukunaga
User polls & recommendations
“A movie is not a book. If the source material is a book, you cannot be too respectful of the book. All you owe to the book is the spirit.”
GRAHAM GREENE (Writer)
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