ISBN: 978-1-906332-08-2
Author: Charlotte Bronte
Website: Wikipedia Entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Bront%C3%AB
Adapted By: Amy Corzine http://www.amycorzine.350.com/
Adapted By: Joe Sutliff Sanders (No Adapter Website)
Illustrated By: John M. Burns
Website: No Illustrator Website
Media Used: Watercolor
Summary: As an orphan Jane Eyre’s childhood was difficult. But as she grows Eyre perseveres and becomes a governess at Thornfield where she meets Mister Rochester and quickly falls in love for him. But Mister Rochester has many secrets.
Personal Reaction (provided by D. Reynolds): This quick text American English version of Charlotte Bronte’s novel allows readers a chance to learn the basic plot points of “Jane Eyre.” Readers come to understand the actions of the characters and how the novel was set up. This graphic novel is good for reluctant readers who may be intimidated by the vocabulary used in the original “Jane Eyre” or for those who have read the novel before and would like to remember the major plot points. The history of Bronte at the beginning of the graphic novel helps readers to understand how she was inspired to write her novels. The character portraits are also useful to remember the characters names and their personalities. The watercolor illustrations helps to set the scene of early 19th century England, there is an age to the images allowing readers to visually understand how old the story they are reading. There was rawness by not coloring the characters fully at certain points. It made the illustrations feel like a memory of Jane Eyre who enjoyed drawing and wanted to tell her story in that format.
"The Classics Revisited" Group Project - Check out our group's presentation of this and other literary classic graphic novel adaptations that we have suggested for high school students.
Fiction in Graphic Novel Format
Fiction in Graphic Novel Format
Curricular Connection: Grade 12 English
The quick text version can be used as a type of Spark Notes after students read the novel to understand the main parts of the novel. Also the fact that the text in the graphic novel is written in American English makes it easier for students to understand certain points where students had difficultly with the original text.
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