Jane Steele, the character, is not a new version of Bronte's Jane. Faye's Jane does live in Victorian times, is orphaned, is sent to a girls' school with a sadistic headmaster, does become a governess, does meet up with a brooding hero, but that's where the similarities end. ― Lyndsay Faye, Jane Steele. 3 likes. Like “But I will be a beautiful disaster.” ― Lyndsay Faye, Jane Steele. tags: beautiful, beauty, disaster, meloncholy. 3 likes. Like “A word of advice: Do not ever kill for love, or you will find yourself tethered, staked to the ground when your cleanest instincts require you to run for your life. Jane Steele seeks retribution and redemption in Faye's latest novel, an homage to Jane Eyre. By the time she's 24 and an undercover governess at her ancestral home, Jane is well acquainted with death.
By Lyndsay Faye. Visual indication that the title is an audiobook. Listen to a Sample. Sign up to save your library Jane Steele suffers first at the hands of her spiteful aunt and predatory cousin, then at a grim school where she fights for her very life until escaping to London, leaving the corpses of her tormentors behind her. JANE STEELE is a brilliant Gothic retelling of JANE EYRE from Edgar-nominated Lyndsay Faye, for fans of LONGBOURN and PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES. 'I loved it' - Elly Griffiths. ** JANE STEELE HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR AN EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL ** Like the heroine of the novel she adores, Jane Steele suffers cruelly at the hands of. Jane Steele has been nominated for an Edgar Award for Best Novel Like the heroine of the novel she adores, Jane Steele suffers cruelly at the hands of her aunt and schoolmaster. And like Jane Eyre, they call her wicked - but in her case, she fears the accusation is true. When she flees, she leaves behind the corpses of her tormentors.
Jane Steele is a nine-year-old living in a cottage with her French mother on the grounds of the family estate, Highgate House. Her odious aunt Patience and cousin Edwin live in the main house, though Jane’s widowed mother tells her that the house and estate really belong to Jane. Jane Steel by Lyndsay Faye is a G. P. Putnam’s Sons publication. There are only a few times in my life when I’ve honestly felt as though an author sat down and penned a book just for me. This is one of those times. Jane Steele seeks retribution and redemption in Faye's latest novel, an homage to Jane Eyre. By the time she's 24 and an undercover governess at her ancestral home, Jane is well acquainted with death.
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