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Violence
A lot
Murders committed by the protagonist; some graphic violence
Language
Some
Some strong language; Victorian register
Sexual Content
Some
Adult content; a Victorian governess's situation involves power dynamics
Substance Use
Barely any
Some period drinking
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Psychological complexity of a killer who is also a heroine; the novel plays with our comfort reading through her eyes
What this book is about
Jane Steele is a girl who has read Jane Eyre many times and identified with it deeply — even though Jane Eyre did not murder anyone, and Jane Steele has. Working as a governess at Thornfield House (yes, that one), she must determine whether her employer is the villain she suspects or something more complicated. Faye's dark Victorian mystery is brilliant in its inversion of the source material.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Murder as protagonist's action throughout
Adult content
Dark inversion of Jane Eyre
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