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John Abbott, Orson Welles, and Joan Fontaine in a black-and-white scene from the 1943 film Jane Eyre, with Fontaine in a bridal veil and gown beside stone walls.
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Jane Eyre

film by Stevenson [1943]
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John Abbott, Orson Welles, and Joan Fontaine in a black-and-white scene from the 1943 film Jane Eyre, with Fontaine in a bridal veil and gown beside stone walls.
Jane Eyre (From left) John Abbott, Orson Welles, and Joan Fontaine in Jane Eyre (1943), directed by Robert Stevenson.

The 1943 film Jane Eyre, directed by Robert Stevenson, is an adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's classic novel. The story follows Jane Eyre, an orphaned girl who endures a harsh childhood and austere schooling before becoming a governess at Thornfield Hall. There, she falls in love with her brooding employer, Edward Rochester. Their romance is complicated by the revelation that Rochester is already married to Bertha Mason, a woman confined to the attic due to her mental instability. Jane flees but eventually returns to find Thornfield Hall destroyed by fire, set by Bertha, who dies in the blaze. Rochester is blinded in the fire, and Jane marries him. The novel and its adaptations are noted for their realistic portrayal of a woman's inner life and struggles, blending elements of moral realism and the Gothic tradition. The 1943 film starred Joan Fontaine as Jane and Orson Welles as Rochester.12

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