Rewriting Jane Eyre: The Avenging 'Angel in the House' in Michael Faber's The Crimson Petal and the White
Erin Nyborg draws parallels between Michael Faber's 2002 novel The Crimson Petal and the White and Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre.
She argues that Faber has appropriated narrative elements in order to rewrite the ending of Jane Eyre, already a feminist classic, in explicitly feminist terms.
Date Published:
18 July 2012
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Contributors:
Erin Nyborg
In Collection(s):
Charlotte Brontë
Keywords:
contemporary fiction, neo-victorian, Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte, Feminism, #greatwriters
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Rewriting Jane Eyre: The Avenging 'Angel in the House' in Michael Faber's The Crimson Petal and the White by Charlotte Brontë at https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/ via https://dev.writersinspire.it.ox.ac.uk/content/rewriting-jane-eyre-avenging-angel-house-michael-fabers-crimson-petal-white. Published on 18 July 2012. Accessed on 09 May 2026.
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