The bride is about a foot tall, has a long, flowing mane the color of cornsilk and wears a placid smile. She is made of porcelain and is draped head to toe in a lace wedding dress and sweeping veil.

Filmmakers have always been drawn to Charlotte Bronte’s smoldering Gothic romance “Jane Eyre” — and the feted English director Susanna White is no exception. Having just completed work on a lengthy ...

To stage “Jane Eyre” is to take fate in your hands. There are countless former 12-year-old-girl readers out there who don’t want their specific memories of Charlotte Bronte’s novel tarnished. And ...

Patricia Park's novel, Re Jane, is a retelling of Charlotte Bronte's classic Jane Eyre set in modern-day New York and South Korea. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with author Jean Kwok about Park's novel.