Jane Eyre A romance

Jane Eyre: A romance? Usually Jane Eyre is thought of as a romance novel, however in how many novels that are categorized as romance do you find a woman as the heroine? Jane has to go through many hardships in her life to accomplish the tasks that would ultimately make this story out to be a “typical romance”. In order to consider this novel a “romance” one would have to be able to look past …

…find on supermarket shelves today. Yet to most is considered a romance. As a reader of this novel it is hard to classify Jane Eyre with the books that have Fabio and other scantily clad men adorning the covers. Jane Eyre is a classic, a book that has captivated readers for over a hundred years, and is not likely to be found among supermarket shelves next to a story of heaving breasts and muscular men.