Rivers family home

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The Rivers family home is the modest rural residence in Charlotte Brontë’s "Jane Eyre" where Jane finds refuge and forms close bonds with her cousins, the Rivers siblings.

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Rivers family home canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional house
literary location
appearsIn Jane Eyre
associatedWithTheme family
female friendship
kinship
moral duty
spiritual vocation
atmosphere austere but kind
contrastedWith Gateshead Hall
Thornfield Hall
createdBy Charlotte Brontë
describedAs modest
plain but comfortable
rural
firstVisitedByJaneWhen Jane Eyre flees Thornfield Hall
functionInPlot location where Jane recovers from exhaustion and near-starvation
place of refuge for Jane Eyre
place where Jane discovers her kinship with the Rivers family
place where Jane learns of her inheritance
setting where Jane forms close bonds with the Rivers siblings
literaryFunction counterpoint to the wealth and passion of Thornfield Hall
symbol of moral integrity and simplicity
locatedInCountry England
locatedInFictionalRegion Moor House
Whitcross district
narratedBy Jane Eyre (first-person narrator)
linked to: Jane Eyre
nearbyLandscape bleak moorland
nearbySettlement Whitcross
occupiedBy Diana Rivers
Mary Rivers
St. John Rivers
ownedBy Rivers family
settingOfEventsInChapter Jane Eyre second volume later chapters
timePeriodOfFictionalSetting early 19th century
visitedBy Jane Eyre

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Morton (Jane Eyre) hasBuilding Rivers family home
subject linked to: Morton in Jane Eyre