Gateshead Hall

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Gateshead Hall is the grand, oppressive country house in Charlotte Brontë’s "Jane Eyre" where the orphaned Jane spends her unhappy childhood with her aunt, Mrs. Reed.

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Gateshead Hall canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional country house
fictional location
appearsIn Jane Eyre
associatedWith Jane Eyre's childhood memories
Reed family
contains red-room
countryOfOriginOfWork United Kingdom
createdBy Charlotte Brontë
describedAs grand
oppressive
firstAppearsInChapter 1
genreContext Victorian novel
inhabitedBy Eliza Reed
Georgiana Reed
John Reed
Mrs. Reed
literaryWorkTypeContext Bildungsroman
locatedInFictional England
medium novel
narrativeFunction contrast to later settings like Lowood and Thornfield
origin of Jane Eyre's trauma
ownedBy Mrs. Reed
sceneOf Jane Eyre's early abuse
Jane Eyre's punishment in the red-room
settingFor Jane Eyre's childhood
symbolizes emotional imprisonment
oppression
social exclusion
timePeriodDepicted early 19th century
visitedBy Jane Eyre
Mr. Brocklehurst
Mr. Lloyd

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Mrs. Reed residesAt Gateshead Hall
Mrs. Reed diesIn Gateshead Hall
Rivers family home contrastedWith Gateshead Hall
Moor House contrastedWith Gateshead Hall
Sarah Reed residesAt Gateshead Hall
Eliza Reed residesAt Gateshead Hall
Eliza Reed raisedAt Gateshead Hall
Eliza Reed firstAppearsAt Gateshead Hall
Georgiana Reed residence Gateshead Hall