Move Over, Jane Eyre
Move Over, Jane Eyre
Jo Lawrence
For lovers of Charlotte Bronte’s ‘Jane Eyre’...disease plunders a grim northern orphanage and Miss Temple is stuck in this story - until she’s not. Reader: she marries the excellent Reverend Nasmyth and with help from companion Nan Wilson, gets to write the pages of her own tale, an exorcism of the past and testimony of murder to come.
Chapter 4
Nan comes under scrutiny during a family soirée and meets enigmatic curate Ralph Munro. Maria has a plan to give her purpose and help her shrug off her condemnation by the doctor.
Dec 17, 2020
19 min
Chapter 3
Nan finds her role as governess means managing parental expectations carefully. Maria is alerted to her husband’s subterfuge as the doctor pays an unexpected visit.
Nov 11, 2020
29 min
Chapter 2
Nan meets the children she is to care for. Maria mourns the loss of Helen Burns and outlines her plans to lay her beloved pupil to rest with dignity.
Nov 5, 2020
20 min
Chapter 1
Nan travels north to meet Maria Temple - now Mrs Nasmyth. The future is bright...or so it seems. A secret diary might tell a different story.
Nov 4, 2020
18 min
The Beginning and the End
A murder. Or an accident?
Nov 3, 2020
4 min