“He threw himself down on a swell of heath and lay there still” · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: “He threw himself down on a swell of heath and lay there still”
Subject: fictional works; Fictitious characters; Brontë family; Missionaries in literature; Missionaries; Fiction; Correspondence; Letter writing; Marriage in literature; Marriage customs and rites in literature
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: Mr. Rivers was planning on going to India as a missionary the year after Jane arrived at Moor House. He asked Jane to come with him and marry him. Jane said she would go with him to India, but she refused to marry him. When she initially rejected him, he went and laid down in the grass near Jane, waiting for her to change her mind. He asked Jane several times, but she rejected him every time. When she returned to Mr. Rochester, Mr. Rivers left for India and died there. Jane and Mr. Rivers continued their correspondence until his death.
Image Creator: Frederick Henry Townsend (engraver)
Type: StillImage; woodcut
Identifier: mta:24786
Language: eng
Source Name: Jane Eyre; An Autobiography
Parent Collection: "Jane Eyre; An Autobiography" by Charlotte Brontë. Woodcuts by Frederick Henry Townsend (1897); "Jane Eyre; An Autobiography" by Charlotte Brontë. Woodcuts by Frederick Henry Townsend (1897)
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Collection: Jane Eyre
Subject: fictional works; Fictitious characters; Brontë family; Missionaries in literature; Missionaries; Fiction; Correspondence; Letter writing; Marriage in literature; Marriage customs and rites in literature

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