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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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