Moor House

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Moor House is the rural home of the Rivers family in Charlotte Brontë’s novel "Jane Eyre," where the heroine finds refuge, kinship, and a new phase of independence.

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Moor House canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional house ⓘ
literary location ⓘ
appearsIn Jane Eyre ⓘ
associatedWithCharacterArcOf Jane Eyre ⓘ
St. John Rivers ⓘ
associatedWithNearby St. John’s parish in Morton ⓘ
associatedWithOccupationOf clergyman (St. John Rivers) ⓘ
associatedWithTheme female autonomy ⓘ
independence ⓘ
kinship ⓘ
contrastedWith Gateshead Hall ⓘ
Lowood School ⓘ
Thornfield Hall ⓘ
countryInFiction England ⓘ
createdBy Charlotte Brontë ⓘ
describedAs austere ⓘ
plain ⓘ
rural ⓘ
firstAppearsIn Jane Eyre, Volume 3 ⓘ
linked to: Jane Eyre
inhabitedBy Diana Rivers ⓘ
Mary Rivers ⓘ
St. John Rivers ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
laterInheritedBy Diana Rivers ⓘ
Mary Rivers ⓘ
literaryGenreContext Victorian novel ⓘ
locatedInFictional northern England ⓘ
locatedOn the moors ⓘ
narrativeFunction contrast to Thornfield Hall ⓘ
place of recovery for Jane Eyre ⓘ
setting for Jane’s discovery of her cousins ⓘ
setting for Jane’s inheritance revelation ⓘ
nearToFictional Morton ⓘ
Whitcross ⓘ
ownedBy Rivers family ⓘ
ownedByInPlot St. John Rivers’s uncle (deceased) ⓘ
providesEmploymentTo Jane Eyre as village schoolmistress (indirectly) ⓘ
providesRefugeFor Jane Eyre ⓘ
sceneOf Jane Eyre’s decision to refuse St. John ⓘ
Jane Eyre’s mystical hearing of Rochester’s voice ⓘ
St. John Rivers’s proposal to Jane Eyre ⓘ
symbolizes family connection ⓘ
moral rigor ⓘ
spiritual testing ⓘ
timePeriodSetting early 19th century ⓘ
visitedBy Jane Eyre ⓘ
workPublicationYear 1847 ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

St. John Rivers → setting → Moor House ⓘ
Mary Rivers → residence → Moor House ⓘ
Hannah → firstAppearanceLocation → Moor House ⓘ
subject linked to: Hannah (the Rivers’ servant)
Diana Rivers → residence → Moor House ⓘ