Episode 320: "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë, Ch. 6-12
The Literary Life Podcast
Angelina Stanford
4.7 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2026
⏱️ 95 minutes
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Summary
On today's episode of The Literary Life Podcast with Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks, we continue our series on Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. Before jumping into chapters 6-12, Angelina and Thomas re-cap chapter 5 so that they can keep the entire Lowood School storyline together. They discuss the character of Helen and how she mirrors Jane, as well as the images of fire and ice throughout this book. In looking at the character of Miss Temple, they also highlight her as the picture of a well-ordered person. When Jane arrives at Thornfield, we find more fairy tale and Gothic novel elements, specifically the reference to the story of Bluebeard. Finally, when Mr. Rochester is introduced, Angelina shares some thoughts on the medieval understanding of the soul and the passions.
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| 0:00.0 | This is not just another book chat podcast. |
| 0:21.6 | Lifelong reader Cindy Rollins joins teachers Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks for an ongoing conversation about the skill and art of reading well. |
| 0:32.6 | Explore the lost intellectual tradition and discover how to fully enter end to the great works of literature. |
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| 1:02.2 | reality. Join us for an ever-unfolding discussion of how stories will save the world. |
| 1:09.7 | This is the Literary Life Podcast. |
| 1:12.6 | Hello and welcome back to the Literary Life podcast. |
| 1:31.1 | I'm Angelina Stanford, and with me is the man who is not Mr. Brocklehurst. |
| 1:36.0 | No, no. |
| 1:37.3 | You're not the mysterious Mr. Brocklehurst. |
| 1:39.1 | Innocent on that count, I think. |
| 1:40.6 | You're a different, Mr. B. |
| 1:41.9 | Yes. |
| 1:42.7 | Okay. |
| 1:43.9 | Also, not Mr. Bennett. Mm-mm. Also, not the Pamela, Mr. B. No. We don't have to pursue this line of thought too far. It's Angelina and the Mysterious Mr. Banks, and we are here, as you guessed correctly, talking about Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Today we're going to, well, technically we're |
| 2:01.8 | supposed to cover chapter 6 through 12, but we're going to start back with chapter 5 so we can |
| 2:06.8 | cover the entire Lowood section as one hole and then get us to the entrance of Mr. |
| 2:15.6 | Rochester at the end of chapter 12. So we'll be covering all of those chapters |
| 2:20.1 | today. And before we get started, I just have to give a tremendous shout out to the to the |
| 2:27.8 | Patreon. You guys, I am so ridiculously proud of you all. |
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