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This is a selection of some Jane Eyre derivatives that have appeared recently, probably AI-produced
by Bill Tarino
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0FTQVG41K
October 2025

A ravaged manor. A voice across the moor. A love that refuses to be buried.
Thornfield Reborn is a luminous, modern-read retelling of Charlotte Brontë’s classic. It keeps the heart of the story you love while reshaping the journey with clean, contemporary prose and purposeful pacing.
After a life of hard lessons, Jane accepts a post at Thornfield and finds more than work. She finds respect, belonging, and a man who meets her as an equal. But secrets surface, the wedding halts, and a midnight blaze erases the future she almost held. Alone on the moor, Jane builds new purpose in a hard, honest village where work matters and kindness counts. Then a voice carries her name across miles of heather, drawing her to a secluded lodge deep in the ferns. There, a humbler house and a
wounded man offer the chance to choose love with clear eyes.
by Nora R. Wild
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0FTXL3KR4
October 2025

A timeless story, reimagined for today.
Love. Freedom. Pain. And the courage to live on your own terms.
Jane Eyre is not your average young woman.
She wasn’t in the 19th century—and she certainly isn’t in 2025.
Orphaned, defiant, and quietly burning with the need to belong, Jane survives a childhood of neglect in the suburban shadows of Atlanta. Raised in a house where she’s barely tolerated, she clings to her wit and stubborn will like armor.
But fate is not finished testing her.
Sent to a strict religious boarding school for disadvantaged girls, Jane must navigate a world of cold rules and harsh punishments. And yet, even here, she finds light: in Helen, a friend who teaches her gentleness without weakness, and in Miss Temple, a mentor who shows her how to resist without losing herself.
Years later, Jane becomes a governess at the mysterious Thornfield Hall, deep in the forests of North Carolina.
There she meets Adèle, a curious French girl... and Edward Rochester—her brooding, brilliant, and broken employer.
by Prince Penman
ASIN: B0FXV3291N
October 2025

In a world where every click curates a persona, Jane Penman dares to log off. A digital strategist ensnared by the glittering, treacherous web of social media, Jane’s rebellion begins with a viral blog exposing her influencer family’s hypocrisy, landing her in the stark Lowood academy. There, she hones her coding skills, only to be drawn into the orbit of Edward Rochester, a brooding tech mogul whose smart-home empire, Thornfield Labs, hides a secret: his first wife, Bertha, a brilliant but unstable digital artist locked in an encrypted server. As Jane and Rochester’s unfiltered connection deepens through late-night encrypted chats, a catastrophic livestream unmasks his past, shattering her curated future. Fleeing to the analog moors, Jane deletes her digital identity, embracing poverty and solitude until the Rivers siblings offer her purpose—a chance to code for global good. Yet, a ghostly pull leads her back to a humbled Rochester, living unplugged in a cottage reclaimed by nature. Jane Eyre: A Modern Retelling reimagines Brontë’s classic as a gothic romance and tech-noir odyssey, blending speculative fiction, feminist dystopia, and literary science fiction. For readers seeking Jane Eyre retellings, digital identity tales, or modern love stories, this haunting narrative of independence and authenticity resonates like a heartbeat in the noise of the digital age.

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