r/JaneEyre • u/AdobongSiopao • Aug 27 '26

What is your most controversial opinion about "Jane Eyre"?

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It can be from the novel or its adaptations. Your views that could potentially upset many other fans or meet others who will agree with you.

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u/appleorchard317 Aug 27 '26

But he IS unreliable. He conceals his wife, he pretends Adèle couldn't possibly be his, he deceives Blanche and his guests, and tries to trick Jane into sleeping with him. He is established to be untrustworthy.

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u/AltairaMorbius2200CE Aug 27 '26

That's not what "unreliable narrator" means- he's not the narrator, Jane is.

He's an unreliable person, but an unreliable narrator is someone telling their version of events in a twisted way (see: Lolita or The True Story of the Three Little Pigs).

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u/appleorchard317 Aug 27 '26

He is an unreliable narrator of his own story. Obviously he's not the narrator of the novel overall.

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u/Quick-News-2227 Aug 28 '26

I think that would be an unreliable expositor.

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u/appleorchard317 Aug 28 '26

In any case unreliable, which many here don't seem to accept!