'Jane Eyre' is a novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published on 16 October 1847, by Smith, Elder & Co. of London, England, under the pen name "Currer Bell". The first American edition was published the following year by Harper & Brothers of New York.

The novel has been adapted into a film on more than 10 occasions as shown below:

1910: Black and white silent film directed by Theodore Marston

1914: Black and white silent film directed by Frank Hall Crane

1914: Black and white silent film directed by Martin Faust

1915: Black and white silent film directed by Travers Vale

1918: Black and white silent film released called Woman and Wife, directed by Edward José

1921: Black and white silent film directed by Hugo Ballin

1934: Black and white film directed by Christy Cabanne

1944: Black and white film directed by Robert Stevenson

1970: First Colour adaptation of Jane Eyre. TV-film directed by Delbert Mann

1996: Film directed by Franco Zeffirelli

1997: TV adaptation directed by Robert Young

2011: Film directed by Cary Fukunaga

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