The title of the 1979 book — written with Susan Gubar — refers to the fictional Bertha Mason, who was locked away in an isolated room by her husband in Charlotte Brontë’s 1847 novel “Jane ...
Above all, it’s a list of great characters, including Kazuo Ishiguro's loyal butler Stevens, in Remains of the Day, and Bertha Mason, Jane Eyre’s 'madwoman in the attic', given a voice at last ...
In the novel, Jane is the main character but others include Helen Burns, Edward Rochester, St John Rivers and Bertha Mason.