Jane Eye (1847) is a classic novel by Charlotte Bronte.

An orphaned 10-year-old, Jane is living with the Reed family who dislike her. She is later sent to a charity school where she is mistreated, but where she also excels.

In this The Conversation article, PhD candidate Chloe Riley wonders whether Jane can be read as autistic. This, Riley discovered, is not a new reading of Jane Eyre, with literary studies scholar Julia Miele Rodas first discussing the possibility in 2008.

Riley has also pointed out that “other forms of “neurodivergence”…from ADHD to complex trauma, mental illness and disability” have also been explored.