Genre: Romance, Fiction with gothic elements (death, suicide, supernatural occurrences, vampyre), buildingsroman (follows Jane Eyre as she grows up from childhood into adulthood).
The story is written in prose, in a style that is much like spoken language in style.

Internetland, and Eric Jacobsen. Jane Eyre. Book Cover Archive, 2016, http://bookcoverarchive.com/book/jane_eyre/. Accessed 11 Dec. 2016.