The Eyre Affair The Eyre Affair The Eyre Affair is the debut novel by English author Jasper Fforde, published by Hodder and Stoughton in 2001. It takes place in an alternative 1985, where literary detective Thursday Next pursues a master criminal through the world of Charlotte Brontë's "Jane Eyre". Fforde had received 76 rejections for earlier works before being accepted by a publisher. Critical reception of this novel was generally positive, remarking on its originality. In a parallel universe, England and Imperial Russia have fought the Crimean War for more than a century; England still has a parliamentary government, although heavily influenced by
Lowood, Queensland at the corner of Michel and Main Streets. Lowood has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: Lowood, Queensland Lowood is a town and locality in the Somerset Region in south-east Queensland, Australia. The town is on the Brisbane River, west of the state capital, Brisbane and north of Ipswich. In the 2011 census, Lowood had a population of 3,336 people. Lowood was established as the first terminus of the Brisbane Valley branch railway in 1884 and the town grew from the subdivision around the new station. The name is derived from the "low woods" of brigalow in the Lowood area,