by Charlotte Brontë (1816 - 1855)
The Real World Was Wide
Language: English
I remembered that the real world was wide, and that a varied field of hopes and fears, of sensations and excitements, awaited those who had courage to go forth into its expanse, to seek real knowledge of life amidst its perils. I went to my window, opened it, and looked out.
In: Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, Chapter X
Text Authorship:
- by Charlotte Brontë (1816 - 1855), appears in Jane Eyre [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ayrian Norman (b. 1991), "The Real World Was Wide", copyright © 2025 [ ssa chorus or satb chorus and piano ], from Brontë Trilogy, no. 2, Heritage Music Press
Publisher: The Lorenz Corporation [external link] [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2026-10-19
Line count: 5
Word count: 51