A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

EYRE

Sat, 12 Jul '25
Jane who says "Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation"
Fri, 9 May '25
Title heroine who says "I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will; which I now exert to leave you"
Sat, 8 Mar '25
Orphan of Brit lit
Thu, 7 Nov '24
Thornfield Hall governess
Mon, 7 Aug '23
Literary heroine Jane
Sat, 13 May '23
Orphan of British literature
Fri, 28 Apr '23
Lover of Rochester, in fiction
Fri, 31 Mar '23
___ Square, rhyming attraction in the city center of Galway, Ireland
Sat, 25 Feb '23
Fictional student of the Lowood School
Thu, 2 Feb '23
Literary heroine Jane
Sat, 3 Dec '22
Orphan of British literature
Mon, 8 Nov '21
Brontë's Jane
Mon, 24 May '21
Brontë's "Jane ___"
Thu, 1 Apr '21
Literary character who says "I will be myself" to Mr. Rochester
Mon, 11 Jan '21
Brontë's "Jane ___"