▁of ▁Jane ▁E y re , ▁of ▁which ▁she ▁strongly ▁disapp ro ved . ▁She ▁disput ed ▁the ▁mor ality ▁of ▁the ▁novel , ▁writing ▁that ▁‘ the ▁popular ity ▁of ▁Jane ▁E y re ▁is ▁a ▁proof ▁how ▁deeply ▁the ▁love ▁for ▁il leg it imate ▁rom ance ▁is ▁impl anted ▁in ▁our ▁nature ’ ▁and ▁summar ising ▁with ▁‘ It ▁is ▁a ▁very ▁remarkable ▁book : ▁we ▁have ▁no ▁rem emb rance ▁of ▁another ▁combining ▁such ▁genu ine ▁power ▁with ▁such ▁hor rid ▁taste ’ . ▁She ▁is ▁also ▁known ▁for ▁her ▁attacks ▁on ▁John ▁Rus kin , ▁assumed ▁to ▁be ▁linked ▁to ▁her ▁role ▁as ▁conf id ante ▁to ▁his ▁est r anged ▁wife , ▁E ff ie ▁Gray . ▁According ▁to ▁historian ▁Ros em ary ▁Mitchell , ▁however , ▁her ▁work ▁as ▁art ▁historian ▁and ▁writer ▁was ▁significant ▁and ▁original . ▁Mitchell ▁cons iders ▁East la ke ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁a ▁scholar ly ▁and ▁per cept ive ▁critic , ▁and ▁Mar ion ▁L och head ▁regards ▁East la ke ▁as ▁a ▁' p ione er ▁of ▁femin ine ▁journal ism ', ▁whereas ▁Jan ice ▁Sch ro eder ▁de cri es ▁her ▁values ▁supporting ▁women ' s ▁sub ordinate ▁place ▁in ▁the ▁class ▁structure ▁within ▁British ▁imperial ism . ▁ ▁Works ▁▁ ▁A ▁Res idence ▁on ▁the ▁Sh ores ▁of ▁the ▁Balt ic ▁( 1 8 4 1 ); ▁London , ▁ 1 8 4 4 . ▁▁ ▁Review ▁of ▁Jane ▁E y re ▁by ▁E iz abeth ▁R ig