I am trying to work out how long Bertha Mason had been locked up by the time we reach Thornfield in the story. This is part of an argument I am working for work and I haven't been able to find a definite amount of time. Adding to this variations in timeline if we add Wide Sargasso Sea I have had ...

In Thomas Deloney's novel Jack of Newbury, a woman wants to marry Iohn/John ("Jack" in the novel's title) and tricks him into going to church with her where she will be married. After the widow and Jack, the priest tells her that the bridegroom (whom the widow simply invented) has not arrived yet...