page_title: Jane Octavia Brookfield
hierarchical_section_title: Jane Octavia Brookfield
caption_attribution_description: English: Jane Octavia Elton (1821-1896), Mrs William Brookfield
context_page_description: Jane Octavia Brookfield was a literary hostess and writer, best known for her platonic friendship with William Makepeace Thackeray. She also wrote four novels; some critics have drawn parallels between the events in these novels and her relationship with Thackeray.
context_section_description: Jane Octavia Brookfield (25 March 1821 – 27 November 1896) was a literary hostess and writer, best known for her platonic friendship with William Makepeace Thackeray.  She also wrote four novels; some critics have drawn parallels between the events in these novels and her relationship with Thackeray.
caption: Portrait of Brookfield in 1859 by Charles Albert Ludovici
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