Jane Eyre, 9780141441146
Paperback
Orphaned governess, dark secrets, and a passionate fight for freedom.

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  • Paperback

    624 pages

  • Release Date

    1 August 2006

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Summary

Orphaned Jane Eyre grows up in the home of her heartless aunt, where she endures loneliness and cruelty, and at a charity school with a harsh regime. This troubled childhood strengthens Jane’s natural independence and spirit - which prove necessary when she finds a position as governess at Thornfield Hall. But when she finds love with her sardonic employer, Rochester, the discovery of his terrible secret forces her to make a choice. Should she stay with him and live with the consequences, or …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780141441146
ISBN-10:0141441143
Author:Stevie Davies, Charlotte Brontë
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:624
Release Date:1 August 2006
Weight:428g
Dimensions:196mm x 129mm x 29mm
Series:Penguin Classics
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Critics Review

I go back to [Jane Eyre] so often and it was one of the first books that made me think,

“At the end we are steeped through and through with the genius, the vehemence, the indignation of Charlotte Brontë.”–Virginia Woolf

About The Author

Stevie Davies

Charlotte Brontë (1816-55), sister of Anne Brontë and Emily Brontë. Jane Eyre appeared in 1847 and was followed by Shirley (1848) and Villette (1853). In 1854 Charlotte Brontë married her father’s curate, Arthur Bell Nicholls. She died during her pregnancy on March 31, 1855 in Haworth, Yorkshire.

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