Jane Eyre
$17.81
- Paperback
278 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2006
Summary
Jane Eyre: A Quest for Freedom and Independence
A novel of intense power and intrigue, “Jane Eyre” has dazzled generations of readers with its depiction of a woman’s quest for freedom. This updated edition features a new introduction discussing the novel’s political and magical dimensions.
Having grown up an orphan in the home of her cruel aunt and at a harsh charity school, Jane Eyre becomes an independent and spirited survivor-qualities that serve her well as governess at …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141441146 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141441143 |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
| Author: | Charlotte Bronte |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 278 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2006 |
| Weight: | 420g |
| Dimensions: | 29mm x 129mm x 199mm |
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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 Bront .” –Virginia Woolf
About The Author
Charlotte Bronte
Charlotte Bronte (1816-55), sister of Anne Bronte and Emily Bronte. Jane Eyre appeared in 1847 and was followed by Shirley (1848) and Vilette (1853). In 1854 Charlotte Bronte married her father’s curate, Arthur Bell Nicholls. She died during her pregnancy on March 31, 1855 in Haworth, Yorkshire. The Professor was posthumously published in 1857.
Dr Stevie Davis is a novelist, critic and historian. She is Director of Creative writing at the University of Wales Swansea. She is the author of four books on Emily Bronte, three novels, and three books in the Penguin Critical Studies series.
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