Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontė

Penguin, 1996 - Fiction - 532 pages

Orphaned into the household of her Aunt Reed at Gateshead and subject to the cruel regime at Lowood charity school, Jane Eyre nonetheless emerges unbroken in spirit and integrity. She takes up the post of governess at Thornfield Hall, falls in love with Mr. Rochester, and discovers the impediment to their lawful marriage in a story that transcends melodrama to portray a woman's passionate search for a richer life than that traditionally allowed women in Victorian society.

Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Michael Mason

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User Review  - Aaron Brame - Goodreads

I was impressed at how readable the novel was, especially in the early chapters. Charlotte Bronte lays out her themes of survival, abandonment, the suffering inherent in Christianity, and gender ...

Review: Jane Eyre

User Review  - Arianme - Goodreads

When I read this book in highschool, I hated it. I came away with the impression that it was about a meek, pathetic orphan living a dreadful life. How did I get this impression??? Jane Eyre is ...

Contents

• IV: 1
• V: 5
• VI: 9
• VII: 11
• VIII: 173
• IX: 333
• X: 503

About the author

Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855), one of four surviving children of a clergyman, worked as a governess and teacher and wrote four novels.

Michael Mason teaches at University College London and has published widely on nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Jane Eyre; Penguin classics
• Author: Charlotte Brontė
• Editor: Michael Mason
• Contributor: Michael Mason
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Penguin, 1996
• ISBN: 0142437204, 9780142437209
• Length: 532 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Classics; Fiction / Literary