Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

by Charlotte Brontë
Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

by Charlotte Brontë

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Overview

Jane Eyre's early years are not pleasant ones. She is an orphan being raised by her wealthy, strict Aunt. She is sent away to a miserable boarding school and her best friend dies while they are in attendance there.

Jane goes on to be a teacher and eventually accepts a position as a governess at Thornfield manor. The man of the manor is a dark, passionate man named Rochester and Jane falls secretly in love with him. Jane is devastated when Rochester brings home a beautiful but vicious woman named Blanch Ingram. Jane is depressed, feeling certain that Rochester will propose to Blanche. To her surprise, Rochester actually proposes to Jane.

When the blissful wedding day arrives, a Mr. Mason yells out at the ceremony that Rochester is already married to Mr. Mason's sister, Bertha. Rochester does not deny the claim and tells everyone that Bertha has gone insane. When the wedding party returns to Thornfield, they witness Bertha crawling all around the mansion on four legs and growling like an animal.

Jane learns that Rochester keeps Bertha hidden in the rooms on the third floor. Seeing this as an impossible situation, Jane flees from Thornfield.

This begins Jane Eyre's story that finds her living anything but the life of the Lady of Thornfield.

Product Details

BN ID: 2940012380005
Publisher: Timeless Classic Books
Publication date: 04/04/2011
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855), English writer noted for her novel Jane Eyre (1847), sister of Anne Brontë and Emily Brontë. The three sisters are almost as famous for their short, tragic lives as for their novels. The collection of poems, Poems By Currer, Ellis And Acton Bell (1846), which Charlotte wrote with her sisters, sold only two copies. Her novel The Professor never found a publisher during her lifetime. Undeterred by this rejection, Charlotte began Jane Eyre, which appeared in 1847 and became an immediate success. Jane Eyre was followed by Shirley (1848) and Vilette (1853).
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