Jane Eyre (Centaur Classics) [The 100 greatest novels of all time - #17]

by Charlotte Brontë

Overview

"The masterwork of great genius." —William Makepeace Thackeray
"An utterance from the depths of a struggling, suffering, much-enduring spirit." —George Henry Lewes
"Charlotte Brontë has us by the hand, forces us along her road, makes us see what she sees, never leaves us for a moment or allows us to forget her." —Virginia Woolf

Charlotte Brontë’s most beloved novel describes the passionate love between the courageous orphan Jane Eyre and the brilliant, brooding, and domineering Rochester.
The loneliness and cruelty of Jane’s childhood strengthens her natural independence and spirit, which prove invaluable when she takes a position as a governess at Thornfield Hall. But after she falls in love with her sardonic employer, her discovery of his terrible secret forces her to make a heart-wrenching choice. Ever since its publication in 1847, "Jane Eyre" has enthralled every kind of reader, from the most critical and cultivated to the youngest and most unabashedly romantic. It lives as one of the great triumphs of storytelling and as a moving and unforgettable portrayal of a woman's quest for self-respect.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788892540828
Publisher:	Centaur Classics
Publication date:	01/10/2016
Sold by:	StreetLib SRL
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	704,404
File size:	3 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).