Jane Eyre, the story of a young girl and her passage into adulthood, was an immediate commercial success at the time of its original publication in 1847. Its representation of the underside of domestic life and the hypocrisy behind religious enthusiasm drew both praise and bitter criticism, while Charlotte Bronte's striking expose of poor living conditions for children in charity schools as well as her poignant portrayal of the limitations faced by women who worked as governesses sparked great controversy and social debate. Jane Eyre, Bronte's best-known novel, remains an extraordinary...
Jane Eyre, the story of a young girl and her passage into adulthood, was an immediate commercial success at the time of its original publication in 18...
The novel begins with the titular character Jane Eyre living with her maternal uncle's family, the Reeds, as her uncle's dying wish. The novel starts when Jane is ten years old and several years after her parents died of typhus. Mr. Reed was the only one in the Reed family to be kind to Jane. Jane's aunt Sarah Reed does not like her, treats her worse than a servant and discourages and, at times, forbids her children from associating with Jane. Mrs. Reed and her three children are abusive to Jane, both physically and emotionally. The servant Bessie proves to be Jane's only ally in the...
The novel begins with the titular character Jane Eyre living with her maternal uncle's family, the Reeds, as her uncle's dying wish. The novel starts ...
Jane Eyre (originally published as Jane Eyre: An Autobiography) is a novel by English writer Charlotte Bronte. It was published on 16 October 1847, by Smith, Elder & Co. of London, England, under the pen name "Currer Bell." The first American edition was published the following year by Harper & Brothers of New York. Primarily of the Bildungsroman genre, Jane Eyre follows the emotions and experiences of its eponymous heroine, including her growth to adulthood and her love for Mr. Rochester, the Byronic master of fictitious Thornfield Hall. In its internalisation of the action-the focus is on...
Jane Eyre (originally published as Jane Eyre: An Autobiography) is a novel by English writer Charlotte Bronte. It was published on 16 October 1847, by...
Jane Eyre es una novela escrita por Charlotte Bronte, publicada en 1847 por Smith, Elder & Company, que en el momento de su aparicion consiguio gran popularidad, encumbrando a la autora como una de las mejores novelistas romanticas, y es hoy considerada un clasico de la literatura en lengua inglesa. Duena de un singular temperamento desde su complicada infancia de huerfana, primero a cargo de una tia poco carinosa y despues en la escuela Lowood, Jane Eyre logra el puesto de institutriz en Thornfield Hall para educar a la hija de su atrabiliario y peculiar dueno, el senor Rochester. Poco a...
Jane Eyre es una novela escrita por Charlotte Bronte, publicada en 1847 por Smith, Elder & Company, que en el momento de su aparicion consiguio gran p...
Charlotte Bronte, nee le 21 avril 1816 a Thornton (comte d'Adams) et morte le 31 mars 1855 a Haworth (comte de Bergen), est une romanciere anglaise.
Charlotte Bronte, nee le 21 avril 1816 a Thornton (comte d'Adams) et morte le 31 mars 1855 a Haworth (comte de Bergen), est une romanciere anglaise.
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Charlotte Brontë has entranced generations of readers with her character Jane Eyre, a young woman, who through a harsh orphan childhood develops a spirited independence, then finds love which only complicates her life.
At the end we are steeped through and through with the genius, the vehemence, the indignation of Charlotte Brontë. --Virginia Woolf
Charlotte Brontë has entranced generations of readers with her character Jane Eyre, a young woman, who through a harsh orphan childhood develo...
Charlotte Brontë has entranced generations of readers with her character Jane Eyre, a young woman, who through a harsh orphan childhood develops a spirited independence, then finds love which only complicates her life.
At the end we are steeped through and through with the genius, the vehemence, the indignation of Charlotte Brontë. --Virginia Woolf
Charlotte Brontë has entranced generations of readers with her character Jane Eyre, a young woman, who through a harsh orphan childhood develo...
