Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Jane Eyre (/ɛər/
AIR; originally published as
Jane Eyre: An Autobiography ) is a novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë, published under the pen name ‘Currer Bell’, on 16 October 1847, by Smith, Elder & Co. of London. The first American edition was published the following year by Harper & Brothers of New York.
Jane Eyre is a
Bildungsroman which follows the experiences of its eponymous heroine, including her growth to adulthood and her love for Mr. Rochester, the brooding master of Thornfield Hall.
The novel revolutionised prose fiction by being the first to focus on its protagonist’s moral and spiritual development through an intimate first-person narrative, where actions and events are coloured by a psychological intensity. Charlotte Brontë has been called the ‘first historian of the private consciousness’, and the literary ancestor of writers like Proust and Joyce.
The book contains elements of social criticism with a strong sense of Christian morality at its core, and it is considered by many to be ahead of its time because of Jane’s individualistic character and how the novel approaches the topics of class, sexuality, religion, and feminism. It, along with Jane Austen’s
Pride and Prejudice, is one of the most famous romance novels.
Jane Eyre (/ɛər/
AIR; originally published as
Jane Eyre: An Autobiography ) is a novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë, published under the pen name ‘Currer Bell’, on 16 October 1847, by Smith, Elder & Co. of London. The first American edition was published the following year by Harper & Brothers of New York.
Jane Eyre is a
Bildungsroman which follows the experiences of its eponymous heroine, including her growth to adulthood and her love for Mr. Rochester, the brooding master of Thornfield Hall.
The novel revolutionised prose fiction by being the first to focus on its protagonist’s moral and spiritual development through an intimate first-person narrative, where actions and events are coloured by a psychological intensity. Charlotte Brontë has been called the ‘first historian of the private consciousness’, and the literary ancestor of writers like Proust and Joyce.
The book contains elements of social criticism with a strong sense of Christian morality at its core, and it is considered by many to be ahead of its time because of Jane’s individualistic character and how the novel approaches the topics of class, sexuality, religion, and feminism. It, along with Jane Austen’s
Pride and Prejudice, is one of the most famous romance novels.
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9791221352689 ● File size 0.5 MB ● Publisher Memorable Classics eBooks ● Published 2022 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 8425694 ● Copy protection without
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