Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre, 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 Marcel Proust and James 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.
In 2003, the novel was ranked number 10 in the BBC's survey The Big Read.
Excerpted from Jane Eyre on Wikipedia.
Jane Eyre: An Autobiography
| Author | Charlotte Brontë |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Genre | Bildungsromans, Romances, Gothic Fiction |
| Copyright | Public domain worldwide. |
| Book cover | - |
| Ebooks | Project Gutenberg. |
| Scans | Internet Archive. |
| Audio | Librivox | Internet Archive Reader: Elizabeth Klett 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 |
| Read online | Jane Eyre I, II |