Jane Eyre (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) FROM OUR EDITORS
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FROM THE PUBLISHER
Immediately recognized as a masterpiece when it was first published in
1847, Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre is an
extraordinary coming-of-age story featuring one of the most independent
and strong-willed female protagonists in all of literature. Poor and
plain, Jane Eyre begins life as a lonely orphan in the household of her
hateful aunt. Despite the oppression she endures at home, and the later
torture of boarding school, Jane manages to emerge with her spirit and
integrity unbroken. She becomes a governess at Thornfield Hall, where she
finds herself falling in love with her employer—the dark,
impassioned Mr. Rochester. But an explosive secret tears apart their
relationship, forcing Jane to face poverty and isolation once again.
One of the world’s most beloved novels, Jane Eyre is a
startlingly modern blend of passion, romance, mystery, and suspense.
Susan Ostrov Weisser is a Professor of English at Adelphi
University, where she specializes in nineteenth-century literature and
women’s studies. Her research centers on women and romantic love
in nineteenth-century literature, as well as on contemporary popular culture. Weisser also wrote the introduction to the Barnes & Noble Classics edition of Persuasion.
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