Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #46329 in Books
• Published on: 2006-04-06
• Binding: Paperback
• 608 pages

Synopsis
Charlotte BrontA"'s first published novel, "Jane Eyre" was immediately recognised as a work of genius when it appeared in 1847. Orphaned into the household of her Aunt Reed at Gateshead, subject to the cruel regime at Lowood charity school, Jane Eyre nonetheless emerges unbroken in spirit and integrity. How she takes up the post of governess at Thornfield Hall, meets and loves Mr Rochester and discovers the impediment to their lawful marriage are elements in a story that transcends melodrama to portray a woman's passionate search for a wider and richer life than that traditionally accorded to her sex in Victorian society.

Customer Reviews

Classic gothic romance
Told in the first person by Jane herself, this is the classic Victorian melodrama raised to art. Orphaned and an outsider from childhood, Jane has no-one to rely on but herself, until she takes on the role of governess at forbidding Thornfield Hall and meets the dark, masterful and enigmatic Mr Rochester. Teased and tormented by his vacillating relationships with both her and the beautiful Blanche, she eventually wins both his love and agrees to marry him - before being stopped at the very altar by the revelation of the spectre in the attic: his mad first wife. How Jane leaves to build another life for herself, before eventually being drawn back to Thornfield, I'll leave you to find out for yourself, but once you start this novel I defy anyone to stop!

At the time, Charlotte was reluctant to reveal herself as author of this book and masqueraded under a male name, but the debate over whether this is a feminist novel depicting a woman's struggle for self-sufficiency and a kind of equality in a man's world, or a cop-out romantic female fantasy is still open. Read it and make up your own mind...