Jane Eyre (Penguin Black Classics) - Softcover

Brontë, Charlotte

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140434003 ISBN 13: 9780140434002

Verlag: Penguin Classics, 1996

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Charlotte Brontë'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.

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Charlotte Brontë (1816-55), along with her sisters Emily and Anne, is one of the greatest novelists of the 19th century. She is also the author of Shirley, The Professor, Villette.
Michael Mason is Professor of English at University College London. He is the author of The Making of Victorian Sexuality (OUP, 1994).

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'I am no bird and no net ensnares me. I am a free human being with an independent will'
Having endured humiliation and loneliness in the home of her heartless Aunt Reed and the harsh regime of Lowood, a charity boarding school, the orphaned Jane Eyre survives her childhood unbroken in spirit and integrity. When she takes up a post as a governess at Thornfield Hall, she also finds love with her employer, the dark and sardonic Mr Rochester. But her discovery of Rochester's terrible secret forces Jane to follow her moral convictions, even if it means giving up her chance of happiness. Although many were shocked by its depiction of a woman's bold and passionate search for independence and love on her own terms, Jane Eyre was an immediate success when it appeared in 1847 and remains one of the most popular of all English novels.
In his introduction, Michael Mason discusses the literary critical history of Jane Eyer. This edition includes suggestions for further reading, notes and a new chronology.
'The masterwork of a great genius' WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY
Edited with an introduction and notes by MICHAEL MASON

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Penguin Classics
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0140434003
• ISBN 13: 9780140434002
• Einband: Libro de bolsillo
• Anzahl der Seiten: 576
• Herausgeber: Mason Michael
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