Jane Eyre - (Penguin Classics) by Charlotte Bronte (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Charlotte Brontë's moving masterpiece - the novel that has been teaching true strength of character for generations (<i>The Guardian</i>). <b>Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's <i>The Great American Read</i></b></b> <p/>A novel of intense power and intrigue, <i>Jane Eyre</i> has dazzled generations of readers with its depiction of a woman's quest for freedom. Having grown up an orphan in the home of her cruel aunt and at a harsh charity school, Jane Eyre becomes an independent and spirited survivor-qualities that serve her well as governess at Thornfield Hall. But when she finds love with her sardonic employer, Rochester, the discovery of his terrible secret forces her to make a choice. Should she stay with him whatever the consequences or follow her convictions, even if it means leaving her beloved? This updated Penguin Classics edition features a new introduction by Brontë scholar and award-winning novelist Stevie Davies, as well as comprehensive notes, a chronology, further reading, and an appendix. <p/>For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"At the end we are steeped through and through with the genius, the vehemence, the indignation of Charlotte Brontë."<br>--Virginia Woolf<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Charlotte Bronte</b> (1816-55), sister of Anne Bronte and Emily Bronte. <i>Jane Eyre</i> appeared in 1847 and was followed by <i>Shirley</i> (1848) and <i>Vilette</i> (1853). In 1854 Charlotte Bronte married her father's curate, Arthur Bell Nicholls. She died during her pregnancy on March 31, 1855 in Haworth, Yorkshire. <i>The Professor</i> was posthumously published in 1857. <p/><b> Dr Stevie Davis</b> is a novelist, critic and historian. She is Director of Creative writing at the University of Wales Swansea. She is the author of four books on Emily Bronte, three novels, and three books in the Penguin Critical Studies series.
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