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Jane Eyre An Autobiography (Collected Works of Charlotte Bronte 2 volumes) Unknown - 2000

by Charlotte Bronte


About this book

Jane Eyre is a famous and influential novel by the English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published in London, England in 1847 by Smith, Elder & Co. with the title Jane Eyre, an Autobiography under the pen name "Currer Bell". 

Orphaned as a child, Jane felt like an outcast during her childhood. She was sent by her cruel aunt to a boarding school where she was met with further torment. After the devastating loss of a friend, she finds herself enrolled under a new headmaster at the Lowood School and finds her life drastically changed. She spends eight more years at Lowood, six as a student and two as a teacher. Her courage is tested once again when she arrives at Thornfield Hall, where she has been hired by the brooding, proud Edward Rochester to care for his ward Adèle. Jane finds herself drawn to his troubled yet kind spirit. She falls in love. Hard. But there is a terrifying secret inside the gloomy, forbidding Thornfield Hall…


Summary

Een jong meisje komt als gouvernante op een afgelegen huis waar veel spanning en geheimzinnigheid rond de bewoners heerst.

First Edition Identification

Smith, Elder & Co. published the First UK Edition, First Printing in London, 1847. This particular edition features a three-book set and was published under the pen name of “Currer Bell”. 

Harper & Brothers published the First US Edition, First Printing the following year in New York, 1848.

Details

  • Title Jane Eyre An Autobiography (Collected Works of Charlotte Bronte 2 volumes)
  • Author Charlotte Bronte
  • Binding unknown
  • Edition REP
  • Publisher Classic Books
  • Date May 2000
  • ISBN 9780742621886