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Jane Eyre (The Cassic Collection)
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Jane Eyre (The Cassic Collection) Unknown - 2005

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.

From the publisher

Top 10 Finalist on PBS's The Great American Read in 2018

The stark and beautiful romance of a governess and the master of a house with long-kept secrets.

After a sad and neglected childhood as an orphan, Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester as governess for his ward. Jane is pleased with the quiet country life at Thornfield, with the beautiful old manor house and gardens, with the book-filled library, and with her own comfortable room.

But there are stories of a strange tenant, a woman who laughs like a maniac, and who stays in rooms on the third floor. The moody Rochester rebuffs her attempts to find discover more, ordering her to keep silent on the matter.

An unlikely relationship blooms between the two, however, and Jane is thrilled to accept Rochester's proposal of marriage. But the quiet ceremony is shockingly halted by a stranger who claims that Rochester was already married--to the raving maniac Jane had heard crying in the house.

Grief-stricken, Jane flees from Thornfield, feeling that her life is over before it has really begun. Can she ever hope to find a comfortable life again--or even dare to dream of a happily ever after?

This novel is part of Brilliance Audio's extensive Classic Collection, bringing you timeless masterpieces that you and your family are sure to love.

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 (The Cassic Collection)
  • Author Charlotte Bronte
  • Binding unknown
  • Edition Unabridged libra
  • Publisher Brilliance Audio on CD Unabridged Lib Ed
  • Date May 25, 2005
  • ISBN 9781596009400

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