Jane Eyre : Vintage Classics

Jane Eyre : Vintage Classics
ISBN: 9780099511120
Publication Date: 1 January 2008

As an orphan, Jane's childhood is not an easy one but her independence and strength of character keep her going through the miseries inflicted by cruel relatives and a brutal school. However, her biggest challenge is yet to come. Taking a job as a governess in a house full of secrets, for a passionate man she grows more and more attracted to, ultimately forces Jane to call on all her resources in order to hold on to her beliefs.

About the Author

Charlotte Bronte was born in 1816 in Haworth, Yorkshire. Her father, a minister, enforced strict, often cruel discipline. But when Charlotte's mother died in 1821, the Bronte children were left mostly to themselves, and Charlotte became an omnivorous reader. In 1835 she became a teacher and later a private governess. In 1846 she published a joint volume of verse by herself and her sisters Emily and Anne under the pseudonyms of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell, which sold only two copies. Undaunted, Charlotte completed THE PROFESSOR, and a kind note from one publisher encouraged her to finish JANE EYRE, her most famous work (1847). In 1848 tragedy struck - her brother Branwell died in September, Emily in December, and Anne the following May. Though depressed, Charlotte persevered and wrote SHIRLEY (1849) and VILLETTE (1852). Charlotte Bronte married Arthur Bell Nicholls, her father's curate, in 1854 - a man she had once derided heartily. Lonely, still grief-stricken over the loss of her sisters, and beset by ill health, she died in March 1855.