lA novel of intense power and intrigue,
Jane Eyre has dazzled
generations of readers with its depiction of a woman’s quest for
freedom. This updated edition features a new introduction discussing
the novel’s political and magical dimensions. 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?
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Publisher:
W. W. Norton
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ISBN-10 / ASIN:
0393975428
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ISBN-13 / EAN:
9780393975420
Book Description:
The text reprinted in
this new edition is that of the 1848 third edition text-the last text
corrected by the author. b>Contexts includes eighteen new selections
and two new subsections: "Charlotte and Jane's Illustrated Book"-which
includes a letter from Brontë to her publisher W. S. Williams;
"Vignettes from Bewick"; and "Charlotte Brontë and Bewick's 'British
Birds'"-and "Charlotte Brontë as Governess," which includes letters to
Emily Brontë, Ellen Nussey, W. S. Williams, and "The
Governess-Grinders." Criticism collects six major essays on
Jane Eyre, four of them new to the Third Edition. Contributors include
Adrienne Rich, Sandra M. Gilbert, Jerome Beaty, Lisa Sternlieb, Jeffrey
Sconce, and Donna Marie Nudd. A new Chronology and updated Selected
Bibliography are also included.
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