Jane Eyre [electronic resource]
Brontë, Charlotte2009
eAudioBook
Jane Eyre, the plain yet spirited governess, introduced a new kind of heroine to literature: one whose virtuous integrity, sharp intellect, and tireless perseverance broke through class barriers to win equal stature with the man she loved. Orphaned and subject to a cruel regime at Lowood charity school, Jane nonetheless emerges unbroken in spirit and integrity. How she takes up the post of governess at Thornfield Hall, meets and loves Mr. Rochester, and discovers the impediment to their lawful marriage are elements in a story that transcends melodrama to portray a woman's passionate search for a wider and richer life than that traditionally accorded to her sex in Victorian society. Hailed by William Makepeace Thackeray as "the masterwork of a great genius," this impassioned love story is still regarded, over a century after it first appeared, as one of the finest novels in literature.
Main title:
Jane Eyre [electronic resource] / Charlotte Brontë
Author:
Brontë, Charlotte, AuthorMcCaddon, Wanda, Narrator
Work:
Edition:
Unabridged
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Blackstone Publishing, 2009
Collation:
1 online resource (1 audio file)
Audience:
Reading grade level: 2-3
Biography/History:
Charlotte Bronte (1816-55), sister of Anne Bronte and Emily Bronte. Jane Eyre appeared in 1847 and was followed by Shirley (1848) and Vilette (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.
ISBN:
9781483086156
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
370552