Jane Eyre Compact disc - 2003
by Charlotte Bronte; Read by Joanna David; Abridged by Carol Rosen
Jane Eyre is one of the great romantic heroines of world literature
Orphaned into cold charity at the hands of her rich cousins and, later, at Lowood Asylum, Jane escapes to take up a position as governess to the young ward of Mr Rochester. Their love affair, Jane's discovery of Rochester's secret - hideously concealed in the attic of Thornfield Hall - and her desperate flight, are told in a drama of passionate intensity whose pace never slackens.
Jane Eyre is a love story with a happy ending, rare in its time for its sympathetic portrayal of the love of a married man for another woman. It is, as Thackeray said, 'The masterwork of a great genius'.
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
@ToEyreIsHuman Romance, romance, this poppa Rochester wants to get in my pants!
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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
- Author Charlotte Bronte; Read by Joanna David; Abridged by Carol Rosen
- Binding Compact Disc
- Edition AUDIO CASSETTES
- Volumes 4
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Global, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date November 25, 2003
- Abridged Yes
- ISBN 9780140861877 / 0140861874
- Weight 0.64 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Dimensions 7.15 x 4.38 x 1.41 in (18.16 x 11.13 x 3.58 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Reading level 810
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Jane Eyre: Penguin Audiobook
by Bronte, Charlotte
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