A beloved classic and an undisputed masterpiece, Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre challenges ideas of class, society, love and religion.
The orphaned Jane Eyre struggles through difficult times at school, suffering under cruel guardians and rigid social conventions. Now a young woman, when she starts work as a governess for the mysterious Mr Edward Rochester at Thornfield Hall, the stage is set for an intensely obsessive romance.
Their tumultuous romantic entanglement is threatened when Jane discovers that Mr Rochester is hiding a disturbing secret. As Jane is pulled into his world of mystery and madness, she proves herself to be one of Victorian literature's most courageous heroines. A coming-of-age story featuring romance, boldness and bravery. Charlotte Brontë was born in Yorkshire in 1816. She was the third of six children and the elder sister of fellow novelists Emily and Anne. She worked as a governess, and then briefly taught in Brussels before returning in 1846 to the Haworth parsonage of her childhood, where she and her younger sisters published poems under the pseudonyms Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell. In 1847 she completed Jane Eyre, which was published to considerable acclaim. Charlotte married in 1854 and died in 1855.
