Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte is one of the most loved English Classics of all time. Mystery, hardship – and love. Jane comes from nothing but she desires everything life can offer her. And when she finds work as a governess in a mysterious mansion, it seems she has finally met her match with the darkly fascinating Mr Rochester. But Thornfield Hall contains a shameful secret – one that could keep Jane and Rochester apart forever. Can she choose between what is right, and her one chance of...
A reworking of “The Professor”, the author’s first novel, “Villette” is Charlotte Bronte’s fourth and last novel which is loosely based upon her own experiences at a boarding school in Brussels. The work follows the life of Lucy Snowe, a quiet yet self-reliant young girl without any family, from her life in the English countryside where she lives with her Godmother, to London, and finally to the French town of Villette, where she gains employment as a nanny at a boarding school. While there she...
This unfinished fragment contains the poignant story of an abused child. Two chapters of 'The Story of Willie Ellin' has survived. After abandoning the work, Charlotte later incorporated it into another work called 'Emma'. Charlotte Brontë (1816 – 1855), English writer noted for her novel Jane Eyre (1847) and sister of Anne Brontë and Emily Brontë. The three sisters are almost as famous for their short, tragic lives as for their novels. In their works they described love...
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Jane Eyre (originally published as Jane Eyre: An Autobiography) is a novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë, published under the pen name «Currer Bell», on 16 October 1847, by Smith, Elder & Co. of London. The first American edition was published the following year by Harper & Brothers of New York. Jane Eyre is a Bildungsroman which follows the experiences of its eponymous heroine, including her growth to adulthood and her love for Mr. Rochester, the brooding master of Thornfield...
Имя Шарлотты Бронте, одной из самых популярных английских писательниц, автора романа «Джейн Эйр», известно во всем мире. Ее литературный талант проявился довольно рано. В детстве Шарлотта, Эмили, Энн и Брэнуэлл Бронте, дети приходского священника, зачитывались книгами из домашней библиотеки, придумывали игры и истории, которые дали начало их дальнейшему творчеству. Юная Шарлотта пробовала свои силы в разных жанрах, в ее сочинениях есть и романтика, и приключения, и вымысел, в них находится место...