Jane Eyre is a poor young teacher who goes to work for the rich Mr Rochester. She loves him and wants to marry him. He loves Jane too but he has a terrible secret which will bring them both great sadness. Jane Eyre is widely regarded as one of the finest novels in the English language. A powerful, timeless tale of love, written in 1847.
As an orphan, Jane Eyres childhood is far from happy. She endures the hatred of her aunt and cousins, but finally begins to find some pleasure as a teacher. She becomes governess to Mr Rochester and hopes that she might at last have found love and kindness.
Una de las novelas más famosas de estos dos últimos siglos, de la que solemos conservar la imagen ultrarromántica de una azarosa historia de amor entre una institutriz pobre y su rico e imponente patrón, todo en el marco truculento y misterioso de una fantasmagoría gótica. La novela es todo un libro de la vida, una confesión certera y severísima de un completo itinerario espiritual, y una exhaustiva ilustración de la lucha entre conciencia y sentimiento.
Orphaned into the household of her Aunt Reed at Gateshead, subject to the cruel regime at Lowood charity school, Jane Eyre none the less 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. In his introduction to this new Penguin Classics edition Michael Mason discusses the literary critical history of Jane Eyre and provides fresh insights into Charlotte Bronte's great novel.
Mujeres auténticas, mujeres singulares«No soy un pájaro y no he caído en ninguna red; soy un ser humano con voluntad propia.»Marcada por su temprana orfandad materna, la escritora británica Charlotte
