Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte

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 Hall.<br /> <br /> The novel revolutionised prose fiction by being the first to focus on its protagonist&apos;s moral and spiritual development through an intimate first-person narrative, where actions and events are coloured by a psychological intensity. Charlotte Brontë has been called the «first historian of the private consciousness», and the literary ancestor of writers like Proust and Joyce.<br /> <br /> The book contains elements of social criticism with a strong sense of Christian morality at its core, and it is considered by many to be ahead of its time because of Jane&apos;s individualistic character and how the novel approaches the topics of class, sexuality, religion, and feminism. It, along with Jane Austen&apos;s Pride and Prejudice, is one of the most famous romance novels of all time. My Website: LYFREEDOM.COM