Jane Eyre n/e (Oxford World's Classics) - Softcover

Brontė, Charlotte

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199535590 ISBN 13: 9780199535590

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2008

Synopsis

'Such a strange book! Imagine a novel with a little swarthy governess for heroine, and a middle-aged ruffian for hero.'

Sharpe's London Magazine (June 1855)

Jane Eyre is an orphan grown up under the harsh regime first of her aunt and then as a pupil at Lowood Institution. She leaves to become a governess to the daughter of the mysterious Mr Rochester; gradually their relationship deepens, but Jane's passionate nature has yet to endure its deepest blows.

In this new edition Sally Shuttleworth explores the power of a narrative that questions the rights of women, the nature of servitude and madness, martyrdom and rebellion in a story whose emotional charge is a strong today as it was more than 150 years ago.
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Review:

A good edition for undergraduates with accessible introduction and appropriate amount of scholarly apparatus. / Dr. Ema Vyroubalova, Trinity College Dublin

From the Publisher:

A stirring romance realized in all its heartrending beauty and mythic power.
In addition to its intense romanticism, Jane Eyre features a satisfying assortment of wicked relatives, terrifying mayhem, extrasensory messages and astonishing coincidences, enough to have kept readers thoroughly entertained for 160 years!

About this edition

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0199535590
• ISBN 13: 9780199535590
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 544
• Editor: Smith Margaret