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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 Hall. The novel revolutionised prose fiction by being the first to focus on its protagonist''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. 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''s individualistic character and how the novel approaches the topics of class, sexuality, religion, and feminism. It, along with Jane Austen''s Pride and Prejudice, is one of the most famous romance novels of all time. My Website: LYFREEDOM.COM

The Professor was the first novel by Charlotte Bronte. It was originally written before Jane Eyre and rejected by many publishing houses, but was eventually published posthumously in 1857 by approval of Arthur Bell Nicholls, who accepted the task of reviewing and editing of the novel."

Following the tremendous popular success of Jane Eyre, which earned her lifelong notoriety as a moral revolutionary, Charlotte Brontë vowed to write a sweeping social chronicle that focused on "something real and unromantic as Monday morning." Set in the industrializing England of the Napoleonic wars and Luddite revolts of 1811-12, Shirley (1849) is the story of two contrasting heroines. One is the shy Caroline Helstone, who is trapped in the oppressive atmosphere of a Yorkshire rectory and whose bare life symbolizes the plight of single women in the nineteenth century. The other is the vivacious Shirley Keeldar, who inherits a local estate and whose wealth liberates her from convention. A work that combines social commentary with the more private preoccupations of Jane Eyre, Shirley demonstrates the full range of Brontë''s literary talent. "Shirley is a revolutionary novel," wrote Brontë biographer Lyndall Gordon. "Shirley follows Jane Eyre as a new exemplar--but so much a forerunner of the feminist of the later twentieth century that it is hard to believe in her actual existence in 1811-12. She is a theoretic possibility: what a woman might be if she combined independence and means of her own with intellect. Charlotte Brontë imagined a new form of power, equal to that of men, in a confident young woman [whose] extraordinary freedom has accustomed her to think for herself....Shirley [is] Brontë''s most feminist novel."

Initially published under the pseudonym Currer Bell in 1847, Charlotte Brontë''s Jane Eyreerupted onto the English literary scene, immediately winning the devotion of many of the world''s most renowned writers, including William Makepeace Thackeray, who declared it a work "of great genius." Widely regarded as a revolutionary novel, Brontë''s masterpiece introduced the world to a radical new type of heroine, one whose defiant virtue and moral courage departed sharply from the more acquiescent and malleable female characters of the day. Passionate, dramatic, and surprisingly modern, Jane Eyre endures as one of the world''s most beloved novels.

From the author of Jane Eyre, a strikingly modern story of a young woman starting over—with an introduction by Weike Wang, PEN/Hemingway Award–winning author of Chemistry “Villette! Villette! Have you read it?” exclaimed George Eliot when Charlotte Brontë’s final novel appeared in 1853. “It is a still more wonderful book than Jane Eyre. There is something almost preternatural in its power.” Arguably Charlotte Brontë’s most refined and deeply felt work—Virginia Woolf called it Brontë’s “finest novel”—Villette draws on its author’s own experiences as a governess, and her profound loneliness following the deaths of her three siblings. It tells the story of parentless, friendless Lucy Snowe, who flees from an unhappy past in England to begin a new life as a teacher at a boarding school in the small French town of Villette. Soon Lucy’s struggle for independence is challenged by both her friendship with a worldly English doctor and her feelings for an autocratic schoolmaster. Brontë’s strikingly modern heroine must decide if there is any man in her society with whom she can live and still be free. The Modern Library Torchbearers series features women who wrote on their own terms, with boldness, creativity, and a spirit of resistance. AMERICAN INDIAN STORIES • THE AWAKENING • THE CUSTOM OF THE COUNTRY • THE HEADS OF CERBERUS • LADY AUDLEY’S SECRET • LOVE, ANGER, MADNESS • PASSING • THE TRANSFORMATION OF PHILIP JETTAN • VILLETTE • THERE IS CONFUSION • THE SELECTED POEMS OF EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY

Shirley is an 1849 social novel by the English novelist Charlotte Brontë. It was Brontë''s second published novel after Jane Eyre (originally published under Brontë''s pseudonym Currer Bell). The novel is set in Yorkshire in the period 1811-12, during the industrial depression resulting from the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. The novel is set against a backdrop of the Luddite uprisings in the Yorkshire textile industry.The novel''s popularity led to Shirley''s becoming a woman''s name. The title character was given the name that her father had intended to give a son. Before the publication of the novel, Shirley was an uncommon - but distinctly male - name and would have been an unusual name for a woman.

"The Professor, A Tale. was the first novel by Charlotte Brontë. It was written before Jane Eyre, but was rejected by many publishing houses. It was eventually published, posthumously, in 1857, with the approval of Charlotte Brontë''s widower, Arthur Bell Nicholls, who took on the task of reviewing and editing the text.About Author: Charlotte Bronte (21 April 1816 - 31 March 1855) was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novels became classics of English literature."

"I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will." From Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontë created with Jane Eyre one of the most delicate novels in Women Literature, questioning certain gender roles, moralities and taboos within the patriarchal society. The protagonist, Jane, a brave, clever, self-concious character on the shady side of life, struggles for the equality between men and women, rises against the puritan bigotry and understanding that puts women off the stage. A novel ahead of its time, with a lot of implications for anyone within a certain kind of society that not only helps us to see what we are sometimes blind to but also makes us acquainted with another way of thinking. The indiviualistic character of Jane, fighting for self-determination and love and against the prudish double moral of the time, along with Charlotte Brontë''s exploration of classism, sexuality, proto-feminism and religion makes this novel one of the most important ones even now.In this book I make following changes:: - First of all I changed the main title picture.: - I remove all unnecessary things like as logo and etc.: - I remove all spelling error.: - I remove all grammar error.: - I remove all empty pages.: - I hope the reader of this book must be like due to above changes.

u200bIn Part 1 of Charlotte Brontë''s The Professor, William Crimsworth, after rejecting his uncles'' proposal to join the clergy, seeks employment with his estranged brother Edward, a mill owner. Edward''s jealousy and mistreatment compel William to accept assistance from Mr. Hunsden, leading him to a teaching position at a boys'' school in Brussels under Monsieur Pelet. There, William is also offered a role at the neighboring girls'' school managed by Mademoiselle Reuter, who initially captivates him until he discovers her deceptive engagement to Pelet.

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While living with the Rivers family, Jane discovers she has inherited a fortune from a distant relative. She generously shares her wealth with her newfound family, embracing her independence. St. John Rivers, a devoted clergyman, proposes marriage and urges Jane to join him on a missionary journey, but she declines, feeling no love for him. One night, she hears Rochester’s voice calling to her in a mysterious, supernatural moment. Unable to ignore her feelings, she returns to Thornfield, only to find it in ruins. She learns that Bertha set fire to the house before perishing, and Rochester was left blind and crippled while trying to save her. Moved by love and compassion, Jane reunites with Rochester, and they marry. Their love endures through hardships, and in time, Rochester partially regains his sight. Jane finds fulfillment in her chosen path, embracing love, independence, and happiness.

"Shirley, A Tale is a social novel by the English novelist Charlotte Brontë, first published in 1849. It was Brontë''s second published novel after Jane Eyre (originally published under Brontë''s pseudonym Currer Bell). The novel is set in Yorkshire in 1811-12, during the industrial depression resulting from the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. The novel is set against the backdrop of the Luddite uprisings in the Yorkshire textile industry.The novel''s popularity led to Shirley''s becoming a woman''s name. The title character was given the name that her father had intended to give a son. Before the publication of the novel Shirley was an uncommon but distinctly male name.[1] Today it is regarded as a distinctly female name."

"Villette /viːˈlɛt/ is an 1853 novel written by English author Charlotte Brontë. After an unspecified family disaster, the protagonist Lucy Snowe travels from her native England to the fictional French-speaking city of Villette to teach at a girls'' school, where she is drawn into adventure and romance.Villette was Charlotte Brontë''s third and last novel; it was preceded by The Professor (her posthumously published first novel, of which Villette is a reworking), Jane Eyre, and Shirley."

Jane Eyre has dazzled generations of readers with its depiction of a womans quest for freedom. Having grown up an orphan in the home of her cruel aunt and at a harsh charity school, Jane Eyre becomes an independent and spirited survivor-qualities that serve her well as governess at Thornfield Hall. But when she finds love with her sardonic employer, Rochester, the discovery of his terrible secret forces her to make a choice. Should she stay with him whatever the consequences or follow her convictions, even if it means leaving her beloved?

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Illustrations by-Edmund Dulac ( 2 Paintings) and-John Jellicoe (6 Drawings)-Two Photos.Annotations-Villette Summary-Villette Character List-Villette Glossary-Villette ThemesCharlotte Brontë wrote not one but two masterpieces. Most readers know Jane Eyre. Even non-readers feel they know it, because they have seen a film version, or just because it is a part of our common culture. But Villette, Brontë''s last and - to my mind - greatest novel, is less popular, perhaps because it is so uncompromising and so original. It is high time it was recognised as the blazing work it is. Reading it you enter an area of experience - of passion and disappointment and the violent return of the repressed - that has seldom been so lucidly articulated.It is also an astonishing piece of writing, a book in which phantasmagorical set pieces alternate with passages of minute psychological exploration, and in which Brontë''s marvellously flexible prose veers between sardonic wit and stream-of-consciousness, in which the syntax bends and flows and threatens to dissolve completely in the heat of madness, drug-induced hallucination and desperate desire."Villette! Villette!" wrote George Eliot. "It is a still more wonderful book than Jane Eyre. There is something almost preternatural in its power." It was unlike the strong-minded Eliot to be reduced to exclamation marks and vague talk of a "something". But Villette was so innovative for its time, and remains to this day so potently strange, that critics have struggled to find words to describe it. "There are so few books, and so many volumes," wrote Eliot''s partner GH Lewes. "Among the few stands Villette." Lewes thought it was unique. Lesser authors were "reverberating the vague noise of others". Brontë spoke out boldly in a voice that was all her own.Villette is the most autobiographical of Brontë''s novels. In it, she elaborates on the true story of her unrequited love for a married schoolmaster called Constantin Héger. In 1842 Brontë, then aged 26, went with her sister Emily to Brussels. There they worked as student-teachers in the Hégers'' school with the intention of perfecting their French, and returning home to set up a school of their own.Emily, miserably homesick for the Yorkshire moors, left first. Charlotte stayed for two years, and subsequently wrote Monsieur Héger a series of letters to which he, probably in obedience to his wife, never replied. Brontë saw him as her intellectual mentor, but the yearning tone of her letters, and the two novels for which her Belgian experiences provided her with raw material, make it obvious that she was in love with him.

Charlotte Bronte tells an amazing story about a woman who faces issues of respect in an era when women were not permitted to stand up to society. Eventually Jane finds an employer that supports her but the shadowy and ominous Mr. Rochester, hides a dreadful secret that threatens Jane''s happiness.This timeless novel highlights the abuse and neglect that the orphaned Jane Eyre faced while growing up. This story opens with Jane Eyre being shipped off to be cared for by her uncle Mr. Reed who lived at the Gateshead Hall. Her uncle was always kind to her but his wife, Sarah Reed was anything but. Sarah''s son John and Sarah''s two daughters also contributed to Jane''s torment. Jane was excluded from all family activities and found solace only in her books and dolls. One day John knocked her down and she tried to defend herself. This earned her a traumatic lock up in the room where her uncle died. At one point, she thought that she could see his ghost and this so terrified the poor child that an apothecary had to be called in. The kind man advised Sarah Reed to send Jane off to boarding school and she was subsequently sent to Lowood. Seen through Jane''s eyes, Lowood was only marginally better than Gateshead but at least she had friends there. The book will take you way back to the days of bumpy carriage rides and class discrimination. It is also a glimpse into some historical aspects of England centuries ago and the antiquated notions that were held at the time.

Jane Eyre 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. ane 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. The novel revolutionised prose fiction by being the first to focus on its protagonist''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.

"You think I have no feelings, and that I can do without one bit of love or kindness, but I cannot!"Orphaned and mistreated, Jane Eyre has never known love. In the bleak landscape of 19th-century England she struggles to find her purpose - and somewhere to belong. After years at boarding school, her path leads her to the mysterious Thornfield Hall, where she takes a position as a governess. There, she meets the dark and enigmatic Mr. Rochester, and what begins as a curious acquaintanceship soon blossoms into a love charged with passion and peril. But Thornfield and its brooding master hide deep secrets that will divide her loyalty and place Jane in an impossible position. Will she surrender, or will she be true to herself, no matter the cost?This version of Jane Eyre has been adapted to a 4th-grade reading level and abridged so that it is about 40% shorter than the original text, without removing a single scene.

This novel published in 1847 tells the story of Jane Eyre, including her growth to adulthood and her love for her employer Edward Rochester, the brooding master of Thornfield Hall, who is harboring a terrible secret. About Grace''s Giant Print Books (gracesgiantprintbooks.com) Our books are especially designed for low vision readers who may not be able to operate an e-reading device, or just love the feeling of a book in their hands. The 30 point font (featured on each back cover) is easy to read, and the books are larger than the industry standard, making them more manageable for arthritic hands and fingers. For the full catalogue, visit www.gracesgiantprintbooks.com.

"You think I have no feelings, and that I can do without one bit of love or kindness; but I cannot!"Orphaned and mistreated, Jane Eyre has never known love. In the bleak landscape of 19th-century England she struggles to find her purpose - and somewhere to belong. After years at boarding school, her path leads her to the mysterious Thornfield Hall, where she takes a position as a governess. There, she meets the dark and enigmatic Mr. Rochester, and what begins as a curious acquaintanceship soon blossoms into a love charged with passion and peril. But Thornfield and its brooding master hide deep secrets that will divide her loyalty and place Jane in an impossible position. Will she surrender, or will she be true to herself, no matter the cost?This version of Jane Eyre has been adapted to a 6th-grade reading level, to provide a more accessible entry into classic literature without removing large passages of the story. Great pains have been taken to retain as much of the original work as possible, while still reducing the reading difficulty. Examples of the changes made include:Simplification of sentence structureUpdating or providing context for obsolete wordsTranslation of foreign-language passagesReplacing advanced vocabulary with simpler wordsThis edition also contains hand-drawn pen-and-ink illustrations.Readers who may benefit from this version of the novel include:Young readersStudents with learning disabilitiesEnglish as a Second Language (ESL) or English Language Learners (ELL) readersAdult literacy learnersEducatorsCasual readers

This novel published in 1847 tells the story of Jane Eyre, including her growth to adulthood and her love for her employer Edward Rochester, the brooding master of Thornfield Hall, who is harboring a terrible secret. About Grace''s Giant Print Books Our books are especially designed for low vision readers who may not be able to operate an e-reading device, or just love the feeling of a book in their hands. The 30 point font (featured on each back cover) is easy to read, and the books are larger than the industry standard, making them more manageable for arthritic hands and fingers.