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Jane Eyre an Autobiography
Contributor(s): Bronte, Charlotte (Author)
ISBN: 153061404X     ISBN-13: 9781530614042
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
OUR PRICE:   $17.24  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: March 2016
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BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Gothic
Lexile Measure: 840
Physical Information: 1.08" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (1.56 lbs) 534 pages
 
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The novel Jane Eyre is a first-person narrative of the title character. The novel is set somewhere in the north of England, during the reign of George III (1760-1820), and goes through five distinct stages: Jane's childhood at Gateshead Hall, where she is emotionally and physically abused by her aunt and cousins; her education at Lowood School, where she acquires friends and role models but suffers privations and oppression; her time as governess at Thornfield Hall, where she falls in love with her Byronic employer, Edward Rochester; her time with the Rivers family, during which her earnest but cold clergyman cousin, St. John Rivers, proposes to her; and her reunion with, and marriage to, her beloved Rochester. During these sections the novel provides perspectives on a number of important social issues and ideas, many of which are critical of the status quo (see the Themes section below). Literary critic Jerome Beaty opines that the close first person perspective leaves the reader "too uncritically accepting of her worldview", and often leads reading and conversation about the novel towards supporting Jane, regardless of how irregular her ideas or perspectives