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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813301403321

Autore

Brontèˆ Charlotte <1816-1855, >

Titolo

Jane Eyre : an autobiography / / Charlotte Brontèˆ

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Open Road Integrated Media, , [2014]

ISBN

1-4532-6517-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1005 p.)

Disciplina

823.8

Soggetti

Governesses

Fathers and daughters

Mentally ill women

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Contents; Preface; Note to the Third Edition; Chapter I; Chapter II; Chapter III; Chapter IV; Chapter V; Chapter VI; Chapter VII; Chapter VIII; Chapter IX; Chapter X; Chapter XI; Chapter XII; Chapter XIII; Chapter XIV; Chapter XV; Chapter XVI; Chapter XVII; Chapter XVIII; Chapter XIX; Chapter XX; Chapter XXI; Chapter XXII; Chapter XXIII; Chapter XXIV; Chapter XXV; Chapter XXVI; Chapter XXVII; Chapter XXVIII; Chapter XXIX; Chapter XXX; Chapter XXXI; Chapter XXXII; Chapter XXXIII; Chapter XXXIV; Chapter XXXV; Chapter XXXVI; Chapter XXXVII; Chapter XXXVIII--Conclusion

Sommario/riassunto

Charlotte Brontèˆ's enduring classic-the story of a young woman's quest for love and acceptance in Victorian EnglandThe young orphan Jane Eyre inhabits a fragile position. Born to a good family but with no wealth of her own, Jane is sent to live with her uncle's family-an arrangement that turns sour when he dies-and then to Lowood, a punitive and tyrannically run boarding school for girls. As she matures into adulthood, Jane's fiery spirit and independence grow more acute, as does her sensitivity to the world around her. Now governess of the secluded Thornfield Hall, the first place she has eve