Jane Eyre (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)

JaneEyre,byCharlotteBronte,ispartoftheBarnes&NobleClassicsseries,whichoffersqualityeditionsataffordablepricestothestudentandthegeneralreader,includingnewscholarship,thoughtfuldesign,andpagesofcarefullycraftedextras.HerearesomeoftheremarkablefeaturesofBarnes&NobleClassics:Alleditionsarebeautifullydesignedandareprintedtosuperiorspecifications;someincludeillustrationsofhistoricalinterest.Barnes&NobleClassicspullstogetheraconstellationofinfluences—biographical,historical,andliterary—toenricheachreader'sunderstandingoftheseenduringworks.Immediatelyrecognizedasamasterpiecewhenitwasfirstpublishedin1847,CharlotteBront?’sJaneEyreisanextraordinarycoming-of-agestoryfeaturingoneofthemostindependentandstrong-willedfemaleprotagonistsinallofliterature.Poorandplain,JaneEyrebeginslifeasalonelyorphaninthehouseholdofherhatefulaunt.Despitetheoppressionsheenduresathome,andthelatertortureofboardingschool,Janemanagestoemergewithherspiritandintegrityunbroken.ShebecomesagovernessatThornfieldHall,whereshefindsherselffallinginlovewithheremployer—thedark,impassionedMr.Rochester.Butanexplosivesecrettearsaparttheirrelationship,forcingJanetofacepovertyandisolationonceagain.Oneoftheworld’smostbelovednovels,JaneEyreisastartlinglymodernblendofpassion,romance,mystery,andsuspense.SusanOstrovWeisserisaProfessorofEnglishatAdelphiUniversity,whereshespecializesinnineteenth-centuryliteratureandwomen’sstudies.Herresearchcentersonwomenandromanticloveinnineteenth-centuryliterature,aswellasoncontemporarypopularculture.WeisseralsowrotetheintroductiontotheBarnes&NobleClassicseditionofPersuasion.