num_pages: 461
description: Charlotte Brontë’s impassioned novel is the love story of Jane Eyre, a plain yet spirited governess, and her employer, the arrogant, brooding Mr. Rochester. Published in 1847 under the pseudonym Currer Bell, the book heralded a new kind of heroine—one whose virtuous integrity, keen intellect, and tireless perseverance broke through class barriers to win equal stature with the man she loved. Hailed by William Makepeace Thackeray as “the masterwork of a great genius,” Jane Eyre is still regarded, over a century later, as one of the finest novels in English literature.
language: English
title: Jane Eyre
titlecomplete: Jane Eyre
characters: Diana Rivers, Helen Burns, Adèle Varens, Alice Fairfax, Bertha Mason, Mary Rivers, Georgiana Reed, Maria Temple, Robert Brocklehurst, Sarah Reed, Bessie Lee, St. John Rivers, Richard Mason, Edward Rochester, Rosamond Oliver, Jane Eyre, Blanche Ingram, Grace Poole, Eliza Reed
genres: Romance, Fiction, Literature, Historical Fiction, Novels, 19th Century, Historical, School, Gothic, Classics
ratings_count: 2025244
places: England, Thornfield Hall, United Kingdom
publisher: Signet Classics