num_pages: 3
description: Charlotte Bront's first published novel, Jane Eyre was immediately recognised as a work of genius when it appeared in 1847. Orphaned into the household of her Aunt Reed at Gateshead, subject to the cruel regime at Lowood charity school, Jane Eyre nonetheless emerges unbroken in spirit and integrity. How she takes up the post of governess at Thornfield Hall, meets and loves Mr Rochester and discovers the impediment to their lawful marriage are elements in a story that transcends melodrama to portray a woman's passionate search for a wider and richer life than that traditionally accorded to her sex in Victorian society.
language: English
title: Jane Eyre
titlecomplete: Jane Eyre
characters: Jane Eyre, Blanche Ingram, Grace Poole, Maria Temple, Eliza Reed, Richard Mason, Rosamond Oliver, Georgiana Reed, Bessie Lee, Bertha Mason, Alice Fairfax, Helen Burns, Sarah Reed, Diana Rivers, Edward Rochester, Adèle Varens, Mary Rivers, Robert Brocklehurst, St. John Rivers
genres: Historical Fiction, Historical, School, Novels, Gothic, Literature, Classics, Romance, Fiction, 19th Century
ratings_count: 2024187
places: Thornfield Hall, England, United Kingdom
publisher: Gardners Books