num_pages: 752
description: Initially published under the pseudonym Currer Bell in 1847, Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre erupted onto the English literary scene, immediately winning the devotion of many of the world's most renowned writers, including William Makepeace Thackeray, who declared it a work "of great genius." Passionate, dramatic, and surprisingly modern, Jane Eyre endures as one of the world's most beloved novels. This Modern Library Paperback Classics edition includes a new Introduction by Diane Johnson, the National Book Award-nominated author of many novels, including Le Mariage and Le Divorce.The timeless story of Jane Eyre has arrived on Broadway as a spectacular new musical from an all-star production team, consisting of John Caird (Les Misérables, Nicholas Nickleby), who adapted and staged (with Scott Schwartz);  composer Paul Gordon; designer John Napier (Cats, Les Misérables, Sunset Boulevard); costume designer Andreane Neofitou (Les Misérables, Miss Saigon); and lighting designers Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer, six-time winners of the Tonytm Award.        Jane The Musical, live at the Brooks Atkinson Theatrewww.JaneEyreonBroadway.comOriginal cast album available from Sony Classical
language: English
title: Jane Eyre
titlecomplete: Jane Eyre
characters: Edward Rochester, Rosamond Oliver, Blanche Ingram, Eliza Reed, Grace Poole, Georgiana Reed, Bessie Lee, Helen Burns, Diana Rivers, Richard Mason, Bertha Mason, Mary Rivers, Robert Brocklehurst, St. John Rivers, Adèle Varens, Jane Eyre, Alice Fairfax, Sarah Reed, Maria Temple
genres: Classics, Historical, Gothic, Novels, School, Romance, Historical Fiction, Literature, 19th Century, Fiction
ratings_count: 2024198
places: United Kingdom, Thornfield Hall, England
publisher: Modern Library