A novel of high romance and great intensity, Jane Eyre has enjoyed popular success and critical acclaim ever since its publication in 1847. Jane's journey from a troubled childhood to independence - and her turbulent love affair with the enigmatic Mr Rochester - electrified Victorian readers wit[...]
This stylish new series of the best-loved classics by Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poeand Sir Arthur Conan Doyle are sure to appeal to all book lovers.[...]
Jane Eyre ranks as one of the greatest and most perennially popular works of English fiction. Although the poor but plucky heroine is outwardly of plain appearance, she possesses an indomitable spirit, a sharp wit and great courage. She is forced to battle against the exigencies of a cruel guardian,[...]
The Shirley of the title is a woman of independent means; her friend Caroline is not. Both struggle with what a woman's role is and can be. Their male counterparts - Louis, the powerless tutor, and Robert, his cloth-manufacturing brother - also stand at odds to society's expectations. The novel is s[...]
This novel is based on the author's personal experience as a teacher in Brussels. It is a moving tale of repressed feelings and subjection to cruel circumstance and position, borne with heroic fortitude. It is also the story of a woman's right to love and be loved.[...]
The Professor is Charlotte Brontes first novel, in which she audaciously inhabits the voice and consciousness of a man, William Crimsworth. Like Jane Eyre he is parentless; like Lucy Snowe in Villette he leaves the certainties of England to forge a life in Brussels. But as a man, William has freedom[...]
Left by harrowing circumstances to fend for herself in the great capital of a foreign country, Lucy Snowe, the narrator and heroine of "Villette", achieves by degrees an authentic independence from both outer necessity and inward grief.[...]
This is the story of a rector's daughter who triumphed over unrequited love and family tragedy to take her place as one of the world's most popular writers. Ages 10+.[...]
Part fairytale, part Gothic horror, part love story, Jane Eyre remains one of the most compelling novels ever written. After running away from her unloving and cruel aunt, the orphaned Jane endures a harsh existence at an Evangelical school, where she at least finds some friends and kindness. When s[...]
Presents a sympathetic treatment of Jane Eyre's life during the 19th century. This work lets you travel back in time to grand Victorian mansions contrasted with the severest poverty.[...]
Presents a sympathetic treatment of Jane Eyre's life during the 19th century. This title lets you travel back in time to grand Victorian mansions contrasted with the severest poverty.[...]
Widely considered to be one of the greatest novels in the English language, Charlotte Bronte's semi-autobiographical epic masterpiece is brought to life in one concise volume. The classic story of a strong-willed woman growing up in 19th Century England is presented as an exciting and fast-paced gra[...]
Eto - odna iz samykh znamenitykh knig vsekh vremen i narodov.Kniga, na kotoroj vyrosli pokolenija i pokolenija chitatelnits.Kniga, kotoraja ne stareet i ne terjaet svoego obajanija.Kniga, kotoraja ekranizirovalas besschetnoe kolichestvo raz, odnako dazhe udachnye ekranizatsii ne v silakh byli pereda[...]
One of the greatest love stories ever written, Jane Eyre is the tale of a young woman entangled with the powerful Mr Rochester. What lurks in the attic at Thornfield, the ancestral home of the surly Mr Rochester? Will the governess Jane Eyre discover his secret - and having discovered it, live to re[...]
Long overshadowed by "Jane Eyre", "Villette" is widely admired as one of Charlotte Bronte's finest works. This story of a young teacher at a girl's school in the city of Villette is a particular challenge for the young reader for it requires maturity of vision, a fine narrative sense - and a command[...]
As an orphan, Jane's childhood is not an easy one, but her independence and strength of character sustain her through the miseries inflicted by cruel relatives and a brutal education system. However, her biggest challenge is yet to come. Taking a job as a governess in a house containing dangerous se[...]