Jane Eyre

<b>From A to Z the Penguin Drop Caps series collects 26 unique hardcovers--featuring cover art by type superstar Jessica Hische </b> <p/> It all begins with a letter. Fall in love with Penguin Drop Caps a new series of twenty-six collectible and gift-worthy hardcover editions each with a type cover showcasing a gorgeously illustrated letter of the alphabet by superstar type designer Jessica Hische whose work has appeared everywhere from Tiffany & Co. to Wes Anderson's film <i>Moonrise Kingdom</i> to Penguin's own bestsellers <i>Committed</i>and <i>Rules of Civility</i>. A collaboration between Jessica Hische and Penguin Art Director Paul Buckley the series design encompasses foil-stamped paper-over-board cases in a rainbow-hued spectrum across all twenty-six book spines and a decorative stain on all three paper edges. Penguin Drop Caps debuts with an A for Jane Austen's <i>Pride and Prejudice</i> a B for Charlotte Brontë's <i>Jane Eyre</i> and a C for Willa Cather's <i>My Ántonia</i> and continues with more classics from Penguin. <p/><b>B is for Brontë.</b> A novel of intense power and intrigue <i>Jane Eyre</i> dazzles and shocks readers with its passionate depiction of a woman's search for equality and freedom. Orphaned Jane Eyre grows up in the home of her heartless aunt where she endures loneliness and cruelty and at a charity school with a harsh regime. This troubled childhood strengthens Jane's natural independence and spirit--which proves necessary when she takes a position as governess at Thornfield Hall. But when she finds love with her sardonic employer Rochester the discovery of his terrible secret forces her to make a choice. Should she stay with him and live with the consequences or follow her convictions even if it means leaving the man she loves?