Jane Eyre

<b>Introduction by Joyce Carol Oates &#149;&#160;Nominated as one of America&#146;s best-loved novels by PBS&#146;s&#160;<i>The Great American Read</i></b><br><br>Initially published under the pseudonym Currer Bell in 1847 Charlotte Bront&#235;&#146;s&#160;<i>Jane Eyre</i>erupted onto the English literary scene immediately winning the devotion of many of the world&#146;s most renowned writers including William Makepeace Thackeray who declared it a work &#147;of great genius.&#148; Widely regarded as a revolutionary novel Bront&#235;&#146;s masterpiece introduced the world to a radical new type of heroine one whose defiant virtue and moral courage departed sharply from the more acquiescent and malleable female characters of the day. Passionate dramatic and surprisingly modern&#160;<i>Jane Eyre&#160;</i>endures as one of the world&#146;s most beloved novels.