Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre is a famous and influential novel by English writer Charlotte Bronte. It was published in London England in 1847 by Smith Elder & Co. with the title Jane Eyre. An Autobiography under the pen name Currer Bell. The American edition came out the following year published by Harper & Brothers of New York.Jane Eyre is a first-person narrative of the title character. The novel goes through five distinct stages: Jane's childhood at Gateshead where she is emotionally and physically abused by her aunt and cousins; her education at Lowood School where she acquires friends and role models but also suffers privations; her time as the governess of Thornfield Manor where she falls in love with her Byronic employer Edward Rochester; her time with the Rivers family at Marsh's End (or Moor House) and Morton where her cold clergyman-cousin St John Rivers proposes to her; and her reunion with and marriage to her beloved Rochester. Partly autobiographical the novel abounds with social criticism. It is a novel considered ahead of its time. In spite of the dark brooding elements it has a strong sense of right and wrong of morality at its core.