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Jane Eyre
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Jane Eyre is Charlotte Bronte's 1847 novel, the first-person story of an orphan who refuses to be diminished, by cruelty, by poverty, or by love itself. Plain, poor, and fiercely independent, Jane insists on her own dignity and conscience even when it costs her everything. It transformed the novel by giving such interior force to an ordinary woman's voice.
About the author — Charlotte Brontë
Charlotte Bronte (1816 to 1855) was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three writing Bronte sisters. Published first under a male pen name, Jane Eyre made her famous and remains a landmark of English fiction.
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What is Jane Eyre about?
The life of an orphaned girl who grows into a woman determined to keep her integrity and independence, even as love and circumstance test her. It is a story of conscience, dignity, and self-respect.
What is the most famous line in Jane Eyre?
Jane's insistence that she is no bird, and no net ensnares her; she is a free human being with an independent will, the heart of the novel's case for self-respect.
Is Jane Eyre worth reading?
Yes. Beyond its romance and gothic atmosphere, it endures for Jane's voice, one of the first in English fiction to demand that a poor, plain woman be treated as a full equal.