Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë - Book 1, Part 1

Title: Jane Eyre

Overview: Jane Eyre; (originally published as Jane Eyre: An Autobiography) is a novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë, published under the pen name "Currer Bell", on 16 October 1847, by Smith, Elder & Co. of London. The first American edition was published the following year by Harper & Brothers of New York. Jane Eyre is a Bildungsroman that follows the experiences of its eponymous heroine, including her growth to adulthood and her love for Mr. Rochester, the brooding master of Thornfield Hall. The novel revolutionized prose fiction by being the first to focus on its protagonist's moral and spiritual development through an intimate first-person narrative, where actions and events are colored by a psychological intensity. Charlotte Brontë has been called the "first historian of the private consciousness", and the literary ancestor of writers like Proust and Joyce. The book contains elements of social criticism with a strong sense of Christian morality at its core, and it is considered by many to be ahead of its time because of Jane's individualistic character and how the novel approaches the topics of class, sexuality, religion, and feminism. It, along with Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, is one of the most famous romance novels of all time.

Published: 1847

List: 100 Classic Book Collection

Author: Charlotte Brontë

Genre: General Fiction, Romance, Gothic, Bildungsroman

Episode: Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë - Book 1, Part 1

Part: 1 of 3

Length Part: 5:13:43

Book: 1

Length Book: 18:36:29

Episodes: 1 - 13 of 38

Narrator: Elizabeth Klett

Language: English

Edition: Unabridged Audiobook

Keywords: love, autonomy, belonging, value, self-sacrifice, integrity, personal value, marriage

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