Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë

jan. 1864 · Carleton

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Bronte’s novel about a shy, quiet governess who becomes a tutor in a great house and falls in love with its lonely and mysterious master is one of the great classics of English literature. Unique in its attention to the thoughts and feelings of a female protagonist, Jane Eyre was ahead of its time as a proto-feminist text. When it was published in 1847, however, Bronte was attacked by critics for what they felt was anti-Christian sentiment in her unflinching critique of the oppressions of Victorian society.

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The eldest of the Bronte sisters, Charlotte worked as a governess and submitted her works under a man’s name in order to be published. She eventually travelled to London and revealed her true identity to her publisher, and thus began friendships with many of the celebrated literary talents of the day. Bronte published three well-received novels before her death in 1855 at the age of 38.