Jane Eyre - Featuring an introduction by Margot Livesey - E-book - ePub

A PBS Great American Read Top 100 PickCharlotte Brontë's masterpiece of gothic romance-an epic and intimate narrative of love, tragedy, and one woman's struggle to find happiness in the face of overwhelming hardshipJane Eyre follows a timeless heroine's quest to find her place in the world. Orphaned as a child, Jane Eyre suffers cruelty and abuse at the hands of her aunt and cousins. Banished to the Lowood school, she forges a path for herself and thrives-in spite of loneliness, poverty, and hunger.
When the opportunity for work as a governess sends her to Thornfield Hall, she meets its owner, Edward Rochester, the man who will forever alter the course of her young life. At home for the first time, she begins to fall deeply, irrevocably in love with Mr. Rochester, nurtured by his near-spiritual adoration. But the manor is rife with mysteries, and one, bound to the attic of Thornfield, will threaten Jane's hard-won happiness in ways she had never imagined.
A tale of fire, storms, and dark secrets, Jane Eyre has endured as an enthrallingly timeless classic.