Jane Eyre

Author: Charlotte Bronte

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  • : 11.99 NZD
  • : 9780192839657
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  • : 12 October 2000
  • : 196mm X 129mm X 27mm
  • : United Kingdom
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  • : Charlotte Bronte
  • : Oxford World's Classics
  • : Paperback
  • : New edition
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  • : 544
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  • : bibliography, chronology
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Barcode 9780192839657
9780192839657

Description

Sally Shuttleworth explores the power of "Jane Eyre" a narrative that questions the rights of women, the nature of servitude and madness, martyrdom and rebellion in a story whose emotional charge is a strong today as it was when it was published more than 150 years ago.

Awards

Runner-up for The BBC Big Read Top 100 2003 and The BBC Big Read Top 21 2003. Shortlisted for BBC Big Read Top 100 2003.

Reviews

"This is a splendid edition with extremely helpful notes - useful to faculty and students alike - and an "Introduction" which informs without overwhelming."--Preston Browning, University of Illinois at Chicago

Table of contents

Introduction; Select Bibliography; Note on the text; A Chronology of Jane Eyre; Jane Eyre; Appendix: Opinions of the Press as printed at the end of the third edition; Explanatory Notes