Jane Eyre
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The novel is set somewhere in the north of England. Jane's childhood at Gateshead Hall, where she is emotionally and physically abused by her aunt and cousins; her education at Lowood School, where she acquires friends and role models but also suffers privations and oppression; her time as the governess of Thornfield Hall, where she falls in love with her Byronic employer, Edward Rochester; her time with the Rivers family, during which her earnest but cold clergyman cousin, St John Rivers, proposes to her. Will she or will she not marry him?
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- Who wrote Jane Eyre?
Jane Eyre is by Charlotte Brontë. The catalogue records its first publication in 1847. A later edition may have a different publication date on its copyright page.
- How long is Jane Eyre?
The catalogue records 480 pages for a representative edition. Pagination varies with the publisher, format, type size and translation, so check the edition you intend to read.
