Jane Eyre, Paperback
Descriere
Introduction by Diane Johnson Commentary by G. K. Chesterton, Virginia Woolf, Elizabeth Rigby, George Saintsbury, and Anthony Trollope Initially published under the pseudonym Currer Bell in 1847, Charlotte Bronte s ""Jane Eyre"" erupted onto the English literary scene, immediately winning the devotion of many of the world s most renowned writers, including William Makepeace Thackeray, who declared it a work of great genius. Widely regarded as a revolutionary novel, Bronte s masterpiece introduced the world to a radical new type of heroine, one whose defiant virtue and moral courage departed sharply from the more acquiescent and malleable female characters of the day. Passionate, dramatic, and surprisingly modern, ""Jane Eyre ""endures as one of the world s most beloved novels. Includes a Modern Library Reading Group Guide""
Despre autor
Charlotte Brontë a fost o romancieră și poetă engleză, sora mai mare a celorlalte două scriitoare: Emily Brontë și Anne Brontë. Charlotte Brontë, care obișnuia să folosească pseudonimul de Currer Bell, este cunoscută pentru cartea ei Jane Eyre, unul dintre cele mai celebre romane din literatura engleză și cea universală.
