''Such a strange book! Imagine a novel with a little swarthy governess for heroine, and a middle-aged ruffian for hero.'' Sharpe''s London Magazine (June 1855) Jane Eyre is an orphan grown up under the harsh regime first of her aunt and then as a pupil at Lowood Institution
She leaves to become a governess to the daughter of the mysterious Mr Rochester; gradually their relationship deepens, but Jane''s passionate nature has yet to endure its deepest blows. In this new edition Sally Shuttleworth explores the power of 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 more than 150 years ago.
^Charlotte Bront; Margaret Smith; Sally Shuttleworth (2015). Jane Eyre, Oxford University Press, USA. BiggerBooks. ISBN 9780192839657 (revised Aug 2023)
