Exquisitely written and fascinating in its sexual politics, jane eyre endures as a darkly. Jane eyre penguin classics reprint edition, kindle edition. With around 50 set texts on offer, all with exclusive introductions, they offer great value. Eyre is edited with an introduction and notes by stevie davis in penguin classics. You can still buy it on amazon, but the price has skyrocketed with rarity. Choose from a selection of hardcover books that includes austen, dickens, kipling, and shakespeare. They are pretty to look at but the wavy pages and cover designs that rub off put me off buying any more than i already have. Visit other sites in the penguin random house network. Explore audibles collection of free sleep and relaxation audio experiences. Rapidly reprinted following its first publication in 1847, jane eyre still enjoys huge popularity as one of the finest novels in the english language. If you do want a good hardback classics collection i would recommend everyman library classics.
Jane eyre, wuthering heights, the tenant of wildfell hall, villette penguin clothbound classics by charlotte bronte, emily. Buy jane eyre by charlotte bronte, stevie davies from waterstones today. Like frankenstein and dracula, jane eyre is a victorian novel that has passed into common consciousness and proved remarkably adaptable, generating several film and stage versions. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Disappear into worlds and characters loved for centuries with this set of mustreads from penguin, an incredible selection of hardcover books that spans continents and eras far from our own. The treasurer and manager of the lowood school 50 who.
That jane eyre shares this fate with the two greatest horror novels of the nineteenth century is instructive. Janes moral pilgrimage and the maturity of charlotte brontes characterization are celebrated aspects of the novel, as is its imagery and narrative power. Unlike some victorian novels, jane eyre could not be updated to a modern day narrative without losing the. Get the best deals on jane eyre books when you shop the largest online selection at. She died during her pregnancy on march 31, 1855, in haworth, yorkshire.
Jane eyre penguin classics deluxe edition charlotte bronte illustrator. Classics hardcover boxed set penguin clothbound classics by jane austen and coralie bickfordsmith nov 24, 2015. Jane eyre the 10 essential penguin classics rollover books for details in this clip, courtney allison, associate publicist, viking books, and caitlin altendorf, sales administration coordinator of hardcover sales, talk about charlotte brontes classic. Mla citations for jane eyre for the bibliography or workscited page, use your copy of jane eyre to locate the authors first and last name, the book title, city and year of publication, publisher and medium of publication. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Classics hardcover boxed set penguin clothbound classics by jane austen and coralie bickfordsmith nov 24, 2015 4. Classics hardcover boxed set penguin clothbound classics by jane austen and coralie bickfordsmith nov 24. Manwoman relationships, carnegie endowment for international peace, charityschools, married people in fiction, american jewish congress, country homes, country homes in fiction, fathers and daughters in fiction, faculty, open library staff picks, orphans in fiction, young women, married men in fiction, new york. First, our attitudes towards marriage mean that the plot is undeniably set in the past. Jane eyre, wuthering heights, the tenant of wildfell hall, villette penguin clothbound classics by charlotte bronte, emily bronte, et al. The bronte sisters boxed set by charlotte bronte penguin. Jane eyre penguin clothbound classics by charlotte bronta. Disappear into worlds and characters loved for centuries with your own set of mustreads from penguin. Jane eyre penguin classics bronte, charlotte, mason, michael on amazon.
The official home of penguin books usa, publishers of bestselling fiction, nonfiction, classics, and childrens books. Please turn this functionality on or check if you have another program set to block cookies. In her youth she wrote many burlesques, parodies, and other stories, including a short epistolary novel, lady susan. A beautiful boxed set of four hardcover classics by the bronte sisters, including wuthering heights, villette, jane eyre, and the tenant of wildfell hall to celebrate the bicentennial of charlotte bronte s birth, penguin classics presents the bronte sisters four greatest works in a boxed set of lavish, clothbound hardcover classics editions designed by the awardwinning coralie bickfordsmith. This selection of 30 hardcover books features some of the greatest authors of all time austen, dickens, kipling, shakespeare, and more. There are some literary classics everyone should have on their shelves. This coutureinspired collection also features the picture of dorian. Today we read jane eyre very differently from the way in which the victorians would have read it. Disappear into worlds and characters loved for centuries by curating your own set of mustreads from penguin. Having grown up an orphan in the home of her cruel aunt and at a harsh charity school, jane eyre becomes an independent. This beautiful box set of four novels by the bronte sisters is. A novel of intense emotional power, heightened atmosphere and fierce intelligence, jane eyre dazzled and shocked readers with its passionate depiction of a. An iconic novel dressed in a fierce design by acclaimed fashion illustrator ruben toledo. Like them, it speaks to deep, timeless human urges and fears.
Part of a special set of 10 hardcover classics, designed by coralie bickfordsmith, that innovatively use foil and a special new binding material to create a highly collectible set. There are some literary classics everyone should own. Charlottes bestknown book, jane eyre, appeared in 1847 and was soon. Jane eyre by charlotte bronte, stevie davies waterstones. Despite it being written in the mid 1800s and there being at least three words a.
Jane eyre by charlotte bronte, 9780141441146, available at book depository with. As for the quality of penguin clothbound classics, theyre not the most durable. Chesterton, virginia woolf, elizabeth rigby, george saintsbury, and anthony trollope nominated as one of americas bestloved novels by pbss the great american read initially published under the pseudonym currer bell in 1847, charlotte brontes jane eyre erupted onto the english literary scene, immediately winning the. The novels published in austens lifetime include sense and sensibility 1811, pride and prejudice 18, mansfield park 1814 and emma 1816. These experiences set her on an almost perpetual quest for love, for belonging and for the independence to make her own decisions. New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars.
Mason prevent janes wedding to rochester and ultimately informs her of her inheritance 388. Orphaned into the household of her aunt reed at gateshead, subject to the cruel regime at lowood charity school, jane eyre nonetheless emerges unbroken in spirit and integrity. A novel of intense power and intrigue, jane eyre dazzled readers with its. This coutureinspired collection also features the picture of. Jane eyre hardcover book by charlotte bronte published by borders classic see more like this. Jane austen was born on 16 december 1775 at steventon, near basingstoke, the seventh child of the rector of the parish.