{"product_id":"jane-eyre","title":"Jane Eyre","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst published in 1847 under the pseudonym Currer Bell, Charlotte Brontë’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e follows an orphaned girl who grows into a fiercely independent young woman, determined to claim dignity, affection and a life governed by her own conscience. After a childhood marked by cruelty at Gateshead and hardship at Lowood School, Jane becomes a governess at Thornfield Hall, where her growing attachment to the enigmatic Edward Rochester draws her into a world of passion, secrecy and moral uncertainty. Brontë’s vivid Gothic atmosphere gives the novel its sense of mystery, while Jane’s first-person voice lends unusual intimacy and force to her struggle for autonomy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCombining romance, social criticism and Gothic fiction, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e challenged Victorian expectations of women by insisting upon a heroine’s intellectual, emotional and spiritual equality. Brontë explores class, religious conviction, gender, desire and the difficult balance between love and self-respect, creating a character whose inner life remains as compelling as the novel’s dramatic events. Both a landmark of nineteenth-century fiction and a deeply personal account of self-discovery, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e continues to resonate through its conviction that a woman’s worth does not depend upon wealth, beauty or social standing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Charlotte Brontë, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“One of the most perfectly structured novels of all time.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Sarah Waters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardner's EU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64051430916426,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/thelamppostparis.com\/products\/jane-eyre","provider":"The Lamp-Post Library \u0026 Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}