Jane Eyre
Penguin Classics · first published 1847 · 624 pages
An orphaned girl grows up unloved, becomes a governess at a remote manor, and senses that its master is keeping something hidden.
Told in her own steady, candid voice, it moves from cold schoolrooms to candlelit corridors with the urgency of a confession.
For a night when the wind rattles the windows.
About this book
Jane is a poor orphan raised by a resentful aunt and sent to a harsh charity school, where she learns to endure without bending. As a young woman she takes a post at Thornfield Hall, teaching the ward of the moody Mr. Rochester. Strange laughter on the upper floor and her growing attachment to him test everything she believes about her own worth. Her quiet insistence on being treated as an equal stays long after the book is closed.