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Jane Eyre

by Charlotte Brontë

Orphaned Jane Eyre suffers in her cruel aunt’s household.

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Original language: EnglishLevel: Advanced3,079 characters · ≈ 4 minSource: Project Gutenberg

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There was no possibility of taking a walk that day. We had been wandering, indeed, in the leafless shrubbery an hour in the morning; but since dinner (Mrs. Reed, when there was no company, dined early) the cold winter wind had brought with it clouds so sombre, and a rain so penetrating, that further outdoor exercise was now out of the question.

I was glad of it: I never liked long walks, especially on chilly afternoons: dreadful to me was the coming home in the raw twilight, with nipped fingers and toes, and a heart saddened by the chidings of Bessie, the nurse, and humbled by the consciousness of my physical inferiority to Eliza, John, and Georgiana Reed.

The said Eliza, John, and…

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About the book

Jane Eyre is a novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë, published in 1847 under the pen name "Currer Bell". It follows its heroine's growth to adulthood and her love for Mr Rochester, the brooding master of Thornfield Hall. Told in an intimate first-person narrative centred on the protagonist's moral and spiritual development, it is considered one of the greatest novels in the English language.

About the author

Charlotte Brontë (21 April 1816 – 31 March 1855), later Charlotte Nicholls, was an English novelist and poet, and the elder sister of Emily, Anne and Branwell Brontë. She is best known for Jane Eyre, first published under the pseudonym Currer Bell, which was a great success on publication and has since been acknowledged as a classic of English literature.

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