Charlotte Brontë
1) Villette
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English
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"Lucy Snowe, in flight from an unhappy past, leaves England and finds work as a teacher in Madame Beck's school in 'Villette'. Strongly drawn to the fiery autocratic schoolmaster Monsieur Paul Emanuel, Lucy is compelled by Madame Beck's jealous interference to assert her right to love and to be loved." "Based in part on Charlotte Bronte's experience in Brussels ten years earlier, Villette (1853) is coloured by her sadness and isolation after the deaths...
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William Crimsworth escapes a dreary clerkship in industrial Yorkshire by taking a job as a teacher in Belgium. There, however, his entanglement with the sensuous but manipulative Zoraide Reuter, complicates his affections for a penniless girl who is both teacher and pupil in Reuter's school.
3) Shirley
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English
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Set during the Napoleonic wars at a time of national economic struggles, Shirley is an unsentimental yet passionate depiction of conflict among classes, sexes, and generations. Struggling manufacturer Robert Moore considers marriage to the wealthy and independent Shirley Keeldar, yet his heart lies with his cousin Caroline. Shirley, meanwhile, is in love with Robert's brother, an impoverished tutor. As industrial unrest builds to a potentially fatal...
4) Jane Eyre
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Español
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"Una de las grandes novelas de todos los tiempos. La obra maestra de la literatura victoriana. Jane Eyre es una novela clásica de amor, precursora
del feminismo y la psicología moderna, sobre una huérfana que enfrenta su destino mani - festo gracias a su inteligencia e integridad inquebrantables. Controvertida y revolucionaria en el momento de su publicación, Jane Eyre es, al mismo tiempo, una crítica punzante a una sociedad rancia y un himno...
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English
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Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell was a volume of poetry published jointly by the three Brontë sisters, Charlotte, Emily and Anne in 1846 (see 1846 in poetry), and their first work to ever go in print. To evade contemporary prejudice against female writers, the Brontë sisters adopted masculine first names. All three retained the first letter of their first names: Charlotte became Currer Bell, Anne became Acton Bell, and Emily became Ellis Bell....
6) Jane Eyre
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Mimética
Pub. Date
2024
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Portuguese
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Primeiro romance de Charlotte Brontë, grande clássico da literatura inglesa, que inspirou adaptações para cinema e televisão. Jane Eyre, órfã de pai e mãe, vive com parentes que a desprezam até ser enviada para a instituição de caridade Lowood. Apesar das inúmeras privações que enfrenta na escola, a menina leva uma vida quase feliz, tornando-se forte e independente. Aos 18 anos, decide partir para Thornfield e trabalhar como preceptora...
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Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press
Pub. Date
2010
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English
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Jane Eyre is an influential novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published in London, England, in 1847 by Smith, Elder & Co. The novel merges elements of three distinct genres. It has the form of a Bildungsroman, a story about a child's maturation, focusing on the emotions and experiences that accompany growth to adulthood. It is a novel often considered ahead of its time due to its portrayal of the development of a thinking
...8) Jane Eyre
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Feedbooks
Pub. Date
2023
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Italiano
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Il racconto è scritto in forma autobiografica, con la protagonista, Jane Eyre appunto, che si rivolge in modo diretto al "lettore"; lo stile presenta aspetti puntualmente descrittivi dell'ambiente e dei personaggi, insieme all'approfondimento dell'evoluzione della protagonista dal punto di vista emotivo, morale e sentimentale. Accolto con successo già al suo apparire, nonostante il suo porsi in dissonanza con i cliché dell'epoca, il romanzo è...
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2023
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Français
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Devenue orpheline dès son plus âge, Jane Eyre est recueillie par M. Reed, son oncle. Après la mort de ce dernier, sa tante la traite durement et l'accuse de tous les vices. Lorsqu'elle entre dans sa dixième année, Mme Reed, décidée à s'en débarrasser définitivement, envoie Jane dans une pension pour jeunes filles pauvres, où l'on va lui enseigner sévèrement, les rigueurs de la vie...
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Project Gutenberg
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English
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A blistering criticism of the literary world in which she lived, Charlotte Brontë's "The Biographical Notes on the Pseudonymous Bells" contains two fascinating and insightful essays by the author of "Jane Eyre" addressing her late sisters' Emily and Anne's writing careers (Emily wrote "Wuthering Heights," Anne created "Agnes Grey" and"The Tenant of Wildfell Hall").
With surprising frankness and honesty, Charlotte offers a glimpse of the challenges...
12) The Professor
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2023
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English
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The Professor was the first novel by Charlotte Brontë. It was originally written before Jane Eyre and rejected by many publishing houses, but was eventually published posthumously in 1857.
The book is the story of a young man, William Crimsworth. It describes his maturation, his loves and his eventual career as a professor at an all-girl's school. The story is based upon Charlotte Brontë's experiences in Brussels, where she studied as
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Manga Classics
Pub. Date
2019
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English
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As an orphaned child, Jane Eyre is first cruelly treated by her aunt, then cast out and sent to a charity school. Though she meets with further hardship, she receives an education, and eventually takes a job as a governess at the estate of Edward Rochester. Jane and Mr. Rochester begin to bond, but his dark moods trouble her. When Jane uncovers the terrible secret Rochester has been hiding, she flees and finds temporary refuge at the home of St. John...
14) Jane Eyre
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"Jane Eyre ranks as one of the greatest and most perennially popular works of English fiction. Although the poor but plucky heroine is outwardly of plain appearance, she possesses an indomitable spirit, a sharp wit and great courage. She is forced to battle against the exigencies of a cruel guardian, a harsh employer and a rigid social order. All of which circumscribe her life and position when she becomes governess to the daughter of the mysterious,...
16) Shirley: a tale
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World's classics ; 14
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Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1902.
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English
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Set during the Napoleonic Wars, this story of two contrasting heroines and the men they love illustrates Brontë's wish to reconcile the world of romantic love and fulfillment with the gritty realities of suffering, obligation, and social duty.
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English
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"A delicious twist on a Gothic classic, Rachel Hawkins's The Wife Upstairs pairs Southern charm with atmospheric domestic suspense, perfect for fans of B.A. Paris and Megan Miranda. Meet Jane. Newly arrived to Birmingham, Alabama, Jane is a broke dog-walker in Thornfield Estates--a gated community full of McMansions, shiny SUVs, and bored housewives. The kind of place where no one will notice if Jane lifts the discarded tchotchkes and jewelry off...
19) My plain Jane
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Lady Janies ; 2
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English
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"You may think you know the story. Penniless orphan Jane Eyre begins a new life as a governess at Thornfield Hall, where she meets one dark, brooding Mr. Rochester--and, Reader, she marries him. Or does she? Prepare for an adventure of Gothic proportions, in which all is not as it seems, a certain gentleman is hiding more than skeletons in his closets, and orphan Jane Eyre, aspiring author Charlotte Bronte, and supernatural investigator Alexander...
20) Jane
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2010.
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English
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In this contemporary retelling of "Jane Eyre," an orphaned nanny becomes entranced with her magnetic and brooding employer, a rock star with a torturous secret from his past.
