Charlotte Brontë
1) Villette
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English
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With neither friends nor family, Lucy Snowe sets sail from England to find employment in a girls' boarding school in the small town of Villette. There she struggles to retain her self-possession in the face of unruly pupils, an initially suspicious headmaster, and her own complex feelings, first for the school's English doctor and then for the dictatorial professor, Paul Emmanuel. Charlotte Brontë's last and most autobiographical novel is a powerfully...
2) Jane Eyre
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In early nineteenth-century England, an orphaned young woman accepts employment as a governess and soon finds herself in love with her employer who has a terrible secret. Charlotte Bronte's novel about the passionate love between Jane Eyre, a young girl alone in the world, and the rich, brilliant, domineering Rochester has enthralled every kind of reader, from the most critical and cultivated to the youngest and most unabashedly romantic, ever since...
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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. Also included in this edition is Emma, Charlotte Bronte's last, unfinished novel. Both works are drawn from the original Clarendon texts.
4) Shirley
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English
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Following the dramatic romance of Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte intended Shirley to be a 'salutary' change. Set in Yorkshire during the period of the Napoleonic Wars, the novel articulates the social realities of economic hardship, the Luddite riots, dissatisfaction with the government and an inadequate Church. In the foreground of these concerns, a mill-owner, Robert Moore, in pursuit of financial security, ignores the suffering of his workers to such...
5) Jane Eyre
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Español
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Jane, una simple huérfana sin un centavo en la Inglaterra del siglo XIX, acepta un empleo como institutriz en Thornfield Hall y pronto se enamora de su melancólico empleador, el Sr. Edward Rochester, un hombre con un terrible secreto.
Jane, a plain and penniless orphan in nineteenth-century England, accepts employment as a governess at Thornfield Hall and soon finds herself in love with her melancholy employer, Mr. Edward Rochester, a man with...
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Świat Ksiżki
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2016.
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Polish
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Miłość, moralne wybory i walka o własną godność splatają się w poruszającej historii, która do dziś zachwyca czytelników na całym świecie.
Osierocona w dzieciństwie Jane Eyre, po trudnych latach spędzonych w surowej i wymagającej szkole z internatem, podejmuje pracę jako guwernantka w Thornfield Hall – mrocznej posiadłości tajemniczego Edwarda Rochestera. Niespodziewanie między bohaterami rodzi się uczucie, a Jane po raz pierwszy...
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HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
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[2024]
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English
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"In this empowering Black queer romance reimagining of Charlotte Brontë's classic novel, Jane Eyre, the new governess at Thornfield Hall discovers her cruel employer has locked away his wife as revenge for withholding her inheritance and, as his dark plan unfolds, must find a way to save this woman she's come to love"-- Provided by publisher.
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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...
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English
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"Jane Eyre follows the titular character as she makes her way through Thornfield Hall as the governess and love interest of Mr. Rochester. The text reprinted in this new edition is that of the 1848 third edition text--the last text corrected by Charlotte Bronte. The text is accompanied by explanatory footnotes and an introduction that explores the influences of the novel and its journey to publication. "Contexts" includes excerpts from Charlotte's...
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Everyman's library volume no. 292
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Everyman's Library/Alfred A. Knopf
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2008.
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English
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Éditions des Saints Pères
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[2016?]
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English
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"Jane Eyre, a novel presenting the autobiography of the eponymous heroine: an orphan who refuses to let the pitfalls of her fate overcome her obstinate character, her passion or her independence." -- From publisher's website.
16) Emma
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Everest House
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[1980]
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English
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The ruthless and cruel Emma causes a great many problems for Mrs. Chalfont, the narrator, and for the abandoned child, Martina, in a new completion of Charlotte Bronte's last, unfinished novel.