The Penguin English Library Edition of Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte' The more solitary the more friendless the more unsustained I am the more I will respect myself' Passionate poetic & revolutionary Jane Eyre is a novel of naked emotional power Its story of a defiant fiercely intelligent woman who refuses to accept her appointed place in society
- & instead finds love on her own terms
- has become famous as one of the greatest romances ever written but it is also a brooding Gothic mystery a profound depiction of character & a transformative work of the imagination The Penguin English Library
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