JANE EYRE PENGUIN CLASSIC

ORPHANED JANE EYRE GROWS UP IN THE HOME OF HER HEARTLESS AUNT, WHERE SHE ENDURES LONELINESS AND CRUELTY, AND AT A CHARITY SCHOOL WITH A HARSH REGIME. THIS TROUBLED CHILDHOOD STRENGTHENS JANE'S NATURAL INDEPENDENCE AND SPIRIT - WHICH PROVE NECESSARY WHEN SHE FINDS A POSITION AS GOVERNESS AT THORNFIELD HALL. BUT WHEN SHE FINDS LOVE WITH HER SARDONIC EMPLOYER, ROCHESTER, THE DISCOVERY OF HIS TERRIBLE SECRET FORCES HER TO MAKE A CHOICE. SHOULD SHE STAY WITH HIM AND LIVE WITH THE CONSEQUENCES, OR FOLLOW HER CONVICTIONS, EVEN IF IT MEANS LEAVING THE MAN SHE LOVES? A NOVEL OF INTENSE POWER AND INTRIGUE, "JANE EYRE" (1847) DAZZLED AND SHOCKED READERS WITH ITS PASSIONATE DEPICTION OF A WOMAN'S SEARCH FOR EQUALITY AND FREEDOM.