JANE EYRE

'SUCH A STRANGE BOOK! IMAGINE A NOVEL WITH A LITTLE SWARTHY GOVERNESS FOR HEROINE, AND A MIDDLE-AGED RUFFIAN FOR HERO.' SHARPE'S LONDON MAGAZINE (JUNE 1855) JANE EYRE IS AN ORPHAN GROWN UP UNDER THE HARSH REGIME FIRST OF HER AUNT AND THEN AS A PUPIL AT LOWOOD INSTITUTION. SHE LEAVES TO BECOME A GOVERNESS TO THE DAUGHTER OF THE MYSTERIOUS MR ROCHESTER; GRADUALLY THEIR RELATIONSHIP DEEPENS, BUT JANE'S PASSIONATE NATURE HAS YET TO ENDURE ITS DEEPEST BLOWS. IN THIS NEW EDITION SALLY SHUTTLEWORTH EXPLORES THE POWER OF A NARRATIVE THAT QUESTIONS THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN, THE NATURE OF SERVITUDE AND MADNESS, MARTYRDOM AND REBELLION IN A STORY WHOSE EMOTIONAL CHARGE IS A STRONG TODAY AS IT WAS MORE THAN 150 YEARS AGO.