{"product_id":"jane-eyre-105","title":"Jane Eyre","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Victorian romatic novel by Charlotte Brontë. first published in 1847, under the pen name \"Currer Bell.\" Writing for the \u003cem\u003ePenguin\u003c\/em\u003e edition, Stevie Davies describes it as an \"\u003cem\u003einfluential feminist text\u003c\/em\u003e\" because of its in-depth exploration of the main female character's feelings.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003ePrimarily of the bildungsroman genre, \u003cem\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/em\u003e follows the emotions and experiences of its eponymous character, including her growth to adulthood, and her love for Mr. Rochester, the byronic master of fictitious Thornfield Hall.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn its internalization of the action - the focus is on the gradual unfolding of Jane's moral and spiritual sensibility and all the events are colored by a heightened intensity that was previously the domain of poetry- the novel revolutionized the art of fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCharlotte Brontë has been called the '\u003cem\u003efirst historian of the private consciousness\u003c\/em\u003e' and the literary ancestor of writers like Joyce and Proust. The novel contains elements of social criticism, with a strong sense of morality at its core, but is nonetheless a novel many consider ahead of its time given the individualistic character of Jane and the novel's exploration of classism, sexuality, religion, and proto-feminism.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAccording to a review of \u003cem\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/em\u003e in \u003cem\u003eThe Quarterly Review\u003c\/em\u003e, it was found to be \u003cem\u003e\"pre-eminently an anti-Christian composition\"\u003c\/em\u003e. Although Brontë clearly intended for the book to be a protest against Victorian lifestyle, which caused a great unrest with the \u003cem\u003eQuarterly Review\u003c\/em\u003e, they found \u003cem\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/em\u003eto be more radical than its original intent: \"\u003cem\u003eWe do not hesitate to say that the tone of mind and thought which has overthrown authority and violated every code human and divine abroad, and fostered Chartism and rebellion at home, is the same which has also written Jane Eyre\u003c\/em\u003e\".\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough \u003cem\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/em\u003e is now commonly accepted into the canon of secondary school English literature, its immediate reception was in stark contrast to its modern-day reception. In 2003 the novel was ranked number 10 on the BBC's survey \u003cem\u003eThe Big Read.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCharlotte Brontë\u003c\/strong\u003e (1816-1855) was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters who survived into adulthood, whose novels are English literature standards. She wrote \u003cem\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/em\u003eunder the pen name Currer Bell.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Kobo eBook","offer_id":46403788898514,"sku":"5784a257-00c2-3492-99fb-557a8dab2b17","price":2.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8980\/5233\/files\/image_7afb50e2-4b3d-4cd2-a655-a5dec24d9ac8.jpg?v=1762996023","url":"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/products\/jane-eyre-105","provider":"Indigo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}