Jane Eyre

Written by Charlotte Brontë

Narrated by Susan Ericksen

Top 10 Finalist on PBS's The Great American Read in 2018

The stark and beautiful romance of a governess and the master of a house with long-kept secrets.

After a sad and neglected childhood as an orphan, Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester as governess for his ward. Jane is pleased with the quiet country life at Thornfield, with the beautiful old manor house and gardens, with the book-filled library, and with her own comfortable room.

But there are stories of a strange tenant, a woman who laughs like a maniac, and who stays in rooms on the third floor. The moody Rochester rebuffs her attempts to find discover more, ordering her to keep silent on the matter.

An unlikely relationship blooms between the two, however, and Jane is thrilled to accept Rochester’s proposal of marriage. But the quiet ceremony is shockingly halted by a stranger who claims that Rochester was already married—to the raving maniac Jane had heard crying in the house.

Grief-stricken, Jane flees from Thornfield, feeling that her life is over before it has really begun. Can she ever hope to find a comfortable life again—or even dare to dream of a happily ever after?

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Brilliance Audio
• Release date: May 19, 2015
• ISBN: 9781491585986

Charlotte Brontë

Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855) was an English novelist and poet, and the eldest of the three Brontë sisters. Her experiences in boarding schools, as a governess and a teacher eventually became the basis of her novels. Under pseudonyms the sisters published their first novels; Charlotte's first published novel, Jane Eyre(1847), written under a non de plume, was an immediate literary success. During the writing of her second novel all of her siblings died. With the publication of Shirley (1849) her true identity as an author was revealed. She completed three novels in her lifetime and over 200 poems.

Reviews for Jane Eyre

[Dustin Snider · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Riveting and fascinating read. I loved it so so much!

[canaryroe · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Charlotte Bronte writes a romance, but it is also a profound story of moral courage and keen perspicacity. She reaches deeply into each character to describe not only their interactions and feelings, but their location on the map of an experience which has been clarified by an unswerving comprehension of the difference between good and evil. Each person, even the least important in this work, is realized uniquely and with great respect. To read this book is to enter into a world where everyone has a soul and all acts have meaning which reveal character. This is a work of literature to profit by as well as enjoy and it has the power to address our quest concerning what it means to be human.