From the desk of Laurel Ann Nattress:
How much do book covers impact your reading emotions? This stunning cover of Jane Eyre popped up in my Amazon shopping. It stopped me in my tracks.
Charlotte Brontë’s classic gothic romance has had 1,000s of book covers grace its pages since its publication in 1847, but there is something about this design that totally encapsulates the emotional inner being of the text of the novel. Jane is almost ghost-like as she stares straight at the viewer with piercing eyes and a stoic expression. That’s my Jane. Is it yours?
It’s been many years since I first read Jane Eyre and she is calling me for a re-read soon. How about you? Time to revisit this fabulous classic novel?
BOOK DESCRIPTION
Jane Eyre, first published in 1847 under the pseudonym Currer Bell, exploded into the English literary scene, capturing the hearts of many of the world’s most prominent writers, including William Makepeace Thackeray, who called it a work “of extraordinary brilliance.” Bront’s masterpiece, widely recognised as a revolutionary novel, exposed the world to a radical new sort of heroine, one whose rebellious integrity and moral courage stood in stark contrast to the more acquiescent and malleable female heroines of the day. Jane Eyre is one of the world’s most beloved novels because it is passionate, dramatic, and startlingly modern.
AUTHOR BIO
Charlotte Brontë was born at Thornton, Yorkshire in 1816, the third child of Patrick and Maria Brontë. Her father was perpetual curate of Haworth, Yorkshire from 1820 until his death in 1861. Her mother died in 1821, leaving five daughters and a son. Charlotte was employed as a teacher from 1835 to 1838, was subsequently a governess, and in 1842 went with her sister Emily to study languages in Brussels, where during 1843 she again worked as a teacher.
Charlotte’s first novel, The Professor, was rejected by several publishers and was not published until 1857. Jane Eyre was published in 1847 and achieved immediate success. In 1848 her brother Branwell Brontë died, as did her sisters Emily before the end of the same year, and Anne in the following summer, so that Charlotte alone survived of the six children. Charlotte married in 1854 the Revd. A. B Nicholls, her father’s curate, but died in March 1855.
BOOK INFORMATION
- Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë
- SSA Books (April 22, 2022)
- eBook (641) pages
- ASIN: B09YRF8ZS2
- Genre: Gothic Romance, Historical Romance
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one of my all-time favorite books.
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Many people claim this novel as one of their all-time favorites. I am curious why it is yours, Denise.
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I’ve read it multiple times, wrote multiple papers on it, studied it extensively, and still find it a great gothic novel.
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One of the all-time reviewers said as much: dark, very dark in theme; and seeing this book cover is what came to mind…and or Wynona Ryder, the actress/shoplifter/activist/etc.
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Wow, an image is worth a thousand words–or many more! Jane Eyre has so many things I like about it, remains a favorite. I recently read her sister Anne’s “Tenant of Wildfell Hall” for the first time and thought it was wonderful.
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I first read this as “Required Summer Reading” before entering the 7th grade. I have read it 8 times. Love it and have 3 movie versions of it.
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Jane Eyre is one of my all time favourite books! 😄
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