Jane Eyre (New Millennium Library)

Birmingham, Alabama: Sweetwater Press, 1998. Reissue. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 9x6x2. Reissue. Minor scuffs to gilt edges, minor fray to end of ribbon marker, otherwise an excellent copy. 1998 Full-Leather. xx, 682 pp. Dark green full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, ribbon marker bound in, silk moire endpapers. Includes brief biographical sketch of Bronte, and an introduction by Diane Johnson. Charlotte Bronte's first published novel, Jane Eyre was immediately recognised as a work of genius when it appeared in 1847. Orphaned into the household of her Aunt Reed at Gateshead, subject to the cruel regime at Lowood charity (truncated) school, Jane Eyre nonetheless emerges unbroken in spirit and integrity. How she takes up the post of governess at Thornfield Hall, meets and loves Mr Rochester and discovers the impediment to their lawful marriage are elements in a story that transcends melodrama to portray a woman's passionate search for a wider and richer life than that traditionally accorded to her sex in Victorian society. (Inventory #: 2347558)