(P/B) JANE EYRE

Παρουσίαση

Jane Eyre, the story of a young girl and her passage into adult hood, was an immediate commercial success at the time of its original publication in 1847. Its representation of the underside of domestic life and the hypocrisy behind religious enthusiasm drew both praise and bitter criticism, while Charlotte Bronte's striking expose of poor living conditions for children in orphanages as well as her poignant portrayal of the limitations faced by women who worked as governesses sparked great controversy and social debate. Jane Eyre, Bronte's best-known novel, remains an extraordinary coming-of-age narrative, and one of the great classics of literature. (from the publisher)

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Acknowledgements
Introduction
A Note on the Text
Charlotte Bronte: A Brief Chronology
Jane Eyre
Appendix A: Prefatory Material to Subsequent Editions of Jane Eyre
1. Preface to the Second Edition of Jane Eyre
2. Note to the Third Edition of Jane Eyre
Appendix B: Charlotte Bronte: Correspondence on Being a Governess
1. To Emily Bronte, June 8, 1839
2. To Ellen Nussey, January 24, 1840
3. To Ellen Nussey, March 3, 1841
Appendix C: Jane Eyre and the Governess Question
1. "Hints on the Modern Governess System" (Eraser's Magazine)
2. "Governesses' Benevolent Institution" (Punch)
3. Sarah Lewis, "On the Social Position of Governesses" (Eraser's Magazine)
4. Elizabeth Rigby, Review of Vanity Fair, Jane Eyre, Governesses' Benevolent Institution - Report for 1847 (Quarterly Review)
Appendix D: Jane Eyre and the Proper Young Woman
Sarah Stickney Ellis, the Daughters of England: Their Position in Society, Character and Responsibilities
Appendix E: Race, Empire, and the West Indies
1. Thomas Carlyle, "Occasional Discourse on the Negro Question" (Fraser's Magazine)
2. John Stuart Mill, "The Negro Question" (Fraser's Magazine)
Appendix F: Jamaica and Governor Eyre
1. Despatch from Edward John Eyre, "The Insurrection in Jamaica" (The Times)
2. "The Outbreak in Jamaica" (The Times)
3. Editorial (The Times)
4. Charles Buxton, Letter to the Editor (The Times)
5. "The Jamaica Question" (Punch)
6. "The Bold Governor Eyre and the Bulls of Exeter Hall" (Punch)
7. John Stuart Mill, "Statement of the Jamaica Committee" (The Daily News)
8. Thomas Carlyle, Letter to Hamilton Hume
9. John Ruskin, "A Speech in London" (The Daily Telegraph)
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