Jane Eyre (Norton Critical Editions) - Softcover

Brontė, Charlotte

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393975428 ISBN 13: 9780393975420

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2000

Synopsis

The text reprinted in this new edition is that of the 1848 third edition text--the last text corrected by the author.

"Contexts" includes eighteen new selections and two new subsections: "Charlotte and Jane’s Illustrated Book" which includes a letter from Brontė to her publisher W. S. Williams; "Vignettes from Bewick"; and "Charlotte Brontė and Bewick’s "British Birds’" and "Charlotte Brontė as Governess," which includes letters to Emily Brontė, Ellen Nussey, W. S. Williams, and "The Governess-Grinders." "Criticism" collects six major essays on Jane Eyre, four of them new to the Third Edition. Contributors include Adrienne Rich, Sandra M. Gilbert, Jerome Beaty, Lisa Sternlieb, Jeffrey Sconce, and Donna Marie Nudd. A new Chronology and updated Selected Bibliography are also included.

About this title

Book Description:

Cambridge Literature is a series of literary texts edited for study by students aged 14-18 in English-speaking classrooms. It will include novels, poetry, short stories, essays, travel-writing and other non-fiction.

From the Publisher:

Charlotte Bronte's impassioned novel is the love story of Jane Eyre, a plain yet spirited governess, and her arrogant, brooding Mr. Rochester. Published in 1847, under the pseudonym of Currer Bell, the book heralded a new kind of heroine--one whose virtuous integrity, keen intellect and tireless perseverance broke through class barriers to win equal stature with the man she loved. Hailed by William Makepeace Thackeray as "the masterwork of great genius," Jane Eyre is still regarded, over a century later, as one of the finest novels in English literature.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0393975428
• ISBN 13: 9780393975420
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 552
• Editor: Dunn Richard J.