625 pages
English language
Published June 27, 1996 by State Street Press.
In early nineteenth-century England, an orphaned young woman accepts employment as a governess and soon finds herself in love with her employer who has a terrible secret. Charlotte Bronte's novel about the passionate love between Jane Eyre, a young girl alone in the world, and the rich, brilliant, domineering Rochester has enthralled every kind of reader, from the most critical and cultivated to the youngest and most unabashedly romantic, ever since its publication in 1847. It lives as one of the great triumphs of storytelling and as a moving affirmation of the prerogatives of the heart in the face of disappointment and misfortune.
I am in absolute awe of this author. I don't care for the poems/stanza type works, but the stories are phenomenal! My favorite was Silently and Very Fast, but I must have bookmarked over 10 of them.
To give you an idea of how amazing she is, I had 130+ highlights. So. Good.
4.5 stars - too moved to write a proper review right away. [Prtf]
