Extrait : "Il était impossible de se promener ce jour-là. Le matin, nous avions erré pendant une heure dans le bosquet dépouillé de feuillages ; mais, depuis le dîner (quand il n'y avait personne, Mme Reed dînait de bonne heure), le vent glacé d'hiver avait amené avec lui des nuages si sombres et une pluie si pénétrante, qu'on ne pouvait songer à aucune excursion."

Jane Eyre est le premier roman publié de Charlotte Brontë, dont le livre précédent, Le Professeur, avait été refusé par sept éditeurs. Charlotte Brontë amorce la rédaction de Jane Eyre en août 1846, et l"achève un an plus tard. Le livre est accepté par la maison d’édition Smith, Elder & Co. et publié en octobre 1847, sous le pseudonyme de Currer Bell. Le succès est immédiat au point de précipiter la parution déjà prévue des romans Les Hauts de Hurlevent et Agnès Grey des sœurs de Charlotte, Emily (alias Ellis Bell) et Anne (alias Acton Bell). En décembre 1847, Jane Eyre fait l"objet d"une seconde édition que Charlotte dédie au romancier William Makepeace Thackeray. Charlotte Brontë née le 21 avril 1816 à Thornton (comté d"Adams) et morte le 31 mars 1855 à Haworth (comté de Bergen), est une romancière anglaise. Traduction Mme Lesbazeilles Souvestre (1833-1902)

Orphaned young Jane becomes governess to the children of the handsome Mr. Rochester, with whom she falls deeply in love, but the dark secrets of Rochester"s past and outside influence threaten to swallow their budding romance. Narrated in the unforgettable voice of its remarkable heroine, Jane Eyre is a timeless tale of heartbreak, mystery, and romance.

Il racconto capolavoro della scrittrice inglese Charlotte Brontë, scritto in forma autobiografica con la protagonista, Jane Eyre, che si rivolge in modo diretto al "lettore". In dissonanza con i cliché dell'epoca, il romanzo è ancora attualissimo grazie alle sue descrizioni, sempre vivaci e realistiche ma mai pedanti, l'attenzione rivolta alla psicologia dei personaggi e ai loro sentimenti. Su tutti, Jane Eyre spicca per la sua integrità, indipendenza, forza interiore e passionalità tali da renderla una persona autentica più che una creazione letteraria. Intramontabile.

Publié le 16 octobre 1847 à Londres, "Jane Eyre" est un roman de Charlotte Brontë,Jane Eyre, c'est Charlotte elle-même, dont l'oeuvre, unique dans la production féminine de son époque, bouleverse encore, après plus d'un siècle, les lecteurs du monde entier. Ce roman autobiographique est aussi son chef-d'oeuvre.Devenue orpheline dès son plus âge, Jane Eyre est recueillie par M. Reed, son oncle. Après la mort de ce dernier, sa tante la traite durement et l'accuse de tous les vices. Placée ensuite en pension, elle y reste jusqu'à l'âge de dix-huit ans. Elle devient alors gouvernante pour le noble M. Rochester, dont elle tombe bientôt amoureuse, mais les obstacles seront nombreux.

Jane Eyre, une jeune orpheline élevée par sa tante abusive et ses cousins cruels. Jane est envoyée dans une école pour jeunes filles pauvres, où elle se distingue par son intelligence et sa détermination.Plus tard, Jane devient gouvernante dans la maison de M. Rochester, un homme mystérieux et sombre. Elle tombe amoureuse de lui, mais découvre qu'il cache un terrible secret qui pourrait ruiner leur relation. Finalement, Jane doit faire un choix difficile entre l'amour et son propre sens de la morale.Le roman explore les thèmes de la condition féminine, de la classe sociale, de la religion et de la recherche de soi. "Jane Eyre" est considéré comme l'un des romans les plus importants de la littérature anglaise du XIXe siècle et a été adapté à de nombreuses reprises pour la télévision, le cinéma et le théâtre. 

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre (/ɛər/ AIR; originally published as Jane Eyre: An Autobiography) is a novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë, published under the pen name "Currer Bell", on 16 October 1847, by Smith, Elder & Co. of London. The first American edition was published the following year by Harper & Brothers of New York. Jane Eyre is a Bildungsroman which follows the experiences of its eponymous heroine, including her growth to adulthood and her love for Mr. Rochester, the brooding master of Thornfield Hall.The novel revolutionised prose fiction by being the first to focus on its protagonist's moral and spiritual development through an intimate first-person narrative, where actions and events are coloured by a psychological intensity. Charlotte Brontë has been called the "first historian of the private consciousness", and the literary ancestor of writers like Proust and Joyce.The book contains elements of social criticism with a strong sense of Christian morality at its core, and it is considered by many to be ahead of its time because of Jane's individualistic character and how the novel approaches the topics of class, sexuality, religion, and feminism. It, along with Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, is one of the most famous romance novels.

Jane Eyre, the story of a young girl and her passage into adulthood, 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 Brontë's striking expose of poor living conditions for children in charity schools as well as her poignant portrayal of the limitations faced by women who worked as governesses sparked great controversy and social debate. Jane Eyre, Brontë's best-known novel, remains an extraordinary coming-of-age narrative, and one of the great classics of literature.

SOLIDARIETA" DIGITALE : tutto il nostro catalogo in promozione! EDIZIONE REVISIONATA 10/02/2020. Edizione migliorata con IMMAGINI originali della seconda edizione, NOTE digitali(tra cui traduzione francesismi) e LINK esterni di approfondimento. Capolavoro della scrittrice inglese Charlotte Brontë, pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1847, il romanzo Jane Eyre fu accolto subito con successo e resta ancora oggi un libro molto attuale e molto amato. La sottile analisi psicologica dei personaggi, le descrizioni vivaci e realistiche e le caratteristiche della protagonista, a cui l’autrice trasmise la sua forza, il suo coraggio e la sua ambizione, ne fanno una delle pietre miliari della letteratura inglese, e non solo. In particolare Jane Eyre è una delle più belle figure femminili della letteratura dell’Ottocento: un’eroina fuori dal comune, che combatte contro le falsità e le ipocrisie, capace di scegliere senza farsi condizionare dalle convenzioni sociali e senza mai scendere a compromessi. Una donna intelligente, libera e indipendente, che fin da bambina ha imparato ad affrontare ogni tipo di avversità e ha superato gli ostacoli grazie alla sua forza d’animo e alla sua determinazione. Dalle vessazioni dei cugini e dell’arcigna zia a cui viene affidata da bambina, essendo rimasta orfana, alla severissima disciplina dell’istituto che la ospita in seguito e dove è costretta a lavorare duramente in condizioni malsane, fino alla sventura di innamorarsi di Mister Rochester, un uomo già sposato: la vita di Jane è colma di sacrifici e privazioni. Ma la sua rettitudine e il suo coraggio saranno premiati e alla fine Jane riuscirà a realizzare i suoi sogni.

My godmother lived in a handsome house in the clean and ancient town of Bretton. Her husband"s family had been residents there for generations, and bore, indeed, the name of their birthplace—Bretton of Bretton: whether by coincidence, or because some remote ancestor had been a personage of sufficient importance to leave his name to his neighbourhood, I know not. When I was a girl I went to Bretton about twice a year, and well I liked the visit. The house and its inmates specially suited me. The large peaceful rooms, the well-arranged furniture, the clear wide windows, the balcony outside, looking down on a fine antique street, where Sundays and holidays seemed always to abide—so quiet was its atmosphere, so clean its pavement—these things pleased me well. One child in a household of grown people is usually made very much of, and in a quiet way I was a good deal taken notice of by Mrs. Bretton, who had been left a widow, with one son, before I knew her; her husband, a physician, having died while she was yet a young and handsome woman.

With her final novel, Villette, Charlotte Brontë reached the height of her artistic power. First published in 1853, Villette is Brontë"s most accomplished and deeply felt work, eclipsing even Jane Eyre in critical acclaim. Her narrator, the autobiographical Lucy Snowe, flees England and a tragic past to become an instructor in a French boarding school in the town of Villette. There she unexpectedly confronts her feelings of love and longing as she witnesses the fitful romance between Dr. John, a handsome young Englishman, and Ginerva Fanshawe, a beautiful coquette. The first pain brings others, and with them comes the heartache Lucy has tried so long to escape. Yet in spite of adversity and disappointment, Lucy Snowe survives to recount the unstinting vision of a turbulent life"s journey - a journey that is one of the most insightful fictional studies of a woman"s consciousness in English literature.