Jane Eyre

Originally published under a pseudonym, Charlotte Brontë’s first and most popular novel is a tale of passion and principle, exploring themes of class, spirituality, and femininity. Brontë’s first-person narrative - now a common device, but then a literary revolution - puts the reader inside the mind of our heroine, Jane Eyre, whose growth from childhood to adulthood the story charts. Yet as her journey along the thorny path of life brings a degree of harmony, so appears the brooding, mysterious Mr Rochester, exacerbating life’s complications - and transforming its possibilities.