Jane Eyre: Classic Fiction: Women's Literature Criticism: Annotated Edition

Jane Eyre is the story of a young girl and her path into adulthood. The novel was an immediate commercial success at the time of its original publication in 1847. Itsrepresent the underside of domestic life and the hypocrisy behind religious enthusiasm. Which drew both praise and harsh criticism, while Charlotte Bront 's remarkable exposer 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 ignited great controversy and social debate that time. Jane Eyre is Bront 's best-known novel, remains an extraordinary coming-of-age narrative, and one of the great known classics of literature.