Charlotte Brontë

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë’s novel of childhood injustice, emotional resilience, moral independence, love and self-respect.

Introductions and critical essays

Public-domain introductions, prefaces and criticism from early editions and early critics of the novel.

Preface to the Second Edition Charlotte Brontë (Currer Bell), 1847
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Note to the Third Edition Charlotte Brontë (Currer Bell), 1848
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Introduction Mrs Humphry Ward, 1899
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