Jane Eyre (Illustrated)

Jane Eyre is a fiction by English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was first published under the pen name "Currer Bell." Primarily of the bildungsroman genre, Jane Eyre follows the emotions and experiences of its eponymous character, including her growth to adulthood. The novel revolutionized the art of fiction. Charlotte Bronte has been called the 'first historian of the private consciousness' and the literary ancestor of writers like Joyce and Proust. The novel contains elements of social criticism, with a strong sense of morality at its core, but is nonetheless a novel many consider ahead of its time given the individualistic character of Jane and the novel's exploration of classism, sexuality, religion, and proto-feminism.

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Literary allusions from the Bible, fairy tales, The Pilgrim's Progress, Paradise Lost, and the novels and poetry of Sir Walter Scott are also much in evidence. Characters are compared to Caligula and Guy Fawkes. Both Biblical figures like Samson and figures from Greek myths such as Apollo are referred to at various times.