Charlotte Bronte
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Charlotte Brontë : Jane Eyre (Édition intégrale)
Jane, orpheline, est d'abord recueillie par sa tante, Mrs. Reed, tenue par une promesse faite à son mari avant sa mort. Jane Eyre est toutefois élevée en inférieure à ses cousins qui n'hésitent pas à la maltraiter, surtout son cousin John. À la suite d'une forte rébellion contre sa tante, précédée par une punition disproportionnée qui la fait tomber en syncope, Jane Eyre, dix ans, est envoyée en internat à Lowood. L'histoire d'un enfant, d'une jeune fille, d'une femme ordinaire à l'exterieur, sublime de l'intérieur. Le récit d' une jeune femme qui n'a pas peur de se battre pour sa liberté, son indépendance, son bonheur.
Jane Eyre (English Edition)
"All John Reed's violent tyrannies, all his sisters' proud indifference, all his mother's aversion, all the servants' partiality, turned up in my disturbed mind like a dark deposit in a turbid well. Why was I always suffering, always browbeaten, always accused, for ever condemned? Why could I never please? Why was it useless to try to win any one's favour? Eliza, who was headstrong and selfish, was respected. Georgiana, who had a spoiled temper, a very acrid spite, a captious and insolent carriage, was universally indulged. Her beauty, her pink cheeks and golden curls, seemed to give delight to all who looked at her, and to purchase indemnity for every fault. John no one thwarted, much less punished; though he twisted the necks of the pigeons, killed the little pea-chicks, set the dogs at the sheep, stripped the hothouse vines of their fruit, and broke the buds off the choicest plants in the conservatory: he called his mother «old girl,» too; sometimes reviled her for her dark skin, similar to his own; bluntly disregarded her wishes; not unfrequently tore and spoiled her silk attire; and he was still «her own darling.» I dared commit no fault: I strove to fulfil every duty; and I was termed naughty and tiresome, sullen and sneaking, from morning to noon, and from noon to night."
"Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë was first published in 1847 under the pen name «Currer Bell». The novel revolutionized prose fiction in that Jane Eyre's moral and spiritual development is told through an intimate, first-person narrative.
Jane Eyre
Das Waisenmädchen Jane Eyre wächst bei ihrer strengen und kaltherzigen Tante Mrs. Reed auf. Als sie auf ein Internat geschickt wird, ist sie zunächst froh, doch auch dort hat sie kein einfaches Leben. Jane aber schlägt sich tapfer durch und wird schließlich Erzieherin und Gouvernante. Als sie eine Stellung auf Thornfield Hall antritt, verliebt sie sich in den Hausherren Mr. Rochester, dessen uneheliche Tochter sie betreuen soll. Rochester macht ihr einen Heiratsantrag. Vor dem Altar jedoch erhält Jane, dass Rochester bereits verheiratet ist. Sie flieht. Doch bald schon wird sie von ihren Gefühlen eingeholt. Ein zeitloser Klassiker der Weltliteratur.
Charlotte Brontë - Villette (Classic Books)
"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." "Villette" is Charlotte Bronte's lesser-known masterpiece. It is full of wonderful imagery and colour for the imagination.