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Victorian · Novel

Jane Eyre

by Charlotte Brontë. An orphaned governess seeks emotional fulfillment without surrendering conscience, dignity, or autonomy.

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Date
1847
Origin
England
Era
Victorian
Genre
Novel
Difficulty
Accessible
Length
Long
Collection
The Western Canon

Subjects and themes

IndependenceLoveMorality

Why it matters

An orphaned governess seeks emotional fulfillment without surrendering conscience, dignity, or autonomy.

This work is included in the collection on the basis of bloom. Its cataloged influence level is 5 out of 5.

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