Charlotte Brontë

Following the dramatic romance of Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte intended Shirley to be a 'salutary' change. Set in Yorkshire during the period of the Napoleonic Wars, the novel articulates the social realities of economic hardship, the Luddite riots, dissatisfaction with the government and an inadequate Church. In the foreground of these concerns, a mill-owner, Robert Moore, in pursuit of financial security, ignores the suffering of his workers to such...

Jane Eyre was a plain, yet spirited governess who fell for the arrogant Mr. Rochester. Now the smoldering sexual chemistry between the long-suffering governess and her brooding employer comes to life... When an eager and curious Jane Eyre arrives at Thornfield Hall her sexual desires are awakened. She may have arrived at Thornfield an unfulfilled and tentative woman, but she will leave a very different person...

"Jane Eyre follows the titular character as she makes her way through Thornfield Hall as the governess and love interest of Mr. Rochester. The text reprinted in this new edition is that of the 1848 third edition text--the last text corrected by Charlotte Bronte. The text is accompanied by explanatory footnotes and an introduction that explores the influences of the novel and its journey to publication. "Contexts" includes excerpts from Charlotte's...

Jane Eyre, a mistreated orphan, learns to survive by relying on her independence and intelligence. Based on the novel of the same title by Charlotte Bronte.

The ruthless and cruel Emma causes a great many problems for Mrs. Chalfont, the narrator, and for the abandoned child, Martina, in a new completion of Charlotte Bronte's last, unfinished novel.

In early nineteenth-century England, an orphaned young woman accepts employment as a governess at Thornfield Hall, a country estate owned by the mysteriously remote Mr. Rochester.

"William Cromsworth odrzuca swe arystokratyczne dziedzictwo i wyrusza do Brukseli, by tam znaleźć szczęście. Zostaje nauczycielem języka angielskiego w szkole z internatem dla młodych panien, gdzie musi stawić czoła manipulacjom ze strony dyrektorki, Zoraï, de Reuter, która, powodowana zazdrością, usiłuje zniszczyć miłość rodzącą się między nim a uczennicą, Frances Henri, równie jak William ambitną i energiczną młodą kobietą....