Jane Eyre

<p><strong>A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick</strong></p><p><strong>Charlotte Brontë's masterpiece of gothic romance--an epic and intimate narrative of love tragedy and one woman's struggle to find happiness in the face of overwhelming hardship</strong></p><p><em>Jane Eyre</em> follows its fearless heroine's quest to find her place in the world. Orphaned as a child Jane suffers cruelty and abuse at the hands of her aunt and cousins. Banished to the Lowood school she forges a path for herself and thrives--in spite of loneliness poverty and hunger. When the opportunity for work as a governess sends her to Thornfield Hall she meets its owner Edward Rochester the man who will forever alter the course of her young life.</p><p>At home for the first time she begins to fall deeply irrevocably in love with Mr. Rochester nurtured by his near-spiritual adoration. But the manor is rife with mysteries and one bound to the attic of Thornfield will threaten Jane's hard-won happiness in ways she had never imagined.</p><p>A tale of fire storms and dark secrets <em>Jane Eyre</em> has endured as an enthrallingly timeless classic.</p>