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Jane Eyre
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Series: Contested Classics
Publisher Price: $21.99
ISBN13: 9781963549430
Publisher: Broad Book Press
Published: Nov 10 2026
Pages: 220
Language: English
Reader, I married him.
Few lines in English literature are more famous--or more quietly radical. Charlotte Brontë's 1847 novel follows orphaned, plain-spoken Jane Eyre from an abusive childhood through a governess post at Thornfield Hall, where she falls for her brooding employer, Edward Rochester--only to discover the secret locked in his attic.
This Contested Classicsedition doesn't just reprint the novel; it interrogates it. Over 500 in-text annotations unpack the Biblical allusions, Victorian social codes, and historical context modern readers miss, while flagging exactly where the book has drawn fire--for Jane's unapologetic self-assertion, her challenges to religious and class authority, and Brontë's treatment of Bertha Mason, the Jamaican-born madwoman whose imprisonment has made the novel a flashpoint for conversations about race and colonialism.
A new introduction, two critical essays, curated further reading, and 35 discussion questions turn a familiar assigned read into a live argument--perfect for classrooms, book clubs, and any reader who thought they already knew this story.
Go beyond the ban: the Contested Classics edition of Jane Eyre arms you with 500+ contextual annotations, two critical essays, and 35 discussion questions to confront why Brontë's fiercely independent heroine--and the madwoman in the attic locked away beside her--has been called immoral, anti-Christian, and dangerous since 1847.
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