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In the bestselling tradition of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, thisclever and funnyliterary mash-up rewrites Charlotte Bront's Jane Eyre so that Jane is a vampire slayer and Rochester's wife is a werewolf.

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With her final novel, Villette, Charlotte Bronte reached the height of her artistic power. First published in 1853, Villette is Bronte's most accomplished and deeply felt work, eclipsing even Jane Eyre in critical acclaim. Her narrator, the autobiographical Lucy Snowe, flees England and a tragic past to become an instructor in a French boarding school in the town of Villette. There, she unexpectedly confronts her feelings of love and longing a...

From the author of Jane Eyre, a strikingly modern story of a young woman starting over "Villette! Villette! Have you read it?" exclaimed George Eliot when Charlotte Brontë's final novel appeared in 1853. "It is a still more wonderful book than Jane Eyre. There is something almost preternatural in its power."Arguably Brontë's most refined and deeply felt work-Virginia Woolf called it Brontë's "finest novel"-Villette draws on its author's own ex...

Immediately recognized as a masterpiece when it was first published in 1847, Charlotte Brontë, ’, s "Jane Eyre" is an extraordinary coming-of-age story featuring one of the most independent and strong-willed female protagonists in all of literature. Poor and plain, Jane Eyre begins life as a lonely orphan in the household of her hateful aunt. Despite the oppression she endures at home, and the later torture of boarding school, Jane ma...

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. One child in a household of grown people...

He ran headlong at me: I felt him grasp my hair and my shoulder: he had closed with a desperate thing. I really saw in him a tyrant, a murderer. I felt a drop or two of blood from my head trickle down my neck, and was sensible of somewhat pungent suffering: these sensations for the time predominated over fear, and I received him in frantic sort. I don't very well know what I did with my hands, but he called me "Rat! Rat!" and bellowed out alou...

He ran headlong at me: I felt him grasp my hair and my shoulder: he had closed with a desperate thing. I really saw in him a tyrant, a murderer. I felt a drop or two of blood from my head trickle down my neck and was sensible of somewhat pungent suffering: these sensations for the time predominated over fear and I received him in frantic sort. I don't very well know what I did with my hands, but he called me "Rat! Rat!" and bellowed out aloud....

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The middle and latter portion of The Professor is as good as I can write. It contains more pith, more substance, more reality, in my judgment, than much of Jane Eyre." - Charlotte BrontëThe Professor was the first novel that Charlotte Brontë completed. Rejected by the publisher who took on the work of her sisters in 1846--Anne's Agnes Grey and Emily's Wuthering Heights--it remained unpublished until 1857, two years after Charlotte Brontë's dea...

Of late years an abundant shower of curates has fallen upon the north of England: they lie very thick on the hills, every parish has one or more of them, they are young enough to be very active, and ought to be doing a great deal of good. But not of late years are we about to speak, we are going back to the beginning of this century: late years -- present years are dusty, sunburned, hot, arid, we will evade the noon, forget it in siesta, pass ...

Jane Eyre, a penniless orphan, is engaged as governess at Thornfield Hall by the mysterious Mr Rochester. Her integrity and independence are tested to the limit as their love for each other grows, and the secrets of Mr Rochester's past are revealed. Charlotte Brontë's novel about the passionate love between Jane Eyre, a young girl alone in the world, and the rich, brilliant, domineering Rochester has, ever since its publication in 1847, enthra...

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë is one of the most loved English Classics of all time. Mystery, hardship - and love.Jane comes from nothing but she desires everything life can offer her. And when she finds work as a governess in a mysterious mansion, it seems she has finally met her match with the darkly fascinating Mr Rochester. But Thornfield Hall contains a shameful secret - one that could keep Jane and Rochester apart forever. Can she choose...

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Pearson English Readers bring language learning to life through the joy of reading. Well-written stories entertain us, make us think, and keep our interest page after page. Pearson English Readers offer teenage and adult learners a huge range of titles, all featuring carefully graded language to make them accessible to learners of all abilities. Through the imagination of some of the world's greatest authors, the English language comes to life...

Charlotte Brontës Meisterwerk, das sie im Alter von knapp dreißig Jahren verfasste und das gerade mit Mia Wasikowska in der Hauptrolle neu verfilmt wurde, zählt zu den großen Frauenromanen der Weltliteratur. Im Mittelpunkt des Geschehens stehen die Gouvernante Jane Eyre und Edward Rochester, der Herr von Thornfield Hall, dessen uneheliche Tochter Adèle von Jane unterrichtet wird. Edward verliebt sich in Jane, aber zur Hochzeit kommt es - vorer...

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 Jane Eyre follows a timeless heroine’s quest to find her place in the world. Orphaned as a child, Jane Eyre 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, ...

Über die Liebe hat Charlotte Brontë begonnen nachzudenken, als sie zwölf Jahre alt war. Seit dieser Zeit, so schreibt sie an eine Freundin, habe sie sich mit dem Gedanken abgefunden, eine alte Jungfer zu werden. Mit vierzehn schreibt sie ihre erste Liebesgeschichte - sie pielt in »Angria«, dem Großreich der Phantasie, das sie sich mit ihren Geschwistern ersonnen hatte, und mit dreiundzwanzig siedelte sie dort ihre letzte »Novellette« an: »Caro...

The Macmillan Readers series is one of the most popular simplified readers for learners of English. The information is controlled, with pictures explaining some of the difficult vocabulary. This brilliant book has 600 basic words for Beginner-level students and is a classic love story between Jane and her boss Mr Rochester. Includes an Audio CD.