An Autobiography
Reader, I married him.
Jane Eyre An Autobiography
Smith, Elder & Co., 1872.
New edition in one volume. 8vo. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, page edges and endpapers with matching marbling. Raised bands to spine with gilt tooling, gilt titles on a black title label. A very good copy, spine and corners rubbed with a dent to the bottom of the upper board. Contemporary ownership inscription to first blank.
Charlotte Bronte's first novel and keystone of nineteenth century literature.
The novel was greeted with almost instant acclaim. Critics seized upon its imaginative power and the reality and freshness of its style. William Thackeray, to whom Charlotte dedicated the second edition, "lost a whole day in reading it." To this day it remains one of the most popular and widely read English novels.
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