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1、JaneEyreTitlepageofthefirsteditionofJaneEyreAuthor:CharlotteBrontëCountry:EnglandLanguage:EnglishGenre(s):NovelJaneEyreisan1847novelbyCharlotteBrontë,publishedbySmith,Elder&Company,London.ItisoneofthemostfamousofBritishnovels.CharlotteBrontëfirstpublishedthebookasJaneEyre:AnAutobiogra
2、phyunderthepseudonymCurrerBell.Thenovelwasanimmediatecriticalandpopularsuccess.EspeciallyeffusiveinhispraiseswasWilliamMakepeaceThackeray,towhomCharlotteBrontëdedicatedthenovel'ssecondedition,whichwasillustratedbyF.H.Townsend.PlotintroductionJaneEyreisafirst-personnarrativeofthetitlec
3、haracter,asmall,plain-faced,intelligent,andpassionateEnglishorphangirl.TheplotfollowstheformofaBildungsroman,anovelthattellsthestoryofachild'smaturationandfocusesontheemotionsandexperiencesthatleadtohermaturity.Thenovelgoesthroughfivedistinctstages:(1)Jane'schildhoodatGateshead,wheres
4、heisabusedbyherauntandcousin;(2)hereducationatLowoodSchool,wheresheacquiresfriendsandrolemodelsbutalsosuffersprivations;(3)hertimeasgovernessatThornfieldManor,whereshefallsinlovewithherByronicemployer,EdwardRochester;(4)hertimewiththeRiversfamilyatMarsh'sEnd(orMoorHouse)andatMorton,wh
5、erehercoldclergyman-cousinSt.JohnRiversproposestoher;and(5)herreunionwithandmarriagetoherbelovedRochesterathishouseofFerndean.Partlyautobiographical,thenovelaboundswithsocialcriticismandsinisterGothicelements.JaneEyreisdividedinto38chapters,andmosteditionsareatleast400pageslong(althou
6、ghtheprefaceandintroductiononsomecopiescantakeupanother100).Intheoriginalversion,JaneEyrewaspublishedinthreevolumes:VolumeOne(Chapter1-Chapter15),VolumeTwo(Chapter16-Chapter26),VolumeThree(Chapter27-Chapter38).PlotsummaryTherewasnopossibilityoftakingawalkthatday.Wehadbeenwandering,ind
7、eed,intheleaflessshrubberyanhourinthemorning;butsincedinner(Mrs.Reed,whentherewasnocompany,dinedearly)thecoldwinterwindhadbroughtwithitcloudssosombre,andarainsopenetrating,thatfurtherout-doorexercisewasnowoutofthequestion.–ExcerptfromCharlotteBrontë'sJaneEyre,beginningofchapter1Thenov
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