Jane es una nia hurfana que se ha educado en un orfanato miserable. Sin embargo, pese a todas las adversidades que la vida ha dispuesto en su camino, su inteligencia y su afn por aprender consiguen apartarla del mundo de su gris infancia, y logra establecerse como institutriz. Mientras trata de cuidar y educar a la joven Adle, Jane empezar a trabar una estrecha relacin con Edward Rochester, el padre de la pupila. Pero su amor se ver enturbiado al descubrir que su mujer, demente, vive todava encerrada en una habitacin de la casa. La crtica literaria y bigrafa Stevie Davies firma la reveladora introduccin que precede a la novela, esplndidamente traducida por el escritor Toni Hill. Se ofrece as la perspectiva histrica y literaria de una obra que supuso todo un fenmeno en su poca, adems de un escndalo y una revolucin en los crculos culturales. William Makepeace Thackeray dijo... La obra maestra de un gran genio. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Nominated by Americans among the 100 best novels in PBS series The Great American Read. "Why was I always suffering, always browbeaten, always accused, forever condemned?" Jane is an orphan child who grew up in a miserable institution. However, despite every hardship life threw her way, her wit and eagerness to learn managed to take her away from the world of her gloomy childhood, working as a governess. While attempting to take care and educate young Adle, Jane begins to form a close relationship with Edward Rochester, her student's father. But their love will get roiled after discovering his demented wife lives, locked up in one of the rooms in his house. Literary critic and biographer Stevie Davis signs the revealing introduction that precedes this edition, splendidly translated by writer Toni Hill. This work offers thus the historic and literary perspective of a novel that was a huge phenomenon of its time, as well as a scandal and a revolution in every cultural circle.
Jane es una nia hurfana que se ha educado en un orfanato miserable. Sin embargo, pese a todas las adversidades que la vida ha dispuesto en su camino, su inteligencia y su afn por aprender consiguen apartarla del mundo de su gris infancia, y logra establecerse como institutriz. Mientras trata de cuidar y educar a la joven Adle, Jane empezar a trabar una estrecha relacin con Edward Rochester, el padre de la pupila. Pero su amor se ver enturbiado al descubrir que su mujer, demente, vive todava encerrada en una habitacin de la casa. La crtica literaria y bigrafa Stevie Davies firma la reveladora introduccin que precede a la novela, esplndidamente traducida por el escritor Toni Hill. Se ofrece as la perspectiva histrica y literaria de una obra que supuso todo un fenmeno en su poca, adems de un escndalo y una revolucin en los crculos culturales. William Makepeace Thackeray dijo... La obra maestra de un gran genio. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Nominated by Americans among the 100 best novels in PBS series The Great American Read. "Why was I always suffering, always browbeaten, always accused, forever condemned?" Jane is an orphan child who grew up in a miserable institution. However, despite every hardship life threw her way, her wit and eagerness to learn managed to take her away from the world of her gloomy childhood, working as a governess. While attempting to take care and educate young Adle, Jane begins to form a close relationship with Edward Rochester, her student's father. But their love will get roiled after discovering his demented wife lives, locked up in one of the rooms in his house. Literary critic and biographer Stevie Davis signs the revealing introduction that precedes this edition, splendidly translated by writer Toni Hill. This work offers thus the historic and literary perspective of a novel that was a huge phenomenon of its time, as well as a scandal and a revolution in every cultural circle.
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