Jane Eyre : Illustrated 1897 Edition

A nice edition with all 16 original illustrations by F. H. Townsend and a Preface by the author. The cover is from a 1921 movie poster.

Jane Eyre was originally published as Jane Eyre: An Autobiography, under the pen name "Currer Bell", in 1847. The book follows the experiences of its heroine growing into adulthood and her love for Mr. Rochester, the brooding master of Thornfield Hall. The novel revolutionized prose fiction by being the first to focus on its protagonist's moral and spiritual development through an intimate first-person narrative. The book contains elements of social criticism, with a strong sense of Christian morality at its core, and is considered by many to be ahead of its time because of how the novel approaches the topics of class, sexuality, religion and feminism.