Jane Eyre

A PBS Great American Read Top 100 PickCharlotte Bronts masterpiece of gothic romancean epic and intimate narrative of love, tragedy, and one womans struggle to find happiness in the face of overwhelming hardship Jane Eyre follows a timeless heroines 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 thrivesin spite of loneliness, poverty, and hunger. When the opportunity for work as a governess sends her to Thornfield Hall, she meets its owner, Edward Rochester, the man who will forever alter the course of her young life. At home for the first time, she begins to fall deeply, irrevocably in love with Mr. Rochester, nurtured by his near-spiritual adoration. But the manor is rife with mysteries, and one, bound to the attic of Thornfield, will threaten Janes hard-won happiness in ways she had never imagined.A tale of fire, storms, and dark secrets, Jane Eyre has endured as an enthrallingly timeless classic.