Jane Eyre: An Autobiography
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The Press and the Public are but vague personifications for me, and I must thank them in vague terms; but my Publishers are definite: so are certain generous critics who have encouraged me as only large-hearted and high-minded men know how to encourage a struggling stranger; to them, _i.e._, to my Publishers and the select Reviewers, I say cordially, Gentlemen, I thank you from my heart.…
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- AuthorCharlotte Brontë
- SourceProject Gutenberg #1260
- Length182,045 words · 12h 08m of reading
- Chapters42
- DictionaryNot yet generated
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-08-28
Contents
42 chapters
Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.
- 01PREFACE
- 02NOTE TO THE THIRD EDITION
- 03CHAPTER I
- 04CHAPTER II
- 05CHAPTER III
- 06CHAPTER IV
- 07CHAPTER V
- 08CHAPTER VI
- 09CHAPTER VII
- 10CHAPTER VIII
- 11CHAPTER IX
- 12CHAPTER X
- 13CHAPTER XI
- 14CHAPTER XII
- 15I was mortally afraid of its trampling forefeet
- 16CHAPTER XIII
- 17CHAPTER XIV
- 18CHAPTER XV
- 19CHAPTER XVI
- 20CHAPTER XVII
- 21CHAPTER XVIII
- 22CHAPTER XIX
- 23CHAPTER XX
- 24CHAPTER XXI
- 25CHAPTER XXII
- 26CHAPTER XXIII
- 27CHAPTER XXIV
- 28CHAPTER XXV
- 29CHAPTER XXVI
- 30CHAPTER XXVII
- 31CHAPTER XXVIII
- 32I said my evening prayers
- 33CHAPTER XXIX
- 34CHAPTER XXX
- 35CHAPTER XXXI
- 36CHAPTER XXXII
- 37CHAPTER XXXIII
- 38CHAPTER XXXIV
- 39CHAPTER XXXV
- 40CHAPTER XXXVI
- 41CHAPTER XXXVII
- 42CHAPTER XXXVIII—CONCLUSION
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