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Jane Eyre
'I am no bird; and no net ensnares me.' Jane Eyre left the man she loved to keep her self-respect. In 1847. 🕊️
Who it's for
Jane's childhood, locked in the red-room and humiliated at Lowood, is told in a voice readers still find immediate, which validates the rage and fear of a mistreated child.
Insecure→Empowered
Feelings it meets
What it is
Charlotte Brontë's 1847 novel, first published under the pseudonym Currer Bell, follows orphaned Jane Eyre from a mistreated childhood with her aunt's family, including being locked in the red room, through the harsh charity school Lowood, where her friend Helen Burns dies.
Where to find it
Public domain in the US; free on Project Gutenberg and Standard Ebooks. In print, from libraries, and as an audiobook.
Before you start
Heads up: Child abuse and children's deaths.
Age: Ages 14+
O Beauty, find thyself in love, not in the flattery of thy mirror.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 28
