Dec 27, 2009

Jane Eyre | Overview

Whether viewed as a richly woven tapestry of feminine imagination, as a tableaux of romanticism in the Victorian era, or as an early treatise on women's rights, Jane Eyre stands as a classic work of literature in the English-speaking world. As a romance, Jane Eyre extends the tradition of sentimental concern for common folk and harsh judgment of those who exploit them within an industrialized or class-stratified social order. Condescension and mean-spiritedness on the part of landed or wealthy aristocrats causes alienation between them and the lower-middle or peasant...