
1886 Rare Victorian Book - JANE EYRE. An Autobiography by Currer Bell (CHARLOTTE BRONTË).
Author : Currer Bell. (CHARLOTTE BRONTË).
Title : Jane Eyre: an Autobiography.
Publisher : London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1886. New Edition (stated).
Language : Text in English.
Size : 7 " X 5 ".
Pages : vii-467 pages.
Binding : Attractive and very good original decorated cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content : Very good content (bright, tight and clean, some light foxing or staining, signature of a previous owner on first free endpaper - as shown).
The book : Attractive Victorian edition of Jane Eyre (originally published as Jane Eyre: An Autobiography) -- a novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë, published under the pen name "Currer Bell", on 16 October 1847, by Smith, Elder & Co. of London. The first American edition was published the following year by Harper & Brothers of New York. Jane Eyre follows the experiences of its eponymous heroine, including her growth to adulthood and her love for Mr. Rochester, the brooding master of Thornfield Hall.
The author: Charlotte Brontë (21 April 1816 – 31 March 1855) was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novels became classics of English literature.