Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte
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Title: Jane Eyre an Autobiography
Author: Charlotte Bronte
Release Date: April 29, 2007 Language: English
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Transcribed from the 1897 Service & Paton edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org
JANE EYRE AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
BY
CHARLOTTE BRONTË ILLUSTRATED BY F. H. TOWNSEND London SERVICE & PATON 5 HENRIETTA STREET 1897
The Illustrations in this Volume are the copyright of SERVICE & PATON, London TO W. M. THACKERAY, ESQ ., This Work
IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED BY
THE AUTHOR
PREFACE
A preface to the first edition of “Jane Eyre” being unnecessary, I gave none: this second edition demands a few words both of acknowledgment and miscellaneous remark. My thanks are due in three quarters. To the Public, for the indulgent ear it has inclined to a plain tale with few pretensions. To the Press, for the fair field its honest suffrage has opened to an obscure aspirant. To my Publishers, for the aid their tact, their energy, their practical sense and frank liberality have afforded an unknown and ...