Jane Eyre
An orphan raised without affection becomes a governess at a remote house, falls for its owner, and discovers what he has been keeping upstairs. Told entirely in her own voice, addressed straight to the reader.
Things worth knowing
- It was published on 16 October 1847 by Smith, Elder and Co., presented as an autobiography written by Currer Bell.
- Reviewing it in 1848, Elizabeth Rigby concluded the author must be a man because the descriptions of women's needlework and clothing were wrong.
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Listen, or read along
Every chapter has the recording and the same chapter as text. Open both if you like: the text is the words you are hearing.
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1 Preface 5 min
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2 Chapter One 11 min
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3 Chapter Two 16 min
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4 Chapter Three 19 min
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5 Chapter Four 33 min
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6 Chapter Five 29 min
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7 Chapter Six 16 min
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8 Chapter Seven 20 min
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9 Chapter Eight 17 min
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10 Chapter Nine 18 min
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11 Chapter Ten 25 min
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12 Chapter Eleven, Part One 18 min
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13 Chapter Eleven, Part Two 18 min
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14 Chapter Twelve 23 min
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15 Chapter Thirteen 24 min
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16 Chapter Fourteen 28 min
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17 Chapter Fifteen 28 min
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18 Chapter Sixteen 22 min
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19 Chapter Seventeen, Part One 23 min
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20 Chapter Seventeen, Part Two 23 min
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21 Chapter Eighteen 34 min
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22 Chapter Nineteen 22 min
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23 Chapter Twenty 33 min
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24 Chapter Twenty-One, Part One 26 min
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25 Chapter Twenty-One, Part Two 23 min
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26 Chapter Twenty-Two 15 min
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27 Chapter Twenty-Three 22 min
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28 Chapter Twenty-Four, Part One 20 min
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29 Chapter Twenty-Four, Part Two 20 min
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30 Chapter Twenty-Five 28 min
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31 Chapter Twenty-Six 25 min
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32 Chapter Twenty-Seven, Part One 32 min
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33 Chapter Twenty-Seven, Part Two 29 min
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34 Chapter Twenty-Eight, Part One 19 min
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35 Chapter Twenty-Eight, Part Two 18 min
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36 Chapter Twenty-Nine 26 min
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37 Chapter Thirty 22 min
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38 Chapter Thirty-One 17 min
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39 Chapter Thirty-Two 26 min
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40 Chapter Thirty-Three 28 min
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41 Chapter Thirty-Four, Part One 27 min
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42 Chapter Thirty-Four, Part Two 25 min
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43 Chapter Thirty-Five 24 min
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44 Chapter Thirty-Six 21 min
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45 Chapter Thirty-Seven, Part One 21 min
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46 Chapter Thirty-Seven, Part Two 22 min
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47 Chapter Thirty-Eight 10 min
Where this comes from
US public domain: first published 1847, before the 1930 cutoff. Author d.1855, so also clear in life+70 jurisdictions.
Cover image: Jane tries to get hold of Mr. Rochester's horse, 1847 (Second edition of Jane Eyre).
Narration: text-to-speech.
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