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Новий посібник серії “Книга для читання англійською мовою” пропонує українським студентам, викладачам та усім, хто самостійно вивчає англійську мову, найвідоміший роман Шарлотти Бронте“Джен Ейр”.

Це захоплююча історія кохання, обману, боротьби та щастя.

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Технологія роботи з текстом, запропонована авторами посібника, спрямована на навчання розуміння літературного твору у сукупності його змістовних, художньо-стилістичних, соціокультурних і мовних параметрів і представлена комплексом вправ і завдань, філологічним коментарем до тексту та глосарієм.

Charlotte Brontë’s most beloved novel describes the passionate love between the courageous orphan Jane Eyre and the brilliant, brooding, and domineering Rochester.

The loneliness and cruelty of Jane’s childhood strengthens her natural independence and spirit, which prove invaluable when she takes a position as a governess at Thornfield Hall.

But after she falls in love with her sardonic employer, her discovery of his terrible secret forces her to make a heart-wrenching choice. Ever since its publication in 1847, “Jane Eyre” has enthralled every kind of reader, from the most critical and cultivated to the youngest and most unabashedly romantic.

It lives as one of the great triumphs of storytelling and as a moving and unforgettable portrayal of a woman’s quest for self-respect.

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“Jane Eyre” is a novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë.

A powerful, emotional narrative about a young woman in Victorian society, this novel is a love story, a mystery and a psychological portrait of a young woman who acts on her own convictions.

Struggling manufacturer Robert Moore has introduced labour saving machinery to his Yorkshire mill, arousing a ferment of unemployment and discontent among his workers.

Robert considers marriage to the wealthy and independent Shirley Keeldar to solve his financial woes, yet his heart lies with his cousin Caroline, who, bored and desperate, lives as a dependent in her uncle’s home with no prospect of a career.

Shirley, meanwhile, is in love with Robert’s brother, an impoverished tutor – a match opposed by her family.

As industrial unrest builds to a potentially fatal pitch, can the four be reconciled? Set during the Napoleonic wars at a time of national economic struggles, «Shirley» (1849) is an unsentimental, yet passionate depiction of conflict between classes, sexes and generations.

Based on Charlotte Brontë’s personal experience as a teacher in Brussels, Villette is a moving tale of repressed feelings and subjection to cruel circumstance and position, borne with heroic fortitude.

Rising above the frustrations of confinement within a rigid social order, it is also a story of a woman’s right to love and be loved.

«Jane Eyre» by Charlotte Brontë is one of the most loved English Classics of all time.

Jane comes from nothing but she desires everything life can offer her.

And when she finds work as a governess in a mysterious mansion, it seems she has finally met her match with the darkly fascinating Mr Rochester.

But Thornfield Hall contains a shameful secret – one that could keep Jane and Rochester apart forever.

Can she choose between what is right, and her one chance of happiness?.

After a sad and neglected childhood as an orphan, Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester as governess for his ward.

Jane is pleased with the quiet country life at Thornfield, with the beautiful old manor house and gardens, with the book-filled library, and with her own comfortable room.

But there are stories of a strange tenant, a woman who laughs like a maniac, and who stays in rooms on the third floor.

The moody Rochester rebuffs her attempts to find discover more, ordering her to keep silent on the matter.

An unlikely relationship blooms between the two, however, and Jane is thrilled to accept Rochester’s proposal of marriage.

But the quiet ceremony is shockingly halted by a stranger who claims that Rochester was already married – to the raving maniac Jane had heard crying in the house.Grief-stricken, Jane flees from Thornfield, feeling that her life is over before it has really begun.

Can she ever hope to find a comfortable life again–or even dare to dream of a happily ever after?

“Jane Eyre” (originally published as “Jane Eyre: An Autobiography”) is a novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë.

It was published on 16 October 1847 by Smith, Elder & Co. of London, England, under the pen name “Currer Bell.”

Primarily of the bildungsroman genre, Jane Eyre follows the emotions and experiences of its title character, including her growth to adulthood, and her love for Mr. Rochester, the byronic master of fictitious Thornfield Hall.

In its internalisation of the action – the focus is on the gradual unfolding of Jane’s moral and spiritual sensibility and all the events are coloured by a heightened intensity that was previously the domain of poetry – Jane Eyre revolutionised the art of fiction.

Charlotte Brontë has been called the “first historian of the private consciousness” and the literary ancestor of writers like Joyce and Proust.

The novel contains elements of social criticism, with a strong sense of morality at its core, but is nonetheless a novel many consider ahead of its time given the individualistic character of Jane and the novel’s exploration of classism, sexuality, religion, and proto-feminism.

Is money more important than love?

Robert needs money to restore his family name and fortune, but he loves Caroline. When Shirley comes to town as a single wealthy woman, he believes his money troubles are over.

Things become a little more complicated when Caroline and Shirley become friends.

Will Shirley betray her friend for a better position in the community?

Will Caroline find love elsewhere?

With her final novel, «Villette», Charlotte Brontë reached the height of her artistic power.

First published in 1853, «Villette» is Brontë’s most accomplished and deeply felt work, eclipsing even «Jane Eyre» in critical acclaim.

Her narrator, the autobiographical Lucy Snowe, flees England and a tragic past to become an instructor in a French boarding school in the town of Villette.

There she unexpectedly confronts her feelings of love and longing as she witnesses the fitful romance between Dr. John, a handsome young Englishman, and Ginerva Fanshawe, a beautiful coquette.

The first pain brings others, and with them comes the heartache Lucy has tried so long to escape.

Yet in spite of adversity and disappointment, Lucy Snowe survives to recount the unstinting vision of a turbulent life’s journey – a journey that is one of the most insightful fictional studies of a woman’s consciousness in English literature.