title: Jane Eyre (Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism)
author: Charlotte Bronte
description: "This is a splendid edition with extremely helpful notes - useful to faculty and students alike - and an "Introduction" which informs without overwhelming."--Preston Browning, University of Illinois at Chicago<br /><br /><br /><br /> "This is a splendid edition with extremely helpful notes - useful to faculty and students alike - and an "Introduction" which informs without overwhelming."--Preston Browning, University of Illinois at Chicago <br /><br /><br /><br />"This is a splendid edition with extremely helpful notes - useful to faculty and students alike - and an "Introduction" which informs without overwhelming."--Preston Browning, University of Illinois at Chicago
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  CHARLOTTE BRONTÉ
  Jane Eyre
  Retold by Florence Bell
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  A Note About This Story
  Time: The 1830s. Place: The north of England.
  Early in the nineteenth century, there were no cars
  or trains. People rode horses. People travelled in
  coaches or in carriages pullecl by horses" Journeys were
  long and difficult. Most people lived in the country-
  side. Rich people had large houses and many servants.
  Rich children learnt their lessons in their homes. A
  reacher lived in their house. Some poor children lived
  at their schools. Some of these schools were very bad.
  The buildings were cold and uncomfortable. These
  children did not have enough food. Their teachers
  often beat them"
  The Brontés were poor. The three sisters worked as
  governes$es. Governesses lived in the hornes of rich
  families. They taught the children of these families.
  In the story, Iane Eyre, Charlcltte Bronté wrote
  about her own life. Jane was unhappy in a bad school.
  Charlotte was unh