Jane Eyre, the beloved heroine, is for many their first introduction to a truly independent female character in classic literature. Charlotte Bronte develops an assertive and passionate character in Jane, whose search for belonging and freedom, while radical at the time of publication, remains refreshingly relevant for the modern-day reader.

Continue your journey in the Women’s Voices series with The Feminist Papers, by Mary Wollstonecraft and Hope Is the Thing with Feathers, the complete poems of Emily Dickinson.