Jane Eyre is a novel by English writer Charlotte Bront&euml;, published under the pen name &quot;Currer Bell&quot;, on 16 October 1847, by Smith, Elder &amp; Co. of London. The first American edition was published the following year by Harper &amp; Brothers of New York. Jane Eyre is a Bildungsroman which follows the experiences of its eponymous heroine, including her growth to adulthood and her love for Mr. Rochester, the brooding master of Thornfield Hall.<br />The novel revolutionised prose fiction by being the first to focus on its protagonist&#39;s moral and spiritual development through an intimate first-person narrative, where actions and events are coloured by a psychological intensity. Charlotte Bront&euml; has been called the &quot;first historian of the private consciousness&quot;.<br />The book contains elements of social criticism, with a strong sense of Christian morality at its core, and is considered by many to be ahead of its time because of Jane&#39;s individualistic character and how the novel approaches the topics of class, sexuality, religion, and feminism. It, along with Jane Austen&#39;s Pride and Prejudice, is one of the most famous romance novels of all time.<br />|Wikip&eacute;dia|