Charlotte Bronte – Jane Eyre
Posted in First Edition Books on Sep 25th, 2010
“It is a woman’s writing, but whose?” – (William Thackeray on the authorship of Jane Eyre) The pseudonymous publication of Jane Eyre in 1847 by “Currer Bell” sparked one of the greatest literary controversies of the 19th century. The novel proved an immediate and almost unprecedented success, selling out within three months while the public [...]