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Narrator
Wanda McCaddon
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Length
18 hours 52 minutes
Language
English
Jane Eyre, the plain yet spirited governess, introduced a new kind of heroine to literature: one whose virtuous integrity, sharp intellect, and tireless perseverance broke through class barriers to win equal stature with the man she loved.
Orphaned and subject to a cruel regime at Lowood charity school, Jane nonetheless emerges unbroken in spirit and integrity. How she takes up the post of governess at Thornfield Hall, meets and loves Mr. Rochester, and discovers the impediment to their lawful marriage are elements in a story that transcends melodrama to portray a woman’s passionate search for a wider and richer life than that traditionally accorded to her sex in Victorian society.
Hailed by William Makepeace Thackeray as “the masterwork of a great genius,” this impassioned love story is still regarded, over a century after it first appeared, as one of the finest novels in literature.
Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855) grew up in the isolated parsonage at Haworth, Yorkshire, where her father was curate. She and her sisters Emily and Anne thrived in fantasy worlds that drew on their voracious reading of Shakespeare, romantic, and gothic fiction. Charlotte was employed as a teacher and a governess before she began writing with her sisters. The Professor, her first novel, was rejected for publication until 1857, although Jane Eyre, published in 1847 under a pseudonym, achieved great success.
Wanda McCaddon (d. 2023) narrated well over six hundred titles for major audiobook publishers, sometimes with the pseudonym Nadia May or Donada Peters. She earned the prestigious Audio Award for best narration and numerous Earphones Awards. She was named a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine.
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Audiobook details
Author:
Charlotte Brontë
Narrator:
Wanda McCaddon
ISBN:
9781483086163
Length:
18 hours 52 minutes
Language:
English
Publisher:
Blackstone Publishing
Publication date:
June 12, 2009
Edition:
Unabridged
Libro.fm rank:
#39,413 Overall
Genre rank:
#982 in Classics
Reviews
“Jane Eyre was the book that made me want to write.”
“What a joy to hear a favorite classic performed with excellence! Wanda McCaddon’s skill as a storyteller has the listener soon believing Jane Eyre is speaking directly to him or her…A timeless work flawlessly presented. Winner of the Audiofile Earphones Award.”
“Narrator McCaddon pulls listeners deep into Brontë’s most widely read work, producing a rewarding experience for lovers of the book and, even more critically, introducing newcomers to why the novel is so deeply admired.”
“The masterwork of a great genius.”
“One of my very favorites of all time is Jane Eyre. It simply has it all—a marvelous, compelling story told brilliantly.”
“Jane Eyre is full of drama: fires, storms, attempted murder, and a mad wife. ”
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