Jane Eyre / by Charlotte Bronte [sic]
dc.contributor | Eris, Project |
dc.contributor.author | Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855 |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-27 |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-19T15:14:57Z |
dc.date.available | 2022-08-19T15:14:57Z |
dc.date.created | 1847 |
dc.date.issued | 1993-12-21 |
dc.identifier | ota:2001 |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14106/2001 |
dc.description.abstract | The source is claimed to be an ed. printed in 1846 which must be the 1st ed. but no other details are given for clarification. |
dc.format.extent | Text data (1 file : ca. 0.98 MB) |
dc.format.medium | Digital bitstream |
dc.language | English |
dc.language.iso | eng |
dc.publisher | University of Oxford |
dc.relation.ispartof | Oxford Text Archive Core Collection |
dc.rights | Distributed by the University of Oxford under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ |
dc.rights.label | PUB |
dc.subject.lcsh | Novels -- Great Britain -- 19th century |
dc.title | Jane Eyre / by Charlotte Bronte [sic] |
dc.type | Text |
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branding | Oxford Text Archive |
branding | Oxford Text Archive |
files.size | 1031189 |
files.count | 1 |
otaterms.date.range | 1800-1899 |
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1846 JANE EYRE by Charlotte Bronte THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION A PREFACE to the first edition of Jane Eyre being unnecessary, I gave none: this second edition demands a few words both of acknowledgment and miscellaneous remark. My thanks are due in three quarters. To the Public, for the indulgent ear it has inclined to a plain tale with few pretensions. To the Press, for the fair field its honest suffrage has opened to an obscure aspirant. To my Publishers, for the aid their tact, their energy, their practical sense and frank liberality have afforded an unknown and unrecommended Author. The Press and the Public are but vague personifications for me, and I must thank them in vague terms; but my Publishers are definite: so are certain generous critics who have encouraged me as only large-hearted and high-minded . . .