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Title: Jane Eyre: An Autobiography
Author: Charlotte Brontë
Illustrator: F. H. Townsend
Release date: March 1, 1998 [eBook #1260]
Most recently updated: September 27, 2025
Language: English
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JANE EYRE
AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
by Charlotte Brontë
_ILLUSTRATED BY F. H. TOWNSEND_
London
SERVICE & PATON
_The Illustrations_
_in this Volume are the copyright of_
SERVICE & PATON, _London_
TO
W. M. THACKERAY, ESQ.,
This Work
IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED
BY
THE AUTHOR
PREFACE
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 hon…