Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë · 1847 · 532 pages

Jane grows up unwanted, becomes a governess, and falls for a man with a locked room in his house. She is small, poor, and completely unwilling to disappear.

Why we picked it

Not sci-fi, and it does not need to be. A lot of later heroines start here. The voice still sounds like a person.

Something to think about

What would you refuse to trade for a comfortable life?

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