Jane Eyre

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ReadHowYouWant.com, 1949 - 528 páginas
Story of a misunderstood and mistreated orphan who grows up to be a strong willed woman. Relying on her independence and intelligence, she takes the job of governess of the daughter of the arrogant and mysterious master of the estate. She comes to love and be loved by him and they nearly marry, but the discovery of his dark secret, the existence of his insane wife, stops the wedding. She leaves, finds family, his estate burns down, his wife dies and he is blinded. She returns to tend and love him.

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CHAPTER I
1
CHAPTER VI
77
CHAPTER VII
89
CHAPTER VIII
103
CHAPTER IX
115
CHAPTER X
128
CHAPTER XI
145
CHAPTER XII
170
CHAPTER XIV
204
CHAPTER XV
224
CHAPTER XVI
243
CHAPTER XVII
258
CHAPTER XVIII
290
CHAPTER XIX
313
CHAPTER XX
331
CHAPTER XXI
356

CHAPTER XIII
186

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