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Jane Eyre, morning at Thornfield

Author: Charlotte Bronte Year: 1847 Length: 434 characters Difficulty: easy Public domain

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The chamber looked such a bright little place to me as the sun shone in between the gay blue chintz window curtains, showing papered walls and a carpeted floor, so unlike the bare planks and stained plaster of Lowood, that my spirits rose at the view. Externals have a great effect on the young: I thought that a fairer era of life was beginning for me, one that was to have its flowers and pleasures, as well as its thorns and toils.

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A horse and cart on a wet road under bare trees beside a stone wall at night, A Wet Moon, Putney Road, John Atkinson Grimshaw, 1886.
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This is Jane's first morning at Thornfield Hall, in the eleventh chapter of the novel. Jane Eyre was published in October 1847 under the pen name Currer Bell and reached a second edition within three months. Charlotte Bronte drew the house from more than one model in Yorkshire and Derbyshire. Project Gutenberg carries the full text.

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This is Jane's first morning at Thornfield Hall, in the eleventh chapter of the novel. Jane Eyre was published in October 1847 under the pen name Currer Bell and reached a second edition within three months. Charlotte Bronte drew the house from more than one model in Yorkshire and Derbyshire. Project Gutenberg carries the full text.

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