JANE EYRE by Charlotte Bronte
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 ...