Acknowledgements
Introduction
A Note on the Text
Charlotte Bronte: A Brief Chronology
Jane Eyre
Appendix A: Prefatory Material to Subsequent Editions of Jane Eyre
- Preface to the Second Edition of Jane Eyre
- Note on the Third Edition of Jane Eyre
Appendix B: Charlotte Bronte: Correspondence on Being a Governess
- To Emily Bronte, June 8, 1839
- To Ellen Nussey, January 24, 1840
- To Ellen Nussey, March 3, 1841
Appendix C: Jane Eyre and the Governess Question
- Hints on the Modern Governess System (Fraser's Magazine)
- Governesses Benevolent Institution (Punch)
- Sarah Lewis, On the Social Position of Governesses (Fraser's Magazine)
- Elizabeth Rigby, Review of Jane Eyre, Vanity Fair, Governesses Benevolent Institution Report for 1847 (Quarterly Review)
Appendix D: Jane Eyre and the Proper Young Woman
- Sarah Stickney Ellis, The Daughters of England: Their Position in Society, Character and Responsibilities
Appendix E: Race, Empire, and the West Indies
- Thomas Carlyle, Occasional Discourse on the Negro Question (Fraser's Magazine)
- John Stuart Mill, The Negro Question (Fraser's Magazine)
Appendix F: Jamaica and Governor Eyre
- Despatch from Edward John Eyre, The Insurrection in Jamaica (The Times)
- The Outbreak in Jamaica (The Times)
- Editorial (The Times)
- Charles Buxton, Letter to the Editor (The Times)
- The Jamaica Question (Punch)
- The Bold Governor Eyre and the Bulls of Exeter Hall (Punch)
- John Stuart Mill, Statement of the Jamaica Committee (The Daily News)
- Thomas Carlyle, Letter to Hamilton Hume
- John Ruskin, A Speech in London (The Daily Telegraph)
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