Classic·Gothic Fiction
Legends
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
Step into the dark, haunting world of Spanish Romanticism with Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer’s legendary tales of ghosts and the supernatural.
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1847 · Complete work
Jane Eyre
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“An orphaned governess dares to claim equality, love, and autonomy within a brooding manor harboring a terrible secret.”
Orphaned, mistreated, and fiercely independent, Jane Eyre survives a harsh charity school to become governess at Thornfield Hall. There she encounters Edward Rochester, a brooding, mercurial master whose sharp intellect matches her own. As mutual respect deepens into an intoxicating romance, strange laughter echoes along dark corridors and nocturnal terrors unsettle the estate. Jane must navigate the perilous boundaries of class, morality, and passion, determined to remain true to her conscience. Brontë’s masterpiece remains one of literature's most electrifying portraits of a woman demanding dignity on her own terms.
91 Episodes · Classic
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Episode 01
~5 min
PREFACE
“To the Public, for the indulgent ear it has inclined to a plain tale with few pretensions.”
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Episode 02
~10 min
Chapter I
““Where the Northern Ocean, in vast whirls, Boils round the naked, melancholy isles Of farthest Thule; and the Atlantic surge Pours in among the stormy Hebrides.””
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Episode 03
~8 min
Chapter II · I
““She never did so before,” at last said Bessie, turning to the Abigail.”
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Episode 04
~7 min
Chapter II · II
“My habitual mood of humiliation, self-doubt, forlorn depression, fell damp on the embers of my decaying ire.”
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Episode 05
~9 min
Chapter III · I
““You fell sick, I suppose, in the red-room with crying; you’ll be better soon, no doubt.””
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Episode 06
~7 min
Chapter III · II
““No: but night will come again before long: and besides,—I am unhappy,—very unhappy, for other things.””
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Episode 07
~11 min
Chapter IV · I
““What would Uncle Reed say to you, if he were alive?” was my scarcely voluntary demand.”
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Episode 08
~11 min
Chapter IV · II
““What should I see besides Aunt Reed in the apartment?—a man or a woman?””
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Episode 09
~8 min
Chapter IV · III
““But you are passionate, Jane, that you must allow: and now return to the nursery—there’s a dear—and lie down a little.””
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Episode 10
~15 min
Chapter V · I
““Nothing: I covered my face with the bedclothes, and turned from her to the wall.””
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Episode 11
~11 min
Chapter V · II
““It is to be done on my responsibility,” she added, in an explanatory tone to them, and immediately afterwards left the room.”
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Episode 12
~8 min
Chapter VI · I
““Why,” thought I, “does she not explain that she could neither clean her nails nor wash her face, as the water was frozen?””
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Episode 13
~6 min
Chapter VI · II
““You will change your mind, I hope, when you grow older: as yet you are but a little untaught girl.””
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Episode 14
~11 min
Chapter VII · I
“The other teachers, poor things, were generally themselves too much dejected to attempt the task of cheering others.”
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Episode 15
~8 min
Chapter VII · II
““A careless girl!” said Mr. Brocklehurst, and immediately after—“It is the new pupil, I perceive.””
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Episode 16
~9 min
Chapter VIII · I
““Come, eat something,” she said; but I put both away from me, feeling as if a drop or a crumb would have choked me in my present condition.”
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Episode 17
~7 min
Chapter VIII · II
““Oh, very well!” returned Miss Temple; “we must make it do, Barbara, I suppose.””
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Episode 18
~10 min
Chapter IX · I
“Flowers peeped out amongst the leaves; snow-drops, crocuses, purple auriculas, and golden-eyed pansies.”
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Episode 19
~7 min
Chapter IX · II
“I experienced a shock of horror, then a strong thrill of grief, then a desire—a necessity to see her; and I asked in what room she lay.”
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Episode 20
~13 min
Chapter X · I
“The school, thus improved, became in time a truly useful and noble institution.”
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Episode 21
~10 min
Chapter X · II
“I saw her in a black gown and widow’s cap; frigid, perhaps, but not uncivil: a model of elderly English respectability.”
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Episode 22
~13 min
Chapter XI · I
““This will be your luggage, I suppose?” said the man rather abruptly when he saw me, pointing to my trunk in the passage.”
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Episode 23
~12 min
Chapter XI · II
““Come and speak to the lady who is to teach you, and to make you a clever woman some day.””
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Episode 24
~8 min
Chapter XI · III
““Not particularly so; but he has a gentleman’s tastes and habits, and he expects to have things managed in conformity to them.””
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Episode 25
~12 min
Chapter XII · I
“Mrs. Fairfax turned out to be what she appeared, a placid-tempered, kind-natured woman, of competent education and average intelligence.”
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Episode 26
~9 min
Chapter XII · II
““I cannot think of leaving you, sir, at so late an hour, in this solitary lane, till I see you are fit to mount your horse.””
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Episode 27
~11 min
Chapter XIII · I
““Yes, you had better: I always dress for the evening when Mr. Rochester is here.””
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Episode 28
~9 min
Chapter XIII · II
““You play a little, I see; like any other English school-girl; perhaps rather better than some, but not well.””
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Episode 29
~13 min
Chapter XIV · I
““Is Miss Eyre there?” now demanded the master, half rising from his seat to look round to the door, near which I still stood.”
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Episode 30
~11 min
Chapter XIV · II
““I only remind you of your own words, sir: you said error brought remorse, and you pronounced remorse the poison of existence.””
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Episode 31
~15 min
Chapter XV · I
“In short, I began the process of ruining myself in the received style, like any other spoony.”
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Episode 32
~10 min
Chapter XV · II
““Was that Grace Poole? and is she possessed with a devil?” thought I. Impossible now to remain longer by myself: I must go to Mrs. Fairfax.”
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Episode 33
~11 min
Chapter XVI · I
““It is to be hoped he will not take cold with sleeping on the library sofa,” &c.”
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Episode 34
~8 min
Chapter XVI · II
““It is fair to-night,” said she, as she looked through the panes, “though not starlight; Mr. Rochester has, on the whole, had a favourable day for his journey.””
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Episode 35
~12 min
Chapter XVII · I
““Now I suppose we shall know whether we are to expect his return or not.””
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Episode 36
~11 min
Chapter XVII · II
“Besides, she added, a message might possibly come from Mr. Rochester when she was undressed; “et alors quel dommage!””
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Episode 37
~11 min
Chapter XVII · III
“And Miss Ingram had looked down at her with a mocking air, and exclaimed, “Oh, what a little puppet!””
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Episode 38
~6 min
Chapter XVII · IV
““A fig for Rizzio!” cried she, tossing her head with all its curls, as she moved to the piano.”
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Episode 39
~12 min
Chapter XVIII · I
““Miss Ingram is mine, of course,” said he: afterwards he named the two Misses Eshton, and Mrs. Dent.”
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Episode 40
~11 min
Chapter XVIII · II
““Why can she not influence him more, when she is privileged to draw so near to him?””
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Episode 41
~7 min
Chapter XVIII · III
““‘To tell the gentry their fortunes,’ she says, ma’am; and she swears she must and will do it.””
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Episode 42
~10 min
Chapter XIX · I
““Well, and you want your fortune told?” she said, in a voice as decided as her glance, as harsh as her features.”
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Episode 43
~8 min
Chapter XIX · II
“The forehead declares, ‘Reason sits firm and holds the reins, and she will not let the feelings burst away and hurry her to wild chasms.”
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Episode 44
~12 min
Chapter XX · I
““Will no one come?” it cried; and then, while the staggering and stamping went on wildly, I distinguished through plank and plaster:—”
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Episode 45
~11 min
Chapter XX · II
“I cried inwardly, as the night lingered and lingered—as my bleeding patient drooped, moaned, sickened: and neither day nor aid arrived.”
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Episode 46
~6 min
Chapter XX · III
““Tell him to be cautious, sir: let him know what you fear, and show him how to avert the danger.””
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Episode 47
~12 min
Chapter XXI · I
““I am sorry I can’t give you better news of them, Miss: they are very badly at present—in great trouble.””
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Episode 48
~13 min
Chapter XXI · II
““Bless you!—I knew you would come!” exclaimed Mrs. Leaven, as I entered.”
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Episode 49
~12 min
Chapter XXI · III
““I think I had better leave her now,” said I to Bessie, who stood on the other side of the bed.”
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Episode 50
~5 min
Chapter XXI · IV
““After all, it is of no great importance, perhaps,” she murmured to herself: “and then I may get better; and to humble myself so to her is painful.””
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Episode 51
~8 min
Chapter XXII · I
““The vocation will fit you to a hair,” I thought: “much good may it do you!””
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Episode 52
~6 min
Chapter XXII · II
““Absent from me a whole month, and forgetting me quite, I’ll be sworn!””
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Episode 53
~12 min
Chapter XXIII · I
“On Midsummer-eve, Adèle, weary with gathering wild strawberries in Hay Lane half the day, had gone to bed with the sun.”
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Episode 54
~8 min
Chapter XXIII · II
““In the shape of Miss Ingram; a noble and beautiful woman,—your bride.””
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Episode 55
~13 min
Chapter XXIV · I
““In there,” pointing to the apartment she had left; and I went in, and there he stood.”
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Episode 56
~13 min
Chapter XXIV · II
““Station! station!—your station is in my heart, and on the necks of those who would insult you, now or hereafter.—Go.””
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Episode 57
~9 min
Chapter XXIV · III
““Well, for cool native impudence and pure innate pride, you haven’t your equal,” said he.”
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Episode 58
~15 min
Chapter XXV · I
““I am feverish: I hear the wind blowing: I will go out of doors and feel it.””
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Episode 59
~10 min
Chapter XXV · II
““I will tease you and vex you to your heart’s content, when I have finished my tale: but hear me to the end.””
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Episode 60
~12 min
Chapter XXVI · I
““Lingerer!” he said, “my brain is on fire with impatience, and you tarry so long!””
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Episode 61
~10 min
Chapter XXVI · II
““We’re tolerable, sir, I thank you,” replied Grace, lifting the boiling mess carefully on to the hob: “rather snappish, but not ’rageous.””
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Episode 62
~12 min
Chapter XXVII · I
““Friends always forget those whom fortune forsakes,” I murmured, as I undrew the bolt and passed out.”
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Episode 63
~12 min
Chapter XXVII · II
““Sit down; I’ll talk to you as long as you like, and hear all you have to say, whether reasonable or unreasonable.””
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Episode 64
~14 min
Chapter XXVII · III
“Let her identity, her connection with yourself, be buried in oblivion: you are bound to impart them to no living being.”
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Episode 65
~13 min
Chapter XXVII · IV
““No, Jane,” he returned: “what necessity is there to dwell on the Past, when the Present is so much surer—the Future so much brighter?””
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Episode 66
~4 min
Chapter XXVII · V
“I believe it was a lovely summer morning: I know my shoes, which I had put on when I left the house, were soon wet with dew.”
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Episode 67
~13 min
Chapter XXVIII · I
“If a gust of wind swept the waste, I looked up, fearing it was the rush of a bull; if a plover whistled, I imagined it a man.”
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Episode 68
~13 min
Chapter XXVIII · II
““How could she tell where I had got the handkerchief?” she said.”
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Episode 69
~8 min
Chapter XXVIII · III
““Ye’ll want your supper, I am sure,” observed Hannah; “and so will Mr. St. John when he comes in.””
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Episode 71
~9 min
Chapter XXIX · II
“Yet he whom it describes scarcely impressed one with the idea of a gentle, a yielding, an impressible, or even of a placid nature.”
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Episode 72
~11 min
Chapter XXX · I
“I liked to read what they liked to read: what they enjoyed, delighted me; what they approved, I reverenced.”
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Episode 73
~8 min
Chapter XXX · II
““I thank you for the proposal, Mr. Rivers, and I accept it with all my heart.””
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Episode 74
~9 min
Chapter XXXI · I
“Was I very gleeful, settled, content, during the hours I passed in yonder bare, humble schoolroom this morning and afternoon?”
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Episode 75
~6 min
Chapter XXXI · II
““A lovely evening, but late for you to be out alone,” he said, as he crushed the snowy heads of the closed flowers with his foot.”
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Episode 76
~13 min
Chapter XXXII · I
“Some time elapsed before, with all my efforts, I could comprehend my scholars and their nature.”
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Episode 77
~10 min
Chapter XXXII · II
““As far as I can see, it would be wiser and more judicious if you were to take to yourself the original at once.””
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Episode 78
~13 min
Chapter XXXIII · I
““I have had hard work to get here, I assure you,” he observed, as he warmed his hands over the flame.”
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Episode 79
~10 min
Chapter XXXIII · II
““But I apprised you that I was a hard man,” said he, “difficult to persuade.””
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Episode 80
~13 min
Chapter XXXIV · I
““Do you consider you have got your reward for a season of exertion?” asked Mr. Rivers, when they were gone.”
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Episode 81
~13 min
Chapter XXXIV · II
““The match must have been got up hastily,” said Diana: “they cannot have known each other long.””
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Episode 82
~13 min
Chapter XXXIV · III
““I do not speak to the feeble, or think of them: I address only such as are worthy of the work, and competent to accomplish it.””
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Episode 83
~7 min
Chapter XXXIV · IV
““I repeat I freely consent to go with you as your fellow-missionary, but not as your wife; I cannot marry you and become part of you.””
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Episode 84
~12 min
Chapter XXXV · I
““Your wish is reasonable, and I am far from regarding you as a stranger.””
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Episode 85
~9 min
Chapter XXXV · II
“It is better, therefore, for the insignificant to keep out of his way, lest, in his progress, he should trample them down.”
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Episode 86
~11 min
Chapter XXXVI · I
“Meantime, watch and pray that you enter not into temptation: the spirit, I trust, is willing, but the flesh, I see, is weak.”
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Episode 87
~8 min
Chapter XXXVI · II
““I mean the present gentleman, Mr. Edward’s father,” he explained.”
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Episode 88
~14 min
Chapter XXXVII · I
“He would have let the house, but could find no tenant, in consequence of its ineligible and insalubrious site.”
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Episode 89
~13 min
Chapter XXXVII · II
“Summoning Mary, I soon had the room in more cheerful order: I prepared him, likewise, a comfortable repast.”
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Episode 90
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Chapter XXXVII · III
““Yes, of friends,” I answered rather hesitatingly: for I knew I meant more than friends, but could not tell what other word to employ.”
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Public-domain work (1847). Text: Project Gutenberg #1260. The Spanish version is an AI-assisted translation and may contain errors. Digital edition by Inkora Stories. Learn more