Jane Eyre is a novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë, published under the pen name "Currer Bell", on 16 October 1847, by Smith, Elder & Co. of London. The first American edition was published the following year by Harper & Brothers of New York.

Was Jane Eyre popular when it was published?

When Jane Eyre was first published in 1847, it was an immediate popular and critical success.

Was Jane Eyre written in the Victorian era?

The novel Jane Eyre was written by Charlotte Bronte in 1847. During this time period of the Victorian era, there was a slow but steady element of societal change in the world of mid-1800s Britain. ... Jane Eyre went to work as a governess because she craved adventure and was limited in her options for her future.