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Profound book/story:
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Summary: Jane Eyre, orphan and unwanted niece is a quiet, thoughtful girl who, misunderstood and ill-treated by her aunt and cousins, is disgracefully sent away to a mismanaged boarding school. When she becomes a teacher herself she applies for the post of a governess to escape from the tedium of the boarding school. Her application is accepted and she is to be the governess of a petted girl whose guardian, Mr Rochester, hides a terrible secret that could destroy her first chance at happiness.
Read it for free on the web
Quote from the book:
“If people were always kind and obedient to those who are cruel and unjust; the wicked people would have it all their own way: they would never feel afraid, and so they would never alter, but would grow worse and worse.”
Jane Eyre combines all of my favourite qualities of a story: mystery, romance, adventure, intelligent protagonist and a dash of something akin to a fairy tale, into one detailed and beautiful book.
