Author:Charlotte Bronte
One of the most widely-read and enjoyed of all Victorian novels, and one of the greatest tales of a woman's struggle for dignity and love in a hard time.
Orphaned Jane Eyre endures an unhappy childhood, hated by her aunt and cousins and then sent to comfortless Lowood School. But life there improves and Jane stays on as a teacher, though she still longs for love and friendship. At Mr Rochester's house, where she goes to work as a governess, she hopes she might have found them - until she learns the terrible secret of the attic.
Forrest Gump is line bred out of Voltaire and Huck Finn; its humour is wild and coarse, a satire right on the money. It is not the less honest for being so funny, for bringing the woebegone archangels of our culture and history to judgement. Anyone who doesn't read this book deserves to spend the winter in North Dakota
—— Jim HarrisonA superbly controlled satire
—— The Washington PostRollicking, bawdy... A good time... Poking fun at everything
—— PeopleWinston Groom has created the ideal citizen for the modern world - a perfect idiot
—— P.J. O'RourkeJoyously madcap
—— Publishers WeeklyPart Candide, part Huck Finn and a whole lot of Andy Griffith, [Gump] makes his case in a voice all his own
—— Los Angeles TimesHas many pleasures to offer
—— New York Times