'Jane Eyre' by Charlotte Bronte and 'Bridget Jones's Diary' by Helen Fielding are excellent novels, which explore the complexities of human nature and provide an insight into the social conventions of each era.

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'Jane Eyre' by Charlotte Bronte and 'Bridget Jones's Diary' by Helen Fielding are excellent novels, which explore the complexities of human nature and provide an insight into the social conventions of each era.

Written in the nineteenth century and set in rural England, "Jane Eyre" was written by Charlotte Bronte who was born in Thornton, Yorkshire in 1816. An adventurous romantic novel it was written in the 1847. Although at the time it was considered to be an inappropriate book for Ladies or children, as it would encourage women to leave the husbands trying to become independent. It would also encourage the children {mainly girls} to think they do not need a man to assist their every need, making them to become an independent woman.

"Jane Eyre" is the story of a woman who is orphaned at a young age and is being raised by Mrs. Reed, her cruel, wealthy aunt. She who is ill-treated first by her aunt's and cousins. Jane is then sent to a dreadful school, Lowood which is a orphan school which is funded by charity. An orphan school in the 19th century would be tatty and not in proper conditions for