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Jane Eyre : An Autobiography

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It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.

Millions are condemned to a stiller doom than mine and millions are in silent revolt against their lot.

Nobody knows how many rebellions besides political rebellions ferment in the masses of life which people earth.

Women are supposed to be very calm generally: but women feel just as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties and a field for their efforts, as much as their brothers do; they suffer from too rigid a restraint, too absolute a stagnation, precisely as men would suffer; and it is narrow-minded in their more privileged fellow-creatures to say that they ought to confine themselves to making puddings and knitting stockings, to playing on the piano and embroidering bags.

It is thoughtless to condemn them, or laugh at them, if they seek to do more or learn more than custom has pronounced necessary for their sex.

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Product Details
Classy Publishing
9355221142 / 9789355221148
Paperback / softback
01/11/2021
472 pages
140 x 216 mm, 594 grams
Teenage / Young Adult Learn More
Quiz No: 207426, Points 1.00, Book Level 3.60,
Middle Years - Key Stage 2 Learn More