Jane Eyre

Versions that Charlotte Brontë contributed to

 * Manuscript (British Library Additional MSS 43474-6)
 * The 1st edition, published in three-volume novel format on 16 October 1847 by Smith, Elder & Co. of London, England.
 * The 2nd edition, published later in 1848 three-volume novel (Volume 2 transcription project, Volume 3 transcription project)
 * The 3rd edition, published in 1851. This is the last edition to be published in the author's lifetime and thus have the benefit of the author's corrections. Most modern-day 'authoritative' editions are based on this edition.

Other editions

 * The 1st American edition, published in 1848 by Harper and Brothers, New York.
 * A c. 1900 edition published by W. Nicholson & Sons, London that reproduces the second edition.