Free public-domain audiobook
Listen to Jane Eyre as a free audiobook on iPhone
You can listen to Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë as a free audiobook on your iPhone. Because the book is in the public domain, you can download a free EPUB edition and have it read aloud with natural on-device voices - privately, offline, and without buying an audiobook.
An orphaned governess narrates her own life - a cruel childhood, a post at brooding Thornfield Hall, and a love shadowed by a secret in the attic. Jane’s first-person voice is plain, fierce, and modern, which is exactly why it carries so well as a listen. It is a romance with a spine of self-respect.
Why Jane Eyre is free to listen to
Jane Eyre was published in 1847 and is public domain. Free, carefully edited EPUB editions are widely available.
Length: A full-length novel, 38 chapters.
How to listen to Jane Eyre on iPhone
- Download a free public-domain EPUB of Jane Eyre (Project Gutenberg and Standard Ebooks both offer one).
- Move the EPUB to your iPhone via AirDrop, iCloud Drive, email, or a direct download into Files.
- Open the EPUB in a reader app that reads text aloud, or use Apple's built-in Speak Screen to hear the open page.
- Choose a voice and press play. A reader that generates the voice on the device works offline, with nothing uploaded.
Questions & answers
Is Jane Eyre told in the first person?
Jane Eyre is narrated by Jane herself, looking back on her life, and even addresses the reader directly ("Reader, I married him"). That single, steady first-person voice makes it especially comfortable to listen to - there are no shifting narrators to track, just Jane telling her own story from start to finish.
Is Jane Eyre connected to Wuthering Heights?
Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights were written by sisters - Charlotte and Emily Brontë - and both appeared in 1847, but the stories are unrelated. Both are public domain and free to download. If you enjoy one as a listen, the other is a natural next pick from the same family and era.