Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre is a fiction novel written by Charlotte Bronte in the 1800's. It's a classic story, set in the nineteenth century about a ten-year-old girl named Jane. She is a young orphan being raised by her cruel and wealthy aunt Mrs. Reed. Her aunt locks her in a red room, where she later faints because of the memories of her uncle. The family then agrees to send Jane away, to Lowood boarding school with a hypocritical headmaster Mr. Brocklehurst. She befriends a girl named Helen Burns who dies of typhus epidemic. After six ears of schooling, and two years of teaching Jane accepts a governess position at a manor called Thornfield. While teaching a young French girl, she secretly falls in love with Mr.Rochester her employer. He later asks Jane to marry him and Jane says yes, with complete shock. Days before the wedding, everything is starting to fall apart and Jane finds herself running from Mr.Rochester. She finds comfort, and shelter with her three of her relatives in Moor House. They tell her that she has inherited 20,000 pounds from her uncle John Eyre. St.John asks her to mary him, and move to India. Jane does not want to mary her cousin so she denies his proposal.  Jane realizes that she is still in love with Mr.Rochester and travels to his new residence. They develop their relationship again, and for the second time Jane says yes to the proposal. After ten years of happiness Mr.Rochester regains sight in one eye, and he sees the birth of his newborn baby.