Jane Eyre is a classic novel by Charlotte Bronte that was published in 1847 by Smith, Elder & Company, London, and is one of the most famous British novels.

Charlotte Bronte first published the book as Jane Eyre: An Autobiography under the pseudonym Currer Bell, and it was an instant success, earning the praise of many reviewers, including William Makepeace Thackeray, to whom Charlotte Bronte dedicated her second edition.

Ten-year-old Jane Eyre is a poor orphan, treated maliciously by her aunt; her plain looks and perceptive and passionate nature do not appeal to her relatives. Eventually she is sent to boarding school. Her fellow student Helen Burns, who dies young of consumption, encourages Jane to be more humble, patient and forgiving. Jane learns to hide her temper, but the injustices of the world still burn in her soul. At the age of eighteen, Jane takes a job as governess to a little French girl named Adele, the ward of Mr. Edward Rochester of Thornfield Hall. Mr. Rochester is about thirty-eight, with a blunt, capricious temperament. However, Jane admires and respects his honesty, and the two become friends. Jane falls in love, but believes that Rochester cannot love her in return because of her low status and plain looks.

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