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A comprehensive overview of Charlotte Brontë's classic novel Jane Eyre, covering the main characters, events, and themes. Learn how Jane Eyre, a young orphan, falls in love with Rochester, a mysterious man with a hidden wife, and faces many challenges and hardships along the way.
- Charlotte Brontë
- 1847
- Overview
- Summary
- Publication and analysis
Jane Eyre, novel by Charlotte Brontë, first published in 1847 as Jane Eyre: An Autobiography, with Currer Bell (Brontë’s pseudonym) listed as the editor. Widely considered a classic, it gave new truthfulness to the Victorian novel with its realistic portrayal of the inner life of a woman, noting her struggles with her natural desires and social con...
When the novel begins, the title character is a 10-year-old orphan who lives with her uncle’s family; her parents had died of typhus. Other than the nursemaid, the family ostracizes Jane. She is later sent to the austere Lowood Institution, a charity school, where she and the other girls are mistreated; “Lowood,” as the name suggests, is the “low” point in Jane’s young life. In the face of such adversity, however, she gathers strength and confidence.
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In early adulthood, after several years as a student and then teacher at Lowood, Jane musters the courage to leave. She finds work as a governess at Thornfield Hall, where she meets her dashing and Byronic employer, the wealthy and impetuous Edward Rochester. At Thornfield Jane looks after young Adèle, the daughter of a French dancer who was one of Rochester’s mistresses, and is befriended by the kindly housekeeper Mrs. Alice Fairfax. Jane falls in love with Rochester, though he is expected to marry the snobbish and socially prominent Blanche Ingram. Rochester eventually reciprocates Jane’s feelings and proposes marriage. However, on their wedding day, Jane discovers that Rochester cannot legally marry her, because he already has a wife, Bertha Mason, who has gone mad and is locked away on the third floor because of her violent behaviour; her presence explains the strange noises Jane has heard in the mansion. Believing that he was tricked into that marriage, Rochester feels justified in pursuing his relationship with Jane. He pleads with her to join him in France, where they can live as husband and wife despite the legal prohibitions, but Jane refuses on principle and flees Thornfield.
The book was originally published in three volumes as Jane Eyre: An Autobiography, with Currer Bell listed as the editor. (The Lowood section of the novel was widely believed to be inspired by Charlotte Brontë’s own life.) Though some complained that it was anti-Catholic, the work was an immediate success. Jane Eyre’s appeal was partly due to the fact that it was written in the first person and often addressed the reader, creating great immediacy. In addition, Jane is an unconventional heroine, an independent and self-reliant woman who overcomes both adversity and societal norms. The novel also notably blended diverse genres. Jane’s choice between sexual need and ethical duty belongs very firmly to the mode of moral realism. However, her close escape from a bigamous marriage and the fiery death of Bertha are part of the Gothic tradition.
Jane Eyre inspired various film, TV, and stage adaptations, including a 1943 movie that starred Orson Welles as Rochester and Joan Fontaine as Jane. Jean Rhys’s novel Wide Sargasso Sea (1966) offers an account of Rochester’s first marriage.
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LitCharts provides a concise and comprehensive overview of Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë's classic novel. Learn about the main characters, themes, events, and literary devices of the story.
Zusammenfassung der Handlung. Die junge Jane mit Mrs. Reed, Illustration von F. H. Townsend. Blanche Ingram. Die Erzählerin und Hauptperson Jane Eyre ist ein armes Waisenkind. Die ersten Kapitel handeln vom Verlauf ihrer freudlosen Kindheit.
Jane Eyre (/ ɛər / AIR; originally published as Jane Eyre: An Autobiography) is a novel by the English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published under her pen name "Currer Bell" on 19 October 1847 by Smith, Elder & Co. of London. The first American edition was published the following year by Harper & Brothers of New York.
- Charlotte Brontë
- 19 October 1847
- 1847
- Smith, Elder & Co.
Die Lebensgeschichte Jane Eyres liest sich fast wie das Aschenputtelmärchen: Eine mittellose Waise und Gouvernante verliebt sich in ihren reichen Arbeitgeber und heiratet ihn am Ende, nachdem sie widrige Umstände durch vorbildliches Verhalten überwunden hat.
24. Aug. 2021 · Jane Eyre is a Victorian novel about an orphan governess who falls in love with her employer, Mr Rochester, but faces many obstacles and secrets. The novel combines Gothic, romance and melodrama genres, and explores themes of identity, independence and passion.
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