Jane Eyre
By Charlotte Bronte
As all great pieces of literature do, the novel "Jane Eyre", by Charlotte Bronte, did not end, it merely concluded. Jane Eyre narrates to "the reader" her life story up until she reaches the point in her life where she is currently speaking of her life. The structure, style, detail and imagery keeps interest and suspense in Jane's tale, beginning to conclusion.
Jane's story begins as a child under the care of her cruel aunt, Mrs. Reed. While staying with her aunt she rarely receives any kind treatment, and the only source of compassion she gets is from a young servant, Bessie. After several feuds with her aunt, and cousins Jane, to her delight, is sent off to a boarding school.
The school she attended, Lowood preached rules of poverty and privation, living on only the bare necessities. However Jane's life still began to improve rapidly.
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English: North Lees Hall and out buildings Otherwi...Despite losing her best friend, Helen Burns, to the typhus epidemic that swept through the school, Jane progressed as a student, and ended up spending 8 years at Lowood, six years as a student, and two as a teacher.
After teaching two years Jane became restless, and advertised herself for a governess position, which she quickly assumed in a manor named Thornfield. There she was to teach a young French girl, and live with Mrs. Fairfax, the house overseer. Although everything seems normal at Thornfield, Jane begins to hear strange noises and occurrences throughout the house at night. Her employer is a tall dark man she doesn't meet until months after she had moved in. Not soon after he arrives to stay at Thornfield, she secretly falls in love with him. To Jane's despair, Rochester brings home a beautiful young woman named Blanche Ingram. She is led to...