JaneEyreisafirst-personnarrativeofthetitlecharacter,asmall,plain-faced,intelligentandhonestEnglishorphan.Thenovelgoesthroughfivedistinctstages—Jane'schildhoodatGateshead,wheresheisabusedbyherauntandcousins;hereducationatLowoodAcademy,wheresheacquiresfriendsandrolemodelsbutalsosuffersprivations;hertimeasthegovernessofThornfieldManor,whereshefallsinlovewithherByronicemployer,EdwardRochester;hertimewiththeRiversfamilyatMarsh'sEnd(orMoorHouse)andMorton,wherehercoldclergyman-cousinStJohnRiversproposestoher;andherreunionwithandmarriagetoherbelovedRochesterathishouseofFerndean.Partlyautobiographical,thenovelaboundswithsocialcriticismandsinisterGothicelements.JaneEyreisdividedinto38chapters;mosteditionsareatleast400pageslong(althoughtheprefaceandintroductiononcertaincopiesareliabletotakeupanother100).Theoriginalwaspublishedinthreevolumes—VolumeOne(comprisingchaptersonetofifteen),VolumeTwo(sixteento26)andVolumeThree(27to38).

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