Jane Eyre
The novel ´Jane Eyre´ by the British author Charlotte Brontë was published in 1847. It´s about the orphan Jane Eyre, who is spending her childhood under the wings of her malicious aunt and in the reformatory of Lowood. Even though the circumstances are not the best, Jane becomes a self-confident, intelligent young woman that soon wants to get out of Lowood, where she finally worked as a teacher.
She places an advertisement and gets a position as a governess on Thornfield Hall, the estate of Mr. Rochester. They are both immediately attracted to each other and after a while, during which their love has become stronger and stronger, they decide to marry. At the day of their marriage Jane gets to know that her beloved has almost committed bigamy. He´s already married and keeps his insane wife in a cell at Thornfield Hall. Jane isn´t able to bear this, therefore she runs away. She´s adopted by the vicar St. John Rivers. After a few years, St. John finds out that he and Jane are cousins and that Jane has inherited the whole funds of their rich uncle.
They decide to divide the money up into equal parts, so that St. John now has the possibility to become a missionary, as he has always longed for. He asks Jane to marry him, but Jane knows that she could only marry out of love, and there´s only one person she really loves.
When she returns to Thornfield Hall she finds the estate burnt down and the insane wife dead.
Mr. Rochester lives in a small cottage in the forest. He went blind by the attempt to rescue his wife out of the flames. Jane is horrified by his look, but her horror isn´t as big as the joy to see him again. They become reconciled, and decide to marry.
Charlotte Brontë adopted many aspects of her own life into the plot, which makes this book much more interesting.
Lena Klingenstein, 18
The novel ´Jane Eyre´ by the British author Charlotte Brontë was published in 1847. It´s about the orphan Jane Eyre, who is spending her childhood under the wings of her malicious aunt and in the reformatory of Lowood. Even though the circumstances are not the best, Jane becomes a self-confident, intelligent young woman that soon wants to get out of Lowood, where she finally worked as a teacher.
She places an advertisement and gets a position as a governess on Thornfield Hall, the estate of Mr. Rochester. They are both immediately attracted to each other and after a while, during which their love has become stronger and stronger, they decide to marry. At the day of their marriage Jane gets to know that her beloved has almost committed bigamy. He´s already married and keeps his insane wife in a cell at Thornfield Hall. Jane isn´t able to bear this, therefore she runs away. She´s adopted by the vicar St. John Rivers. After a few years, St. John finds out that he and Jane are cousins and that Jane has inherited the whole funds of their rich uncle.
They decide to divide the money up into equal parts, so that St. John now has the possibility to become a missionary, as he has always longed for. He asks Jane to marry him, but Jane knows that she could only marry out of love, and there´s only one person she really loves.
When she returns to Thornfield Hall she finds the estate burnt down and the insane wife dead.
Mr. Rochester lives in a small cottage in the forest. He went blind by the attempt to rescue his wife out of the flames. Jane is horrified by his look, but her horror isn´t as big as the joy to see him again. They become reconciled, and decide to marry.
Charlotte Brontë adopted many aspects of her own life into the plot, which makes this book much more interesting.
Lena Klingenstein, 18
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