This tale of a headstrong governess is a curious mixture of fantasy, romance and realism, that speaks not just of Brontë’s wild imagination but her keen observation of daily life. But Rochester holds a dark secret: he is already married, to an insane woman incarcerated in the attic. A romance blossoms between the governess and her employer, who eventually proposes to her. She eventually becomes a governess at Thornfield Hall, where she is to care for Adele, the ward of the mysterious Mr Edward Rochester. She suffers neglect first in the household of her unloving aunt, and later at Lowood School as a half-starved pupil and then as a teacher. The title character, Jane, is a bullied but rebellious orphan. Jane Eyre is an example of a Bildungsroman: a story that that follows its heroine’s journey from childhood to adulthood.
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